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Ramones is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on April 23, 1976, by Sire Records.After Hit Parader editor Lisa Robinson saw the band at a gig in New York City, she wrote several articles about the group and asked Danny Fields to be their manager. [1]
The band formed in early 1974, and upon signing with Seymour Stein of Sire Records, the Ramones released their self-titled debut album on April 23, 1976. [1] Despite the recording process only taking a week and being on a budget of $6,400, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the album has since become their most accoladed and iconic release.
The Ramones performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years, [1] and released fourteen studio albums. In 1996, after a tour as part of the Lollapalooza music festival, they played a farewell concert in Los Angeles and disbanded.
The Ramones sought to return rock music to its most basic roots, abandoning movements such as late 1960s psychedelic rock and early 1970s prog rock music. The song states the Ramones' philosophy in lines such as "We need change, we need it fast/Before rock's just part of the past/'Cause lately it all sounds the same to me".
[11] Although early purchasers of the Sire release got an album that included the song, "Carbona Not Glue" was later replaced by "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" for the US release, and "Babysitter" for the UK release. [12] [13] In the early ‘90s, after being unavailable for years, the song was bootlegged as a 45 RPM single with "I Can't Be" as the ...
Pleasant Dreams is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on July 20, 1981, through Sire Records.While the band members wanted Steve Lillywhite to produce, Sire chose Graham Gouldman in an attempt to gain popularity through a well-known producer.
The "Sire Single Version" was re-released as track 14 of the second disk of the Ramones Anthology. [1] The song was re-released in 2005 by Rhino/Warner Bros, on the album Weird Tales of the Ramones .
The Chrysalis Years is a three-disc compilation that includes all five of the Ramones albums on Chrysalis Records (or also the band's final five releases): Brain Drain, Mondo Bizarro, Acid Eaters, ¡Adios Amigos! and Loco Live (some versions include "Animal Boy" from Loco Live). It was released in 2002.