One of the first and best punk bands, The Ramones recorded their first album in 1976 and they existed as a band for about 20 years after that. Their 70s material is the most beloved, although they continued to tour and put out records until they broke up. It's not an overstatement to say that despite achieving very little commercial success during their time as an active band their influence has resonated through pop culture in a way that musical artsts' have. I'm an enormous fan and I was excited to talk with musicians Ted Rao (The Double Nuthins, The Moneyshots) and Dan Schafer (who occasionally goes by the stage name Dan Vapid, and whose work in bands Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, The Riverdales, Noise by Numbers, The Methadones, Dan Vapid and the Cheats and more ranks among the best Ramones-influenced pop-punk ever made) about this absolutely classic American band. Hey ho, let's go!

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