"There's this uniqueness [about the band], they just came forward with straightforward songs that were funny, but they made you think," Sean Sanders, the guitarist for Long Island-based tribute band The Rawmones, told The Post Thursday.
"They've influenced so many people and so many bands like Green Day and Pearl Jam. Many of those bands that are successful owe a lot to the Ramones," Sanders said.
"They were all wearing these black leather jackets. And they counted off this song...and it was just this wall of noise," author Legs McNeil, who witnessed the show, later wrote.
"All four of them went to Forest Hills High School and dressed in leather jackets and high top sneakers, just like your average tough New York kids ... they definitely had a rawness about them."
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