While they weren't the first punk rock band in history, The Ramones are without a date one of the quintessential punk bands of all time:
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To me, The Ramones define punk rock.
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The only band that matters.

THE CLASH.
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Ramones. They defined the style. There were certainly earlier artists that could be called punk (Iggy Pop), but The Ramones were the most influential. Look at the early British punks, for example, they copied The Ramones as clearly as British Invasion bands copied The Beatles. As they went along, each band's personality came out, but those bands wouldn't have existed without The Ramones.
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type in punk rock in search.... u get The Ramones, Sex Pistols, and The Clash.
My favorite though Is Joan Jett... ZebraHead (skate punk), Fall out Boy ( emo punk), the Offspring (alternative punk), 311 (unity punk), Flogging Molly (irish punk), MXPX (christian punk), Pennywise (ska punk), Silverstein and Thrice (neo-punk), and finally The Violent Femmes.... because they wanna go wild... :)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock

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