![]() ![]() Influential US magazines Rolling Stone and The Village Voice lavished Ramones with praise, but its creators were still relative unknowns until they set foot in Britain, where they had won over forward-thinking music writers such as Nick Kent and Charles Shaar Murray. “Then ‘New Rose,’ then ‘Anarchy In The UK’ came out… there was no looking back.” In a more recent interview with this writer, John “Segs” Jennings, from magnificent West London punks The Ruts, also recalled the album’s importance: “I vividly remember Dave Ruffy playing it – and that was it for me,” he says. That’s how I used to practice… and Sid Vicious as well.” “You could plonk their record on, grab hold of a bass or a guitar or whatever, and jam along. “It was a fresh, wild, powerful sound and it was easy,” The Damned’s bassist (later guitarist) Captain Sensible recalled in Everett True’s Hey Ho Let’s Go: The Story Of The Ramones. Ramones’ UK debut concert, slated for July that year, was hotly anticipated. Released by Sire, Ramones was first issued in the US on April 23, 1976, and the ripples quickly spread across the pond. ![]() ![]() By this time, however, the eponymous debut album by NYC punks Ramones had already been inspiring the nascent scene for six months. The Damned eventually won this race, with their incendiary “New Rose” beating Sex Pistols’ notorious “Anarchy In The UK” to the punch by several weeks. During the autumn of 1976, several of the burgeoning British punk scene’s leading lights vied to be the first onto vinyl. ![]()
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