Marky Ramone: My 5 Favorite Punk Songs
Drummer explains how tracks by Kinks, Love prefigured the movement


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Many consider the Ramones' self-titled debut, recently named the greatest punk album of all time by Rolling Stone, to be punk's Big Bang moment. But according to Marky Ramone, the famed Queens group's later-period drummer, the genre's roots stretch back quite a bit further. Here, Ramone, who will spend his summer playing classic Ramones tunes on tour in Europe with his band Blitzkrieg, names his five favorite punk songs.