“Judy is a Punk” by The Ramones

"Judy Is a Punk" tears by on Ramones, the band's debut album, which Sire Records turned loose on April 23, 1976. They cut the whole record in seven days that January for $6,400, with Craig Leon producing, Thomas Erdelyi as associate producer and Rob Freeman engineering.

Joey Ramone sings, Johnny Ramone plays guitar, Dee Dee Ramone holds down the bass and Tommy Ramone drums, and the writing credit is split between Douglas Glenn Colvin, Thomas Erdelyi, Joey Ramone and Johnny Ramone. Like everything on the album it's over in a flash, since the longest track on Ramones runs just two and a half minutes, and it sits in a set that crams violence, drugs, bad romance and jokes into songs that often race past 160 beats per minute.

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