The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first punk rock group. After forming in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974, they performed and played 2,263 concerts, touring virtually non-stop for 22 years, in 1996 after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band went on a brief club tour, and then disbanded. Three of the original band members-Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee Ramone-died relatively shortly after the break up. Wikipedia
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