# Ramones haters - Really?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 15, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-haters-really/666328 "2013-08-15T17:28:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-haters-really/666328/11 "2013-08-15T18:19:44Z")

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> [@Ernest Hemingway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-hemingway/666159/40):
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> Dude, The Ramones get played at NFL games. “Punk” as a genre has devolved from a vast array of musics, looks and styles to basically “what the Ramones did.” If you are focused just on the critics, you aren’t looking around.

Im sorry but The Ramones were never a punk band IMO even though some categorized them as such. Punk has a specific social/political context that The Ramones never manifested. Examples of punk bands would be The Dead Kennedys or Agent Orange.

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