If you are looking for the DNA of modern punk, it resides in these first three records. Recorded in a blur of sweat and minimal production, these albums are the Ramones at their most ferocious and revolutionary.
Their only full album of covers. Acid Eaters sees The Ramones paying tribute to 1960s psychedelic rock: The Who, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane. It’s a fun, lightweight record. Purists dismiss it. But hear Joey sing Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane) and you realize: The Ramones were always psychedelic, just at 180 BPM. The Ramones - Discography