[from
Joey Ramone] We decided to decided to start our own group because we were bored
with everything we heard in 1974, there was nothing to listen to
anymore. Everything was tenth-generation
Led Zeppelin, tenth-generation
Elton John, or overproduced, or just junk. Everything was long jams,
long guitar solos. We missed music like it used to be before it got
"progressive". We missed hearing songs that were short, and exciting
and . . . good! We wanted to bring the energy back into rock n' roll.