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Worst Rock Band Ever !!!!

Who was/is the worst?
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Ha, everybody has some band they don't like. But then there will be somebody who disagrees. That's what real diversity is all about.
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The Ramones are a misunderstood band. They were an "inside joke", a wink between those who got it. They were waging a deliberate and calculated attack on Progressive Rock, which they and many other Rockers (myself included) despised. While on their first three albums they sound a little "weak" as a band (though the material isn’t), the replacement of Tommy (not a strong drummer) with Marky on the fourth (Road To Ruin, a great album. It was actually produced by Tommy.) cured that. Marky was a very "muscular" drummer, and had been in Richard Hell’s band The Voidoids (and in the Hard Rock band Dust, who put out one album in the early-70’s). The great Jazz drummer Tony Williams in an interview speaking of Marky: "Have you heard the guy in The Ramones? Now THAT is a great drummer."

Here’s a fun fact about The Ramones: In polar opposition to Spinal Tap, the two remaining living original members of The Ramones are Tommy and Marky ;-) !

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The history lessons are always appreciated.

On the other hand,  Bill Bruford, Phil Collins & Carl Palmer (among others), said to tell you the feeling is mutual.  
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I went through what I guess could be called a Progressive phase. I had the debut album by The Nice, Keith Emerson's pre-ELP band. I even saw them live in late '68. My favorite Rock 'n' Roll guitarist Dave Edmunds had his pre-solo band Love Sculpture, who did a Rock band version of "Sabre Dance" by Classical composer Aram Khachaturian, much as ELP later did with Mussorgsky's  "Pictures At An Exhibition". Dave soon after saw the light, and devoted himself to celebrating American Rock 'n' Roll, recording his debut solo album which included an incredible version of Smiley Lewis' "I Hear You Knocking". Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll!
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There's hope for you yet!  ;-)

I sort of get where you are coming from though I don't share the position.  It sort of reminds me of some of the aficionados over on the Jazz thread and their view of "real" jazz and jazz purity (my term for it).  Anyway, I'm curious how you felt/feel about the use of strings in rock.  I remember a conversation with a school chum long time ago...musta been in 7th or 8th grade.  He was incensed about the use of strings (maybe a new Doors album had come out).  Thought they had NO place in "rock".  I remember being somewhat taken aback by his vehemence.  Noteworthy that he had much older sisters - suspected influences on the development of his musical taste.  

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