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The battle Joey Ramone picked out as the next Beatles vs Stones
['Ben Forrest']
Far Out Magazine
The battle Joey Ramone picked out as the next Beatles vs StonesNever has there been a more iconic – or, for that matter, more superfluous – rock and roll rivalry than The Beatles versus The Rolling Stones.
Despite their unshakable importance and enduring audience, though, the Ramones never courted commercial attention in any way that resembled either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones.
As a result, the band’s hopes of being held in the same category as The Beatles or The Stones quickly dried up.
“We thought it would maybe be us and the Sex Pistols, sorta like The Beatles and The Stones,” he shared, envisioning the Ramones and the Pistols as The Beatles and Stones of the punk era.
After all, the Ramones and the Sex Pistols represented a similar artistic idea, but with radically different execution.