Picture this: It’s Aug. 16, 1974, in downtown Manhattan. After blasting through a set of short, fast songs that would later be dubbed “punk,” a guy named Joey Ramone steps outside the back entrance of CBGB’s. He pulls out a small electronic device and types in a few words about how the set went. “The Ramones just played our first gig at CBGB’s. Hopefully the first of many.”
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