Press Releases for End of the Century: The Ramones

(San Francisco) — In 1974, the New York City music scene was shocked into consciousness by the violently new and raw sound of a band of misfits from Queens called the Ramones. Playing such instant classics as “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” and “I Wanna be Sedated” in a seedy Bowery bar to a small group of fellow struggling musicians, the band struck a chord of…

Program companion website: www.pbs.org/endofthecentury(San Francisco) In 1974, the New York City music scene was shocked into consciousness by the violently new and raw sound of a band of misfits from Queens called the Ramones. Playing such instant classics as “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” and “I Wanna be Sedated” in a seedy Bowery bar to a small group of…