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THE TOP 10 Punk PLAYERS

01 JOHNNY RAMONE

Johnny’s style has been in the DNA of every punk band since

Every new electric guitarist should learn a Ramones song, but some people mistakenly think this means his style is easily replicated. Few realise Johnny produced that tirade of powerchords using all downstrokes – even live, when the Ramones often played at adrenalin- (or substance-) fuelled tempos far in excess of their albums. The

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