>>47972239The first and most influential punk band were the Ramones, who were from New York. They predate every single British punk band by about 2 years, every one of the early British punk bands specifically cites the Ramones as their primary influence, and the origin of the first wave of British punk can be directly traced to the Ramones’ first tour in the UK. Punk music was unheard-of prior to that tour, and within a year after that tour no less than a dozen punk bands sprung up. With the highest concentrations being in the cities the Ramones toured the most in.
Punk rock is American.
