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Ramones or Sex Pistols

  RAMONES or Sex Pistols? All Rise! This is the Rock Judge.  Let's kick this session off with a bit of a Sophie's Choice.   It was an impossible task but there had to be a verdict.   Subsequent rounds will probably a mix of the blog and videos. Right off the bat, response was ridiculous.   Of the most verbose respondents I would include the Sex Pistol’s advocates. For the Ramones, you could tell they took a half a second to reply Ramones.   As in there was no question about it and I don’t need to justify it. An example Sex Pistols Remark: “ Only fair way I see to compare them is to freeze them both in time around '77 since the Pistols were basically done shortly after. Pistols were dangerous. Regardless of what we've learned over time about them, it still shook up the world, no way around it. They were a cultural force pushing boundaries. And everyone took notice. Plus, their record is an all-timer, and that's the most important thing. Ramones were cool and mo
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