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Title: Good band, mediocre book
Review: While the book is worth reading once to catch some interesting tidbits, Spellman is a mediocre writer. For instance, he several times refers to The Ramones as "the Grateful Dead of punk," which really doesn't make much sense. Both bands were together for a long time but the similarities pretty much end there. Are there many essential Ramones albums? Yes. Is this their essential biography? No.
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