WSJ: 'Ramones' Turns 50

With its savage energy and subversive spirit, the band’s self-titled LP had a potent influence on much of the angry, rambunctious music that followed

The music on their debut album, “Ramones,” released 50 years ago this month, was so primitive that the 14 short tracks took just seven days and $6,400 to record. Though it peaked at only 111 on the Billboard album chart, and its two singles— “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”—failed to chart, top rock critics and the underground press rave…