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And the ramones estates are gathering in more money from five seconds than they ever made -- is that the measure of greatness? or eternity? thats one of them. ♪ >> anthony: so many people died, so many people didnt get recognized. richard hell is still living in the same apartment he lived in 40 years ago. >> danny: who likes to move in new york? youve got a good deal, the neighborhood got all better around him, you know? iggy was supposed to be the one who didnt make it most of all. and hes s...

>> anthony: you woke up in your own lifetime, open up a paper, and realized like a million kids in britain dressing like me, and cutting their hair like me. and you have this inadvertent tectonic effect on kids all over the world. >> richard: it wasnt inadvertent, but it was indirect. i mean, i wanted to have that effect. ♪ other bands who responded to the way i was doing things got famous. so it ended up having this huge impact and influence. when i first saw the picture of the sex pistols, i...

Went back and built a boy band, and said youre going to dress like that guy. >> richard: yeah, i dont really look at it that way. i mean, ideas are free. i never resented that. but it was funny and strange. >> anthony: cheap rent brought a lot of people together. it wasnt just living spaces were cheap. there were venues where you could put whatever it was you did out there where -- >> richard: yeah, cbgbs didnt exist until we created it. i mean, we went and proposed that we be the house band the...

The standard schlap we hear on the top 40. >> the ramones were one part of a wider new york scene. >> you had people like patti smith. >> im an artist. rock n roll is my art. >> the new york dolls. >> the dead boys. >> rock and roll anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> richard hell was one to cut his own hair. ripping his clothes and safety pinning them together. >> he was the king of the punks. the safety pin thing, for instance, is his. its pretty clear that he invented that. ♪ hey, ho,...

The top 40. >> the ramones are part of a wider new york scene. >> you had people like patti smith. >> im an artist. rock n roll is my art. >> the new york dolls. >> the dead boys. >> rock and roll anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> richard hell was one to cut his own hair. ripping his clothes and safety pinning them together. >> he was the king of the punks. the safety pin thing, for instance, is his. its pretty clear that he invented that. ♪ hey, ho, lets go >> punk in the united state...

Wider new york scene. >> you had people like patti smith. >> im an artist. rock n roll is my art. >> the new york dolls. >> the dead boys. >> rock and roll anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> richard hell was one to cut his own hair. ripping his clothes and safety pinning them together. >> he was the king of the punks. the safety pin thing, for instance, is his. its pretty clear that he invented that. ♪ hey, ho, lets go >> punk in the united states is a statement of sorts of what music i...

♪ pulsating to the back beat ♪ blitzkrieg bop >> just real and raw and theres no crap involved, as opposed to the standard schlap we hear on the top 40. >> the ramones are part of a wider new york scene. >> you had people like patti smith. >> im an artist. rock n roll is my art. >> the new york dolls. >> the dead boys. >> rock and roll anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> richard hell was one to cut his own hair. ripping his clothes and safety pinning them together. >> he was the king o...

>> the ramones are part of a wider new york scene. >> you had people like patti smith. >> im an artist. rock n roll is my art. >> the new york dolls. >> the dead boys. >> rock and roll anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> i belong to the races. >> richard hell was one to cut his own hair. ripping his clothes and safety pinning them together. >> he was the king of the punks. the safety pin thing, for instance, is his. its pretty clear he invented that. ♪ hey, ho, lets go >> punk in the uni...

Slop we hear on top 40. >> there was a wider scene. >> you had patty smith. >> im an artist. rock and roll is my art. >> the new york dolls [ bleep ]. >> whats up, sweetheart? >> youre rock and roll, anybody can play. >> i belong to the blank generation. >> richard hell was the first to cut his hair. he was safety pinning his clothes together. >> he was the king of the punk. >> safety pin was his, it was pretty clear he invented that. >> punk in the united states is a musical elaboration, statem...

Slap we here on the top 40. >> the ramones were one part of a wider new york scene. >> you had people like patty smith. >> im an artist. rockn roll is my art. >> anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> richard hell was the first to cut his own hair. ripping his clothes and safety pinning them together. >> the king of the punks. >> the safety pin was his. its pretty clear he invented that. >> punk in the united states was a musical elaboration, a statement what music is and how it ought to be p...