who is the Most importabt band to come out of the NYC Metropolitan Area?

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Comment by Greener on September 2, 2011 at 10:09pm

Kiss, Ramones & New York Dolls

Comment by Harry on August 24, 2011 at 6:19pm

Ted:  Asbury Park:

-57 miles to midtown New York

-76 miles to Philadelphia

But more pertinent, perhaps...the "greater NY region" so to speak is just "bigger" than a lot of other towns.....plenty of people commute daily in to NY from Asbury and from places a lot further out than Asbury... 

Comment by Vic Paric on August 23, 2011 at 11:18pm

Gotta go with Velvet Underground & the Ramones, no question.

Comment by Theodore Knapinsky on August 23, 2011 at 10:33pm

Bruce Springsteen is from Asbury Park, New Jersey, It is closer to Philadelphia.

Comment by Harry on August 23, 2011 at 9:40pm

Hey....not trying to be a wiseass here, but...if you consider how far may people commute in to work each day...Bruce Springsteen is from the NYC Metro Area....

Comment by Harry on August 23, 2011 at 9:24pm

Ramones, no problem

Yo La Tengo, the Feelies, Fountains of Wayne, the Smithereens and probably a thousand other bands are greater than (Twisted Sister^1000)

 

Do any geezers here remember when Twisted Sister was the weekly cover band (for years) at Art Stock's Royal Manor North on Route 1?

Comment by Mr. In Between on August 23, 2011 at 6:21pm

I thought of Kiss right away too.

Comment by Doug Khazzam on August 1, 2011 at 6:11am

In my humble opinion it has to be The Velvet Underground.  I heard this once so I'll paraphrase... "They didn't sell that many records but the people who bought their records all formed bands of their own who wound up selling millions of records"

 or something to that effect!

Comment by Jon Bard on July 29, 2011 at 1:16pm

Velvets, NY Dolls, Ramones, Talking Heads

From a hard rock/metal perspective, I'd pick KISS over Twisted Sister.

And hon. mention to Richard Hell who had a profound impact on the look and style of punk.  It's well known that the brits copied his hair, his clothing and his penchant for holding his clothes together with safety pins.

Comment by Stan Schwieger on July 29, 2011 at 10:31am

Twisted Sister was one in a line of the "hair bands"--The Ramones were anything but cut from a mold.  In fact they formed the mold for many to follow.  To me the comparison is saying who is more important to the history of baseball, the Yankees or the Brewers?

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