To Linda SteinRock

Linda SteinRock who brought the Ramones to Britain and ignited the punk music era has died!

The career of Linda Stein as a rock manager was brief, and, in purely commercial terms, unsuccessful: she singularly failed to turn the Ramones, the punk band she co-managed between 1976 and 1980, into stars in their native United States. But shortly after the release of the band's debut album, Stein, who has been found dead in her Manhattan apartment, aged 62, made one decision that was to have vast repercussions in rock history: she convinced her co-manager, Danny Fields, that the Ramones should play in England. Their shows at London's Roundhouse and Dingwalls in July 1976 were to have a galvanising effect on the British punk scene, offering irrefutable proof to would-be musicians that energy and originality were more important than technical ability. In the audience were members of the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Damned.

Thanks to her we have the influence of these bands who made history and original music to the bands of today!