“... always suspected there was a small streak of conservatism in the Punk movement - just look at the Ramones”
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That was only Johnny Ramone, and he didn’t really start speaking out about it until the band was out of the spotlight.
He wrote on a couple of occasions of the crap he had to put up with, as a Republican, from the rest of the band, so the Ramones as a band, were hardly conservative. As Punks, they would lash out against everything, but they were not predisposed to a right-wing perspective by any means.
The band itself had at least a couple of anti-Reagan songs
Sometimes they will surprise you.
Forgive me for delving into deep musical trivia, but if I remember correctly it wasn’t just Johnny. Joey was reportedly a big fan of Reagan until the the Bitberg cemetery visit flap. Or so the story goes...