Ramones through various shoots. 📸 1 by Roberta Bayley @bayley1950 for the cover of their debut album. 📸 2 & 3 by Bob Gruen @bob_gruen. Pic 3 of Danny Fields, Joey Ramone & David Johansen outside CBGB in 1977 📸 4 by Danny Fields for the cover of their third album Rocket To Russia #ramones #TheRamones @ramones #joeyramone @joeyramone #deedeeramone @deedeeramone #johnnyramone @johnnyramone #TommyRamone @tommyramoneofficial #dannyfields #robertabayley #bobgruen | The Band Was Here

Roberta Bayley took The Ramones’ first album cover that went on to become one of the best 100 album covers of all time. It features the band against a Bowery brick wall in t-shirts, ripped jeans, sneakers and leather jackets; a simple yet impactful image that made a huge impression in stores. Although the image is considered one of the most important music images of the decade and served to establish the band culturally, Bayley was paid the not-so-handsome sum of $125 at the time. It paid off in