India, April 12 -- On a hot August evening in 1974, four young men from Queens walked on stage at a grimy bar in Lower Manhattan and launched into a set so short and ferocious that the audience barely had time to register what was happening before it was over. The Ramones - Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy; not related, just sharing an assumed surname - played about 20 songs in under 20 minutes, in a wall of buzz-saw noise. Something had begun. It didn't even have a name yet. Pinpointing when punk was born is hard. But if one must draw a line, 1976 is a good place to do so. In January that year, the first issue of Punk magazine hit newsstands, giving the movement its badge and banner. In April, Ramones released their debut album: 14 songs th...