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Released in 1978, Road to Ruin is the Ramones' fourth studio album. The album features the song "I Wanna Be Sedated," one of the band's more famous songs and consistent with the pop influence noticeable on the rest of the album. This was the first album with Marky Ramone as drummer, after former drummer Tommy Ramone left the band.  

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End of the Century is The Ramones' fifth studio album, released in 1980. It featured songs "Rock 'n' Roll Radio" and "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and reached number 44 on the U.S. charts. This is the highest level of commercial success attained by any of the band's albums, mostly due to the production efforts of Phil Spector.

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The Punk Panther depicted here is a play on the United Artists' Pink Panther cartoon character. The series first aired in 1969 and has continued in various forms since. The animated panther was first seen during the beginning credits of the live-action Peter Sellers/Blake Edwards films, and was so popular that it was developed into cartoon shorts and later 20-minute episodes. 

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The Wall is a 1979 concept album by Pink Floyd and a 1982 film based on this album. The album centers around the character Pink thoughout his life as he experiences trauma that leads to his eventual isolation. The film's screenplay was written by the band's bassist and singer Roger Waters. It combines live action and animation and features the band's music prominently. Both the album and the film are highly symbolic, with representations of alienation, abandonment, and fascism.

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The Wall is a 1979 concept album by Pink Floyd and a 1982 film based on this album. The crisscrossed hammers are used to represent fascism, particularly Nazi Germany, which the film heavily mocks and critiques. The animated hammers mimic the marching style of Nazi troops, and the hammer logo is used as a less offensive, more symbolic replacement for the swastika. 

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Pink Floyd is a British rock band most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Their sound spans psychedelic and progressive rock. The founding members of the band were Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright, with David Glimour joining the band in 1967 and eventually replacing Barrett. The band released 14 studio albums in a recording career that lasted from 1967 to 1994.

The band's first massively popular album is 1973's Dark Side of the Moon, which is certified 15-times Platinum in the United States. The image on this button is similar to the album's cover, which depicts a beam of white light being split by a prism. 

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After the release of the massively popular Frampton Comes Alive in 1976, Peter Frampton's follow-up album I'm In You struggled to maintain his former level of success. The album reached the #2 spot on the US charts and the #1 spot in Canada. The album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York. It features a somewhat mellow title track and a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered."

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Neil Young is a Canadian rock and country singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist active since 1960. In 1968, he joined Crosby, Stills, and Nash, later renamed Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. The band won the 1969 Grammy Award for "Best New Artist" and performed at the Woodstock festival that same year. In 1978, Young began the "Rust Never Sleeps" tour, during which he played new music that was later released on the albums Rust Never Sleeps and Live Rust. The album reflects the style of the concerts: half electric, half acoustic. 

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Missing Persons is an American new wave band formed in 1980. The band's members are frontwoman and vocalist Dale Bozzio, guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, drummer Terry Bozzio, bassist Patrick O'Hearn, and keyboard player Chuck Wild. The band has connections with Frank Zappa, and recorded their first EP in his studio. The band had their best success after signing with Capitol records in 1982 and releasing their semi-hit single Destination Unknown.  Their image, including Dale Bozzio's revealing clothing, made them popular in the early days of MTV.

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In 2006, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized Michael Jackson as the most successful entertainer of all time. He began his career at a very young age as a member of the Jackson 5, and started his solo career in 1971. His album Thriller continues to be best-selling album of all time, and features songs "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," in addition to the title track. The music video Thriller is the only music video ever inducted into the National Film Registry.