Not really different, I'd say. They were also put together to sell clothes, and replaced their perfectly competent bassist with someone who was chosen more for his image.
I think, The Stooges were more of a spearhead, along with the MC5 (MI represent) and the Dead Boys as well, they were more like the Pistols, actually. According to the book Please Kill Me (I thin k it was) Patti Smith actually did the first ''punk'' show. All of the CBGBs crowd was a huuuuuuuuge influence on what was to become punk rock, and that did include the Ramones (along with other fantastic bands, such as Television, Blondie, and the Talking Heads).
Fun fact: The Clash were afraid of the Ramones when they came to England, they thought they'd beat them up.
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