This month marked the 50-year anniversary of the Ramones’ very first gig at CBGB’s amid the grime, crime and decadence of New York City’s then-hellish Lower East Side. This month also will see Marky ...
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True to the raw, anarchic spirit of punk-rock, the Ramones played as dirty as those notoriously filthy CBGB bathrooms when they got a spontaneous offer from their first manager at the holy underground ...
When asked about the Ramones in the documentary Punk: Attitude, Mick Jones of The Clash said, “It was just like really short songs, really hard attack, no-nonsense.” Jeff Hyman, John Cummings, Doug ...
Three of the band members are dead, and the original crew hasn’t been seen together since an event at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square on July 20, 1999. Nevertheless, the Ramones are the focal ...