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 ...
Forget Sheena — this weekend, everyone’s a punk rocker. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Ramones’ first show at the Manhattan’s legendary CBGB music venue, several Ramones themed pop-up ...
Who’da thunk they’d all be dead, but their music would live on? Certainly not anybody who came across the Ramones’ debut in the bins back in ’76, with its black-and-white cover and music so contrary ...
No band embodied the fun and grit of New York City better than the Ramones. On March 30, 1974, the Ramones put on their very first show, for 30 friends in a small studio on East 20th Street. “It was ...
Ramones, to say the least, were the definition of a hard-luck band. For 22 years, the pioneering punk outfit survived near-constant infighting, drug and alcohol addiction, paltry record sales, and ...
My oh my, time really flies when everything is shitty. Next month marks a whopping 50 years since the Ramones released their debut album. The album—and the band in general—is fuckin legendary, ...
Photos courtesy of Danny Fields, Tom Hearn, Michael Ochs Archives, Keystone/Hulton Archive, Getty Maybe the Dolls were getting something going post-Stooges, but the Ramones were, as Kid Congo Powers ...
As a lanky dude with a blunt bob and eye-shrouding bangs, David Fricke is one of the more recognizable rock critics in the game, and the Rolling Stone writer got a good-natured laugh from the SXSW ...
Twenty years after retirement, their legacy is too tough to die. They’ve already received their own street mural, food truck, and routinely-stolen street sign. Now, New York’s punk godfathers the ...
“I was Richie Ramone when you wanted me to be,” he said in the 2003 documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones. “And then I was just a hired guy when you wanted me to be. When it came to ...
Twenty years after retirement, their legacy is too tough to die. They’ve already received their own street mural, food truck, and routinely-stolen street sign. Now, New York’s punk godfathers the ...