May 4th, 1978

Tommy Ramone played his last show with the Ramones at CBGB in NYC.

Setlist:

1. "Rockaway Beach" 
2. "Teenage Lobotomy" 
3. "Blitzkrieg Bop" 
4. "I Wanna Be Well" 
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6. "Glad to See You Go" 
7. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" 
8. "You're Gonna Kill That Girl" 
9. "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" 
10. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" 
11. "Havana Affair" 
12. "Commando" 
13. "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" 
14. "Surfin' Bird" 
15. "Cretin Hop" 
16. "Listen to My Heart" 
17. "California Sun" 
18. "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" 
19. "Pinhead"
20. "Do You Wanna Dance?" 
21. "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" 
22. "We're a Happy Family" 

May 1st, 1979

The Ramones began recording their End of the Century album with producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, California.

April 27th, 1984

The Ramones played the Rose Hill Gym at Fordham University in The Bronx, New York. You can read an account of the show HERE.

Via Fordham News

Via Fordham News

 

April 24th, 1945

Linda Stein was born. Along with co-managing the Ramones with Danny Fields during their early years she was also married to Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein.

April 23rd, 1976

The Ramones debut album was released. In celebration I have put together a live compilation of the album's tracks recorded between 1974 and 1991.

1. "Blitzkrieg Bop" - NYC, April '77
2. "Beat on the Brat" - Spain, March '91
3. "Judy Is a Punk" - San Francisco, June '79
4. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" - Paris, February '80
5. "Chain Saw" - NYC, July  '75
6. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" - NYC, April '77
7. "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" - NYC, August '74
8. "Loudmouth" - NYC, October '76
9. "Havana Affair" - Spain, March '91
10. "Listen to My Heart" - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, September '77
11. 53rd & 3rd" - Cambridge, May '76
12. "Let's Dance" - San Francisco, June '79
13. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" - Santa Cruz, July '89
14. Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World" -Spain, March '91



April 18th, 1942

Seymour Stein co-founder of Sire Records was born in Brooklyn, NY.

April 15th, 2001

Joey Ramone passed away a month shy of his 50th birthday.