Dee Dee's Sister to Guest on Magic Transistor Radio this Saturday December 22nd

This Saturday December 22nd from 1pm-3pm (est) Dee Dee Ramone's sister Beverly Mulligan will be a guest on the Magic Transitor Radio program.

You can stream the show live HERE.

12/31 Update: You can now stream/download the episode HERE or listen below.

November 14th, 1977

The Ramones played the 4 Acres Club in Utica, NY. The show was released as the bootleg Eaten Alive.

Setlist:

1. "Rockaway Beach"
2. "Teenage Lobotomy"
3. "Blitzkrieg Bop"
4. "I Remember You"
5. "Glad To See You Go"
6. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment"
7. "You're Gonna Kill That Girl"
8. "53rd & 3rd"
9. "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"
10. "I Cant Give You Anything"
11. "Lets Dance"
12. "Here Today Gone Tomorrow"
13. "Surfin Bird"
14. "Cretin Hop"
15. "Listen To My Heart"
16. "California Sun"
17. "I Dont Wanna Walk Around With You"
18. "Pinhead"

CJ's Christmas Single to Release on December 7th

In addition to the the original song "Christmas Lullaby" the release will also feature a cover of The Kinks classic "Father Christmas".

You can pre-order the physical or digital copy HERE.

October 21st, 1980

Bruce Springsteen's song "Hungry Heart" was released as a single. Joey Ramone had met Springsteen earlier that year and asked him to write a song for the Ramones. "Hungry Heart" was the result but Springsteen's manager convinced him to keep it for himself. That decision paid off as the song ended up reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and would be his biggest hit until "Dancing in the Dark" was released in 1984.

Marky Ramone’s Holiday Blitzkrieg in NYC Dec. 21

Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg with Greg Hetson from Bad Religion/Circle Jerks will be playing “Marky Ramones Holiday Blitzkrieg” at the Gramercy Theatre in New York on December 21, 2018. The set will feature 40 Ramones classics.

Tickets for the event can be purchased HERE.

October 13th, 1947

The Ramones Artistic Director Arturo Vega was born.

Mondo Bizarro Alternate Track Listing

The Ramones 12th studio album Mondo Bizarro was released on this date in 1992. It is this first to feature CJ Ramone on bass replacing Dee Dee Ramone who left the band in 1989.

Over the summer CJ auctioned off his Ramones related collection. The auction included stage used music gear, hand written song lyrics, demos and much more. One of the items included was a cassette tape of Mondo Bizarro featuring a slightly different track listing.

The alternate track listing is as follows:
1. "Censorshit"
2. "The Job That Ate My Brain"
3. "Poison Heart"
4. "Anxiety"
5. "Strength to Endure"
6. "It’s Gonna Be Alright"
7. "Take It as It Comes"
8. "Touring"
9. "Main Man"
10. "I Won’t Let It Happen"
11. "Cabbies on Crack"
12. "Tomorrow She Goes Away"
13. "Heidi is a Headcase"

August 12th, 1976

Rolling Stone magazine ran the story "The Ramones Are Punks and Will Beat You Up".

One interesting note is Dee Dee, Joey and Tommy's birth years are listed as 1952 with Johnny's listed as 1951. Johnny was actually born in 1948, Tommy in 1949 and Dee Dee and Joey in 1951.

You can read the article HERE.

 

CJ Ramone to Appear at The Wheaton All Night Flea Market in Illinois on August 18

Per CJ from his Facebook page:

I WILL HAVE A TABLE AT THE EVENT SO COME BY AND SAY HELLO. I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR AUTOGRAPHS, PICTURES AND SALE OF MEMORABILIA, PRICES WILL BE POSTED. THERE WILL ALSO BE MANY VENDORS AT THIS EVENT. THEY WILL BE BRINGING AN INCREDIBLE MIX OF ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES FROM WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, IOWA, MINNESOTA AND ILLINOIS. THE FLEA MARKET WILL BE HELD “RAIN OR MOONSHINE, SO COME ON OUT AND JOIN ME IN THE FUN. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING ALL OF MY FANS.

More information can be found HERE.

Podcast - RA/OR 238 - GABBA GABBA EIGHTIES

I recently joined BJ Kramp on his Rock and/or Roll podcast along with Tramps Like Us podcast host Lee McCormack to talk the Ramones in the 1980s. In addition to reviewing their career during this time we also offered our top 10 Ramones songs of the 1980s.

August 1st, 2008

The annual Johnny Ramone Memorial was held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Marky, CJ and Tommy were all in attendance. You can read a report from the event HERE.

July 26th, 1990

The Ramones played the Dallas Fair Park Bandshell in Dallas, Texas.

Setlist:

"Durango 95"
"Teenage Lobotomy"
"Psycho Therapy"
"Blitzkrieg Bop"
"Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?"
"I Believe In Miracles"
"Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment"
"Rock 'N' Roll High School"
"I Wanna Be Sedated"
"Beat On The Brat"
"I Wanna Live"
"Bonzo Goes To Bitburg (My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down)"
"Commando"
"Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"
"Rockaway Beach"
"Pet Sematary"
"Mama's Boy"
"Animal Boy"
"Wart Hog"
"Surfin' Bird"
"Cretin Hop"
"I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You"
"Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World"
"Pinhead"
"Somebody Put Something In My Drink"
"We're A Happy Family"

2018 Johnny Ramone Tribute

Tickets are now on sale for the 2018 Johnny Ramone Tribute presented by Linda Ramone and Cinespia. The event will take place on August 26th at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Las Angeles, California.

You can buy tickets HERE.

 

 

July 20th, 1982

The Ramones played My Father's Place in Roslyn, NY. The show was recorded and broadcast on WLIR.

July 18th, 1995

The Ramones final studio release ¡Adios Amigos! was released. I've hoped for a deluxe version of this album but am doubtful it will happen. The recent CJ Ramone auction has given a better idea of what that release could look like though. One of the items is a cassette tape featuring demos and rehearsals as well as 2 unreleased tracks.

1. "Take the Pain Away" (Dee Dee vocals)
2. "Cretin Family" (Dee Dee vocals)
3. "It’s For Me to Know" (CJ vocals)
4. "Makin’ Monster for My Friends" (Dee Dee vocals)
5. "Born to Die in Berlin" (Dee Dee vocals)
6. "Got a Lot to Say" (CJ Vocals)
7. "Scattergun" (CJ vocals)
8. "Maybe Tomorrow" [Unreleased] (CJ???? vocals)
9. "Have a Nice Day" (CJ??? Vocals)
10. "She Talk to Rainbows" (Joey scratch vocals)
11. "Life’s a Gas" (Joey scratch vocals)
12. "A Perfect Day in June" [Unreleased] (Joey scratch vocals)

The above listed tracks with Dee Dee on vocals along with the 2 previously unreleased tracks and a live show would make this a must own for fans.

Richie Ramone Biography Release Date

Richie Ramone's autobiography I Know Better Now: My LIfe Before, During and After the Ramones will be released on November 27th.

From the publisher:
It's 1982 and the Ramones are in a gutter-bound spiral. Following a run of inconsistent albums and deep in the throes of internal tensions, the legendary quartet is about to crash and burn. Enter Richie Ramone. Then a 26-year-old from New Jersey named Richard Reinhardt, he's snapped up by the group to be their new drummer and instantly goes from the obscurity of the underground club scene to membership in the most famous punk-rock band of all time, revitalizing the pioneering outfit with his powerful, precise, and blindingly fast beats composing classic cuts like the menacing anthem Somebody Put Something in My Drink and becoming the only Ramones percussionist to sing lead vocals for the group. With the Ramones, he performs over five hundred shows at venues all around the world and records three storming studio albums before abruptly quitting the band and going deep underground. To most fans, this crucial figure in the band's history has remained a mystery, his tale untold. Until now. I Know Better Now: My Life Before, During, and After the Ramones is the firsthand, four-on-the-floor account of a life in rock 'n' roll and in one of its most influential acts-straight from the sticks of the man who kept the beat.

You can pre-order the book HERE.

 

Gabba Gabba Hey Movie aka Too Tough to Die

One of the items of interest from the CJ Ramone auction is a script for a proposed Ramones movie titled Gabba Gabba Hey.

This was the first I had heard of the movie so I reached out to Ali Eckert one of the credited writers of the script. Ali was kind enough to furnish some information regarding the project. Below you'll find a blurb from an August 2000 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine and a Joey quote regarding the project dated May 8th, 2000. Big thanks to Mr. Eckert for helping shed some light on this unreleased Ramones project.

Rolling Stone - August 3rd, 2000 Courtesy Ali Eckert

Courtesy Ali Eckert



Road to Ruin [40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

On September 2st Rhino Records will release the Ramones' 4th album Road to Ruin in a 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.

From the band's website:

ROAD TO RUIN: 40^th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION contains two different mixes of the album, unissued rough mixes for every album track, and an unreleased 1979 concert recording of the Ramones in New York. It will be produced in a limited and numbered edition of 7,500 copies worldwide and comes packaged in a 12 x 12 hardcover book. Along with the music, the set also features rare photos and artwork, including the unused, alternate cover image, plus essays by former New York Rocker writer Roy Trakin, album cover artist John Holmstrom, and Road To Ruin producer Ed Stasium, who details the making of this classic record.

The first disc of the ROAD TO RUIN: 40^th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION features a remastered version of the original stereo mix for Road To Ruin and a new 2018 40^th Anniversary Road Revisited mix created by Stasium, who strips off the original record’s commercial gloss and restores the album to its punk rock core. Stasium’s new mix is also featured on the 180-gram LP that accompanies this deluxe edition.

You can preorder the album HERE.

Auction - CJ Ramone Collection

CJ Ramone is currently auctioning off his collection of Ramones related items. Pieces include musical instruments and gear, handwritten lyrics, posters and much more.

Item #2502 - Dee Dee Ramone's Handwritten "Poison Heart" Lyrics

You can see all of the items and bid HERE.

July 11th, 1990

The Ramones played Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY.

Setlist:

1. "Durango 95 
2. "Teenage Lobotomy 
3. "Psycho Therapy 
4. "Blitzkrieg Bop 
5. 
   
6. "Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? 
7. "I Believe in Miracles 
8. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment 
9. "Rock 'N' Roll High School 
10. "I Wanna Be Sedated 
11. "Beat on the Brat 
12. "I Wanna Live 
13. "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) 
14. "Go Mental 
15. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker 
16. "Rockaway Beach 
17. "Pet Sematary 
18. "Don't Bust My Chops 
19. "She's the One 
20. "Mama's Boy
21. "Animal Boy 
22. "Wart Hog 
23. "Surfin' Bird 
24. "Cretin Hop 
25. "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 
26. "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World 
27. "Pinhead 
28. "Chinese Rocks 
29. "Somebody Put Something in My Drink 
30. "We're a Happy Family

July 2nd, 1979

The Ramones flipped the audience "the bird" and left the stage after playing 6 songs at the Canadian World Music Festival in Toronto.

Johnny said of the event: “On July 2, 1979, we played on a bill with Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Johnny Winter, AC/DC, and Nazareth to a crowd of forty-six thousand people in Toronto…I saw the other bands we were playing with and I thought, “This isn’t gonna work.” I complained to Premier, our booking agency, about it, and they said, ‘We’ve been in the business a long time, we know what we’re doing’…

“About five or six songs into the set, the whole crowd stood up, and I thought it had started to rain. Dee Dee thought the same thing, but they were throwing stuff at us – sandwiches, bottles, everything. Then, all of a sudden, I broke two strings on my guitar in one strum. I thought it was a sign from God to get off the stage, because I’d rarely break a string, maybe once a year. So I just walked to the front of the stage, stopped playing, and gave the audience the finger – with both hands. I stood there like that, flipping them off, with both hands out, and walked off. The rest of the band kept playing for another ten or fifteen seconds until they’d realized I was walking off, and then they did too. I wasn’t gonna stand there and be booed and have stuff thrown at us without retaliating in some way. We had to come off looking good somehow, and there was no good way to get out of that.”

June 27th, 1996

The Ramones played the first date of Lollapalooza at Longview Lake in Kansas City, MO. Other acts included Metallica, Soundgarden, Rancid and Screaming Trees. The tour ran for 22 dates through August 4th and would be the band's last.

Setlist:

1. "Durango 95" 
2. "Teenage Lobotomy" 
3. "Psycho Therapy" 
4. "Blitzkrieg Bop" 
5. 
   
6. "Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?" 
7. "I Believe in Miracles" 
8. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" 
9. "Rock 'N' Roll High School" 
10. "I Wanna Be Sedated" 
11. "Spider-Man" 
12. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" 
13. "Rockaway Beach" 
14. "Pet Sematary" 
15. "Beat on the Brat" 
16. "53rd & 3rd" 
17. "Chinese Rocks" 
18. "Wart Hog" 
19. "Cretin Hop" 
20. "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." 
21. "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World" 
22. "Pinhead" 

June 26th, 1989

After playing two sets at the Reseda Country Club the night before Joey and Ramones Tour Manager Monte Melnick appeared on KDOC'S Request Video program with host Jim Trenton.

June 24th, 2002

Weeks after Dee Dee Ramones death in 2002 Johnny was featured in Rolling Stone magazine. He gave his thoughts on Dee Dee's death and also talked about the band's current reissued CDs.

You can read the interview HERE.

June 22nd, 1985

The Ramones played The Longest Day Festival in Milton Keynes, England. Other acts on the bill included Billy Bragg, R.E.M. and headliners U2.

On This Date In...

1989 Dee Dee Ramone released his solo album Standing in the Spotlight as Dee Dee King.

Also on this date in 1995 the Ramones appeared on the 1995 MTV Movie Awards where they performed a medley of the songs nominated for "Best Song From a Movie". The nominated songs were: "Big Empty" by Stone Temple Pilots, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" by Elton John, "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" by Urge Overkill, "I'll Remember You" by Madonna and "Regulate" by Warren G.

June 8th, 2013

Arturo Vega passed away. You can read about his life HERE.

June 6th, 1980

The Ramones played Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. In the book Ramones: An American Band by Jim Bressman Johnny says this was his favorite gig.

Setlist:

"Blitzkrieg Bop"

"Teenage Lobotomy"

"Rockaway Beach"

"I Can't Make It on Time"

"Go Mental"

"Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment"

"Rock 'N' Roll High School"

"I Wanna Be Sedated"

"Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?"

"She's the One"

"I Just Want to Have Something to Do"

"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"

"This Ain't Havana"

"Commando"

"Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"

"I'm Affected"

"Surfin' Bird"

"Cretin Hop"

"All the Way"

"Judy Is a Punk"

"I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You"

"Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World"

"Pinhead"

"Chinese Rock"

"Beat on the Brat"

"We're a Happy Family"

June 5th, 2002

Dee Dee Ramone passed away at the age of 50.


Photo by Brad Browns

Worn Free Ramones Shirts

Super cool tees as worn by punk legends Dee Dee, Johnny, Joey and Tommy Ramone.

Check out all 45 shirts HERE.

About Worn Free:

Launched in 2004, Worn Free reproduces original tees famously worn by such rock legends as John Lennon, Joey Ramone, Frank Zappa, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, Gram Parsons, Johnny Ramone & Joan Jett, among others.  Celebrating punk fury, hippie utopianism, psychedelic excess and art-pop whimsy, Worn Free shirts express the insurrectionary spirit of rock and roll in all its forms. Worn Free believes in giving credit where credit is due and we have obtained the approval of every artist for their name and likeness rights and cleared logo designs wherever possible.

The hang tag that comes with each shirt resembles a backstage pass and features a photo of the artist wearing the original tee.  Made of fine, luxuriously soft cotton, Worn Free Tees are decadently comfortable and fit like your old favorites the first time you slip them on.

Joey Ramone Birthday Bash 2018 Recap

The Joey Ramone website published a recap of this year's Birthday Bash.

You can find it HERE.

Johnny Ramone Rock Iconz Statue

The Johnny Ramone Rock Iconz statue is currently in production and is now available for pre-order.

More information HERE.

May 27th, 1994

The Ramones appeared on Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

Ramones Legacy Walking Tour

Explore punk rock history from Midtown Manhattan to the Bowery. You'll get to see where members of The Ramones lived, fought, worked, and played. We'll also visit two street intersections made famous by the Ramones. Finally, we'll see living proof of the lasting legacy of a band that represented the true grit that was New York City in the late 1970s and 80s.

Learn more and book your tour HERE.

May 22nd, 2012

Joey Ramone's Ya Know? was released posthumously.

May 19th, 1951

Joey Ramone was born.

New Book to Feature the Ramones

"Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City" by Mike Katz and Crispin Kott will be published on June 1st, 2018.

From the churches and street corners of Harlem and The Bronx to the underground clubs of the East Village, New York City has been a musical mecca for generations, and Rock & Roll Explorer Guide to New York City is the definitive story of its development throughout the five boroughs.

Plug in and walk the same streets a young Bob Dylan walked. See where Patti Smith, the Ramones, Beastie Boys, and Jeff Buckley played. Visit on foot the places Lou Reed mentions in his songs or where Paul Simon grew up; where the Strokes drowned their sorrows, Talking Heads created art and Jimi Hendrix found his vision. Rock and Roll Explorer Guide gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at how bands came together, scenes developed, and classic songs were written. Artists come and go, neighborhoods change, venues open and close, but the music lives on.

More information can be found HERE.

May 13th, 1977

The Ramones played My Father's Place in Roslyn, NY.

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" 
5. 
   
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.