Sunday, August 12, 2018

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.

 

Sunday, August 5, 2018

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.

Saturday, August 4, 2018

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.



Wednesday, August 1, 2018

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.