With CJ Ramone at the helm, the CJ SAYS podcast is set to take listeners on a sonic journey through the history and back catalogue of the world’s most iconic American punk band. Expect behind-the-scenes insights from the person who was actually there both on and off stage.
Episode 001 is now available.
All Good Cretins Go To Heaven: The Enduring Spirit of the Ramones’ is a 280-page fan retrospective celebrating the Ramones. With fan-submitted photos, meet-up moments, and concert stories; also includes interviews from family and friends who knew the band. The new book also covers band history and biographies of each band member, the origins of rock and roll, the origin of punk, and what it means to be punk.
All Good Cretins Go To Heaven’ will be available starting April 23rd.
More information HERE.
Live at CBGB will be released for the first time on vinyl on Record Store Day (11/28/25)
More information HERE.
“These Atmos mixes present the Ramones’ recordings with the clarity and power with which I always imagined hearing them,” Stasium says. “It might sound a bit cliché, but I find listening to them to be like seeing the sequence from The Wizard of Oz where the film morphs from black & white to color. These Dolby Atmos mixes are transforming the original mixes from 16mm black & white into vivid IMAX!”
Limited to 2,000 copies. Order HERE.
This year's Birthday Bash will be held at Bowery Electric on May 19th.
Information from the TICKET SITE:
Loco Live is the second live album by the legendary Ramones, pulling from two March 1991 dates in Spain. Originally released in 1991, now available on 140g 2LP blue & red vinyl.
The book by author Stephen B. Armstrong is described as follows:
The first of its sort, The Ramones and the Making of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School provides readers with a detailed production history of this beloved film that draws upon extensive interviews the author has conducted with many of the people who contributed to its creation, including director Allan Arkush, uncredited co-director Joe Dante, screenwriter Joseph McBride, producer Michael Finnell, the Ramones’ tour manager, Monte A. Melnick, and Roger Corman.
The book is now avaiable for pre-order and will released in September. More information HERE.
AVAILABLE NOW!! Live To Tell is the culmination of everything Richie Ramone is about as an artist and as a person. Musically, every tune is 'A Side' quality! Lyrically, it's deep, real, sometimes humorous but above all, self-reflecting and very dark. By his admission he's finally gotten it right... this is the album he's been trying to make since boldly walking away from The Ramones in 1987!
More info and ordering information HERE.
This year's Record Store Day will be held on April 22nd and will feature a unique release of Pleasant Dreams. From the RSD website: Original mixes by album producer Graham Gouldman and 3 additional songs from the sessions not included on the original album. Featuring alternative artwork found in the Warner Library.
White Eagle Hall is presenting a rare screening of "Rock 'n' Roll High School" on February 25th. In addition to the screening, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A hosted by Justin Savage and WFMU's Todd-O-Phonic Todd. The panelists will include director Allan Arkush, longtime Ramones tour manager Monte A Melnick and producer Michael Finnell .
More info and tickets HERE.
Ramones played the Granada Theater in Kansas City, Kansas. Mark Gilman shot some Super-8 footage with sound and it's a great portrait of how powerful of a live act the band was.
Sadly, there are only about 7 songs as he was caught and had to stop filming.
On April 23rd Ramones - The Sire Albums (1981-1989) will be released as part of Record Store Day.
From the RSD website: A seven LP box set of albums (Pleasant Dreams, Subterranean Jungle, Too Tough To Die, Animal Boy, Halfway To Sanity, Brain Drain) and a neon pink splatter vinyl LP of rarities, all pressed on vinyl for the first time since their original release. Presented in a numbered slipcase with a sticker sheet included.
https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/14604
I've always considered footage from Joey's pre-Ramones band Sniper to be Holy Grail material. Well someone has found and posted some! Gaston Ramone on Youtube posted the footage earlier this month. The footage is marked as being from The Underground Tonight Show in 1973. Watch it below.
UPDATE: Link to interview HERE.
East Coast Connection will have a live interview with Ramones tour manager Monte A. Melnick & founder of Punk Magazine John Holstrom.
They’ll be discussing the history of Ramones T-shirts from beginning to end & everything Ramones related.
Link: East Coast Connection on Instagram
