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.