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Ramones: Soundtrack Of Our Lives book out now!
Finnish journalist & Ramones webmaster Jari-Pekka Laitio-Ramone spent over 5 years compiling stories, photos and other material for his Ramones book, “Ramones: Soundtrack Of Our Lives.” The book honors the Ramones legacy, and features many unreleased stories and photos. If you’re a fan of the Ramones, this looks like something you’d want!
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Loud Fast Jews (Tommy Ramone, Lenny Kaye, Chris Stein, and Handsome Dick Manitoba) speaking June 11th in NYC
New York City is universally acknowledged and rightly revered as the cradle of punk rock civilization. But it is safe to say that few are aware that many of punk’s progenitors were Jewish – kids from the outer boroughs and far beyond who settled in Manhattan’s East Village and forged a new world of sound, fury and humor at CBGB’s and other downtown bars and clubs.
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Tommy Ramone
In the new documentary, End of the Century, the sleeves of the Ramones are rolled up, showing all their warts and scars. And in the midst of all the dysfunction, squabbling, and resentfulness, there’s one positive voice who saw the potential of the Ramones, believed in them and never stopped believing. He’s Tom Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone – their original drummer by default, producer of their best albums, and writer of songs like Blitzkrieg Bop. But for virtually creating the punk sound, Tom Erdelyi is a humble, thoughtful, down-to-earth average guy. While the other Ramones kept (got stuck in?) their “Ramone” persona, Tom kept his own identity, becoming the most “inside” objective resource on the early Ramones. Just as he was the spokesman for the band in their earliest days, he is, by default in a tragic sense, their spokesman again. I spoke with him a few days after Johnny Ramone’s passing.
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