Like all cultural watersheds, Ramones was embraced by a discerning few and slagged off as a bad joke by the uncomprehending majority. Since the no-frills production sacrifices clarity for impact, printed lyrics on the inner sleeve help even as they mock another pretentious convention - although the four-or-five-line texts of “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue,” “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around with You” and “Loudmouth” are an anti-art of their own.
Joey Ramone’s monotone is the perfect complement to Johnny and Dee Dee’s precise guitar/bass pulse. The fourteen songs, averaging barely over two minutes each, start and stop like a lurching assembly line. The result not only spearheaded the original new wave/punk movement, but also drew the blueprint for subsequent hardcore punk bands, most of whom unfortunately neglected the essential pop element. Their genius was to recapture the short/simple aesthetic from which pop had strayed, adding a caustic sense of trash-culture humor and minimalist rhythm guitar sound. With just four chords and one manic tempo, New York’s Ramones blasted open the clogged arteries of mid-’70s rock, reanimating the music. Through two determined but uneven subsequent decades, singer Joey Ramone (Jeff Hyman), guitarist Johnny Ramone (John Cummings), bassist Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin, later replaced by Christopher “C.J.” Ward) and either Marky Ramone (Marc Bell) or Richie Ramone (Reinhardt) on drums attempted to reclaim, revitalize, revise or reinvent the spirited joy of those primary masterstrokes. Coincident to its first lineup change (the departure of drummer/co-producer Tommy “Ramone” Erdelyi), Road to Ruin led the New York quartet off the tracks it had so brilliantly laid. The undisputed punk-pop classics that form the group’s must-own triptych are the collective blueprint for a distinct and sublimely original rock’n’roll sound and vision that have been copied endlessly (sometimes literally) since the albums were released in the 1970s.īut perfection, even moronic cartoon perfection, is unsustainable. Todos Somos Ramones: Un Homenaje (Argentine Rockaway) 2004Īlthough it took the Ramones 20 years to decide they’d had enough - the band retired after doing Lollapalooza as a farewell tour in 1996 - the group will eternally have the legacy of the first three albums of a prolific and frequently great career.Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones (Triple X) 1991.".ya know?" (Mutated Music / BMG) 2012.The Answer to Your Problems? (Zoë) 1999.Marky Ramone and the Intruders (Blackout!) 1996.Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits (Sire / Rhino / Warner Bros.) 2002.Anthology: Hey Ho Let's Go! (Sire / Warner Archives / Rhino) 1999.All the Stuff (And More) Volume Two (Sire / Warner Bros.) 1991.End of the Decade (UK Beggars Banquet) 1990.All the Stuff (And More) Volume One (Sire / Warner Bros.) 1990.Too Tough to Die (Sire) 1984 (Sire / Warner Bros.Subterranean Jungle (Sire) 1983 (Sire / Warner.Pleasant Dreams (Sire) 1981 (Sire / Warner Bros.End of the Century (Sire) 1980 (Sire / Warner Bros.It's Alive (UK Sire) 1979 (Sire / Warner Archives) 1995.Road to Ruin (Sire) 1978 (Sire / Warner Archives / Rhino) 2001.Rocket to Russia (Sire) 1977 (Sire / Warner Archives / Rhino) 2001.Leave Home (Sire) 1977 (Sire / Warner Archives / Rhino) 2001.Ramones (Sire) 1976 (Sire / Warner Archives / Rhino) 2001.
The Captain Oi! edition contains all of the songs from both versions. " Pet Sematary" (Contains unlisted " Carbona Not Glue" (The Ramones)) " My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)"
" My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)"ĭee Dee Ramone, Jean Beauvoir, Joey Ramoneĭee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Tommy ErdelyiĪl Frazier, Sonny Harris, Carl White, Turner Wilsonġ992 Sire version (CD) Concert 12th March 1991 Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone
This is the first Ramones album to feature C.J. The original tracks were recorded digitally at the Sala Zeleste in Barcelona, Spain on March 11–12, 1991 and overdubbed at Electric Lady Studios in NYC. The 1992 Sire version has different cover art and track order, and replaced these four tracks with "I Just Wanna Have Something to Do", "Havana Affair", "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement", and an unlisted "Carbona Not Glue". The 1991 Chrysalis version contains 33 songs, including "Too Tough to Die", "Don't Bust My Chops", "Palisades Park", and "Love Kills". There are two different versions of Loco Live available. Loco Live is the second live album by American punk band the Ramones.
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