Johnny Ramone: Rebel in a rebel's world

Washington Times ^

[NutCrackerBoy]

I heard a rumor that in the early days, after a CBGBs performance, the Ramones would come off the stage to find syringes of heroin lined up for each member of the band.

[LibertyGrrrl]

http://www.conservativepunk.com/

http://www.gopunk.com/gp/index.php

http://www.punkvoterlies.blogspot.com/

[RUCKUS INC.]

If you like the Ramones, you should check out a band called The Huntingtons. They won the Ramones-sound a likes contest at CeeBeeGeeBees a few years back... The Ramones were the judges... They also do original stuff... very cool band.

[labowski]

Agree with you on The Pogues, wish they still played. Rainy Night is great, my fave album is If I Should Fall From Grace With God. Heh, I had it playing rather loudly in my car one day and came to a light, the guy next to me asked "what are we listening to?" So, I held up the cassette and told him, I wonder if he ever went and bought it.

[Dazedcat]

In my humble opinion, The Ramones were probably the best American band that I've ever heard or seen. Anyone who ever saw them at their peak ought to agree. Their records were great, but their live shows were overwhelming.

Nice article, thanks for posting it.

[labowski]

Yeah, see that's why they need people like us to help em out with some new and fresh ideas : ) As an aside, I had no idea Vincent Gallo was conservative, that's pretty cool.

[bc2]

This is an awesome article. Kind of cool since I went to NYC this weekend and went to CBGB's where it all happened, on Bowery where it's been renamed to "Joey Ramone Place".

The whole idea of punk is to think for yourself, to question authority, and to be different than the mindless masses around you. Now, these MTV "punks" just parrot the anti-capitalist bilge spouted by Eddie Vedder, and bands like Anti Flag and Green Day. How punk rock is it to blindly hate "THE MAN" and not actually inform yourself?

I'm 24, I have tattoos, I play guitar and bass in a band, we get drunk, cause trouble, go shooting, etc. I'm a Libertarian and I'm a punk. And I've had it out with the "I'm-more-punk-than-you" idiots down at the record shop who are Green Party activists and pass out Socialist propaganda.

How punk is it to be stupid and uninformed? How punk is it to enable people who want to keep you and others down? How punk is it to enable people and political parties who want to take away the power for people to make money, and live free? These people are idiots. I've had arguments where I gave these faux punks a verbal and intellectual beat down, kicked ass on their lies and crushed their snotty attitudes.

True punks will always think for themselves, strive to educate themselves, question authority, and NOT conform to the ideas of idiots no matter what kind of uniform they wear, be it a suit or a mohawk.

There is a big list of FR rockers and former punks. I think I've pinged a few of them. If some aren't right, sorry. If you know who the old FR punks and rockers are, ping them to this article! Special shout to "kdmhcdcfld" because Husker Du rocks!

Is there a punk ping list? If not does anyone want to be on it, if I start one?

[labowski]

Good links, thanks, or should I say Oi!

[labowski]

Husker Du bump, add me to your list if you start one.

[LibertyGrrrl]

I think you should start one and add me to your PUNK ping list...

[Skip Ripley]

Yeah, Jello Biafra was a commie until the rest of the band sued him for a bigger chunk of the royalties.

[bc2]

I just added ya... let's see if anyone else is interested!

[bc2]

I added you, too.

:-)

[marktuoni]

In 1988 I bought IISFFGWG after seeing the "Fairytale of New York" video on MTV on "120 Minutes." late one Sunday night. Every friend of mine who I played it for either asked me for a copy or bought one themselves.

There were six men in Birmingham
in Guildofrd there's four
that were picked up
and tortured
and framed by the law.

[marktuoni]

Got any extra room there on your ping list?

[bc2]

yup, done!

[itsamelman]

"Is there a punk ping list? If not does anyone want to be on it, if I start one?"

Count me in.

[Sam's Army]

I'm there--put me on your list, too!

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Johnny has always had his head screwed on right. He once said,

"The left wing is trying to destroy America by giving handouts to everyone and making everyone dependent on them."

For more, go here:
http://www.supersphere.com/Zinetropa/Article.html?ID=Scram&NAME=Ramone

[bc2]

done, and done...