Like superheroes, Jeffrey Hyman, John Cummings, Douglas Colvin, and Thomas Erdelyi put on black leather jackets in 1974 and ...
With its savage energy and subversive spirit, the band’s self-titled LP had a potent influence on much of the angry, ...
Though their glory days appeared to have concluded along with the '70s, the Ramones continued to churn out album after album with almost religious dependability throughout the '80s. It culminated in ...
Released a half-century ago in the midst of mainstream dominance by so-called dinosaur rock acts, the Ramones' eponymous debut (4/23/76) is the definition ...
It bombed in the charts, critics hated it – so how did the Ramones make one of the best debut albums ever? - INTERVIEW: Half ...
If punk is dead, at least now it’s got a worthy mausoleum. The Queens Museum’s latest exhibition, “Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk,” is ostensibly about the prodigal sons of New ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Portrait of the Ramones, left to right, Joey Ramone (1951 - 2001), ...
There were still two decades to go when the Ramones preemptively declared the End of the Century on their fifth album. It was more like the end of their old sound. This musical marriage seemed like a ...
Most importantly, it has been an on-ramp to the punk counterculture for 50 years. This galvanising opening chant introduces ...
Punk rock in America was built upon a rejection of the musical mainstream, so it is unsurprising that the Ramones always ...
Tommy Ramone, drummer and last surviving original member of the punk rock band the Ramones, died Friday, the band’s manager with Silent Partner Management confirmed to the Los Angeles Times. He was 65 ...