From the promoter:Austin 360, TXChicago's Screeching Weasel generally have a polarizing effect on most punk fans -- either you love their amateurish, tuneful Ramones imitation and singer/guitarist Ben Weasel's smartass-suburbanite, often pop culture-oriented lyrics, or you hate them.
I Married Dee Dee RamoneA.V. Clubby Nathan Rabin June 16, 2009 The essential Ramones documentary End Of The Century makes it clear how much angst, friction and despair went into creating the band's joyful noise. Imagine Leonard Cohen pushing himself to the brink of madness writing
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The Anvil Experience, Chris Crofton and the Alcohol Stuntband and Nashville Scene, USAIf your band can suck the energy and excitement from Ramones' songs, you should probably just turn in your instruments and think about selling insurance. And if your band gets shown up by the Mean Tambourines, then you might want to speed that process
New York Dolls: History All Dolled UpJamBase, CAIf we told you The Ramones or Elvis or The Beatles had somehow returned (stay with us here) and had recorded new music and were touring, would you be jazzed, buy the album, study the music and the show? Please say you would. You know, of course,
U2 live reviews - NYC, baby!San Jose Mercury News, USAThursday: “Beautiful Day” with snippets of “Rock and Roll High School” and “I Remember You,” by the Ramones; and “Vertigo,” with a snippet of the Beatles’ “She Loves You.” The first song was for the show, the second was just for the studio audience.
Clooney’s Doc, Woody’s Comedy Featured at Tribeca Film FestivalBloomberg affected working-class Americans, and Mandy Stein’s “Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB,” a history of the famous New York punk-rock club that closed in 2006 after helping launch the careers of Patti Smith, the Ramones and the Talking Heads.
Poisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee RamoneantiMUSIC.com, CAPoisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee Ramone was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (PR) Beverly Hills publisher Phoenix Books will release Poisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee Ramone by Vera Ramone King (Phoenix Books, June 2009, $22.95).
Got My Vans On But They Look Like SneakersBrooklyn Rail, NYThe punks had it easy: anyone with really really short hair (save The Ramones) was an ally. But the post-punks have it tougher. Their aesthetic requires having an aesthetic, not one signifier, but a style that comprises many. With so many poets, bands,
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