![]() I remember having the bootleg album for a long time. We played the Roxy and it was a radio broadcast. It was probably our first trip out to California. What are your recollections of that time? There’s a live show on this version of Leaving Home recorded at the Roxy in Hollywood. But overall the album is an essential part of someone’s rock collection. Hearing them live later and then going back, they sound like they were not quite as fast as I’d like. We weren’t playing as fast as I felt like we should have yet some of the fast songs could have been faster. The first album was a very important album, I’m told. Production-wise, I think they each got a little bit better from the first four. On Road to Ruin I hated “Questioningly.” There would always be something I hated. I probably hated “Ramona” on the Rocket to Russia album. I probably hated “What’s Your Game” on the second album, Leave Home. It’s always difficult for me to listen.Ĭould you give me an example of a song you wish you could go back and fix, or do differently? I look for what I could have done to make it better. On the first album, I feel like I wish the production was a little better. I think most bands probably peak on their first album. Rocket to Russia is I think my favorite Ramones record. Listening back to these records, twenty-some years removed, how do you feel about them? These Ducks Visit Dee Dee Ramone's Grave Every Day Guitarist Johnny Ramone talked about his memories of the four albums, the recent birthday tribute/memorial for Joey Ramone, and all things Ramones. ![]() This summer, Rhino Records reissued the Ramones’ first four albums - 1976’s The Ramones, 1977’s Leaving Home and Rocket to Russia, and 1978’s Road to Ruin and - in re-mastered form, with additional bonus tracks, including live takes and demos. ![]() Hailed by the critics and ignored by the charts, when the Ramones broke up after the release of 1995’s Adios Amigos, their success was best measured in the thousands of bands that followed in their footsteps. Once the ultimate outsider medium, in the twenty-five years since the release of the Ramones’ self-titled debut, punk has become a part of the scenery, with the Ramones’ own “Blitzkrieg Bop” a cover staple for bands like Green Day and a dependable rally song for guitarist Johnny Ramone’s beloved New York Yankees. Formed by four guys from Queens, the Ramones sang about being bored, sniffing glue and the youthful pursuit of looking for something to do, along the way exalting the three-chord rock song into an art form and starting what became known as punk rock. The recent death of the Ramones’ singer Joey Ramone closed a chapter of rock. ![]()
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