RAMONES could very well be the first punk band i ever got into
thanks to my parents renting Rock N Roll High School on bETA way back in the day
i just finished reading ON THE ROAD WITH THE RAMONES which was writing by their tour manager. and i'm amazed about what i did not know about them. and now i really question, am i fan. i cannot believe how much of a dick Johnny is. never knew Joey had mental problems. and how Dee Dee kept writing tunes for the band even when he wasn't in it. or just how hard every drummer has had it. Tommy may have started it, but it took quite a bit to keep the others up to speed.
i do like the part where Johnny gave Green Day a hardtime during some award ceremony where "Billy isn't playing it the correct way" which i never knew that Johnny was all downstroke.
great book. i got the updated edition, which includes the post Ramones death's
i guess, i'm still a fan. i've always said i wanted to be buried in a Ramones shirt.