Cool! Footage of Joey Ramone BEFORE he was in The Ramones
Before the Ramones, Jeff Hyman of Queens, New York–later known as Joey Ramone–was in a band called Sniper. Reader Adam
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Ongoing History Daily: Try to imagine The Ramones’ first gig. It went down like this.
On March 30, 1974, a new band called The Ramones played their first gig. It was at a place called
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Twenty years ago today, we lost Joey Ramone. Here’s what happened.
In the late 90s, I was working on a book on alt-rock. As we got closer to the publication date,
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 871: Musicians with disabilities
The human body can be both very strong and very fragile. Given its complexity, it generally works pretty well. But
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Weekly survey: What’s the last song you want to hear before you die?
And some point, we will all travel into the light and slip the bonds of this mortal coil. Hopefully, it
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Random music news for Saturday, June 23, 2019
Big BBQ at my place tonight. Stand back. I’ll cook. No, really. Stand back! And now, music news for June 23,
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If Da Vinci had met Joey Ramone…
One day in 1503, Leonardo Da Vinci started on a portrait that would be known as the Mona Lisa. What
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Flashback: When Slash and Dave Mustaine Auditioned for Drew Carey
Long before Drew Carey began begging for us to have our pets spayed or neutered on the Price Is Right,
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The Miracle of the Joey Ramone Street Sign
[Tom frequently recommends stories and links to this site. This time, though, he has a story of his own. –
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Random Music News for Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Back to work. Back to school. Back to…pumpkin spice lattes? Really, Starbucks? So soon? And now, some music news. Bono
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How to Find a Joey Ramone Street Sign
If you go to a particular corner in New York City and look up, you’ll see this. The sign is
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