The Ramones’ weird legend grows 50 years after accidentally sparking punk revolution

The Ramones’ weird legend grows 50 years after accidentally sparking punk revolution

The Ramones’ weird legend is growing 50 years after it accidentally sparked a punk-rock revolution – even though all of the New York City band’s founding members are long dead. The odd-looking foursome made the unusual pop-culture journey from misfit outsiders with little commercial success to one of a handful of bands with a case … Read more

How the Ramones rocked CBGB 50 years ago and became the poster punks of a music movement

How the Ramones rocked CBGB 50 years ago and became the poster punks of a music movement

True to the raw, anarchic spirit of punk-rock, the Ramones played as dirty as those notoriously filthy CBGB bathrooms when they got a spontaneous offer from their first manager at the holy underground in New York’s East Village in 1975. “They wanted to be in my column in the SoHo Weekly News. And I kept … Read more

Ramones relatives’ legal feud threatens to derail Pete Davidson-led Netflix movie

Ramones relatives’ legal feud threatens to derail Pete Davidson-led Netflix movie

Relatives of punk legends the Ramones are dueling in lawsuits – in a long-simmering feud that threatens to torpedo a planned Netflix movie starring Pete Davidson as the band’s iconic singer. Guitarist Johnny Ramone’s widow, Linda Cummings-Ramone, sparked the latest round of the bitter brawl in January when she sued singer Joey Ramone’s brother Mitchel … Read more