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September 16, 2004

Johnny's Last Stand

Shortly before his death, Ramone looked back at his punk rock life
April 15, 2004

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 26) The Ramones

By Lenny Kaye
April 20, 2001

The Father of Punk

Joey Ramone: 1951-2001
April 20, 2001

Remembering Joey

David Byrne, Billie Joe Armstrong and more pay tribute to Joey Ramone

Recordings and Reviews

Too Tough To Die

The Ramones' eighth studio album is an exhilarating summation of all that they do so well, from the classic thrash of "Mama's Boy" and "Human Kind" to the big-beat balladry of "I'm Not Afraid of Life." But Too Tough to Die is also a significant step forward for this great American band: along with...

2002 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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In the mid-'70s the Ramones shaped the sound of punk rock in New York with simple, fast songs, deadpan lyrics, no solos, and an impenetrable wall of guitar chords. Twenty years later, with virtually all of their peers either retired or having moved on to forms other than punk, Joey and Johnny Ramone, the band's core, continued adamantly to parlay the same determinedly basic sound. The cultural imp...

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