This documentary charts the history of the Ramones from "hey let's form a band" afternoons in early '70s Queens; through the nascent NY Punk scene; the deal with Sire; the sellout trips to London; the knockout first few albums; the strange encounters with bigshot LA producers; the inter-band falling-outs; the lack of chart success and then... well from watching this film it sounds like the workaday treadmill kicked in for some fifteen years thereafter. Eventually the band did call it a day, but not until having gotten wholly frazzled in the process.
Each Ramone is interviewed at length, and reveals himself to be a different character: there's Joey (the geeky, shy one); Johnny (the tyrannical one); DeeDee (the dumb one) and Tommy (the one who got out early). Or something like that. And there's Marky (the one who appears to have had loads of pl**t*c su*g*ry) plus lots of great archive and interviews with other punk era musicians, making this essential viewing for Ramones fans (myself included) and hopefully a good introduction for newbies. Hey ho, let's Gooooooo!
Each Ramone is interviewed at length, and reveals himself to be a different character: there's Joey (the geeky, shy one); Johnny (the tyrannical one); DeeDee (the dumb one) and Tommy (the one who got out early). Or something like that. And there's Marky (the one who appears to have had loads of pl**t*c su*g*ry) plus lots of great archive and interviews with other punk era musicians, making this essential viewing for Ramones fans (myself included) and hopefully a good introduction for newbies. Hey ho, let's Gooooooo!