the ramones
The Ramones' weird legend grows 50 years after accidentally sparking punk revolution
Fifty years after the band first played CBGB’s on Aug. 16, 1974 – one of the moments now viewed as the birth of punk – the band’s “Blitzkrieg Bop” and...
Lower East Side holds onto rebel edge 50 years after punk was born — but CBGB's now just a memory
It has been 50 years since the Ramones' first gig at CBGB's on Aug. 16, 1977, a date that's the unofficial start of New York's punk rock movement that launched...
How the Ramones rocked NYC's CBGB 50 years ago and became the poster punks of a music movement
The Ramones led a punk-rock revolution that started at CBGB 50 years ago on Aug. 16, 1974.
Ramones-themed ferry rides, film screenings celebrate 50th anniversary of punk band's first CBGB show
Forget Sheena -- this weekend, everyone’s a punk rocker. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Ramones’ first show at the Manhattan's legendary CBGB music venue, several Ramones themed pop-up...
Ramones relatives' legal feud threatens to derail Pete Davidson-led Netflix movie
The most recent legal brawl started in January when Johnny Ramone's widow sued Joet Ramon's brother for allegedly trying to cut her out of the band's merchandising - and make...
Long-time Chelsea Hotel resident offers intimate look at celeb neighbors with new photo retrospective
Photographer Tony Notarberardino has enjoyed three decades of privileged access to the comings and goings of the Chelsea Hotel’s cast of characters, from Dee Dee Ramone to Grace Jones to...
Johnny Ramone's widow claims plot to sabotage band's legacy, leak 'compromising' footage of her to push her out of business
Joey Ramone's younger brother has allegedly threatened to leak "compromising private footage" of Johnny Ramone's widow, according to court papers.
How iconic rock club CBGB launched Blondie, Talking Heads, the Ramones and more
"Some kind of mythological energy still exists," said Debbie Harry. "We were lucky we were there."
Wild tales of sex, drugs and punk rock at NYC club Max's Kansas City: new doc
George Harrison had a unique way of picking up women in the club's VIP room, while Iggy Pop required 16 stitches after rolling around in broken glass onstage.
Pete Davidson to star as punk rocker in Netflix biopic
Hey! Ho! Let's go! Pete is a punk rocker.
A look at the punk treasures inside Joey Ramone's East Village apartment
Joey Ramone was arguably the biggest punk-rock star of the 1970s. A looming presence on New York's music scene, the Ramones vocalist died 20 years ago today, on April 15,...
Buy the NYC loft where the Ramones played one of their first shows
It was a crash pad for Joey and Dee Dee and the decades-long home of "fifth Ramone" Arturo Vega.
This 70-year-old LI couple is punk rock royalty
Next time you’re at a rock show in New York and security opens the VIP section for incoming patrons, the chances are it’s probably not Taylor Swift or a member...
That time Dee Dee Ramone tried to seduce a music mogul
In 1982, music business mogul Seymour Stein — the co-founder of Sire Records — was at Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side, recuperating from a heart operation, when...
The 5 best stadium anthems of all time (in defense of Journey)
So it seems there has been a bit of brouhaha about the inclusion of Journey in this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class, which seems a little crazy...
Talking Heads drummer relives the early days of CBGB, the Ramones and rise of punk rock
It was the summer of ’75, when a garbage strike left tons of stinking trash piled high on flat-broke Gotham’s sweltering streets. Five-dollar hookers and fur-coat-clad pimps strutted around the...
Only in New York: the milieu that made the Ramones
If punk is dead, at least now it’s got a worthy mausoleum. The Queens Museum’s latest exhibition, “Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk,” is ostensibly about...
Meet the groupie who came between The Ramones
It’s debatable whether the Ramones, whose self-titled debut album came out 40 years ago this month, on April 23, 1976, invented punk rock. But there’s no question that the Queens...
Ramones exhibit includes ripped-up clothes, long-lost guitar
Back in 1972, a young Joey Ramone (then Jeffrey Hyman) sat in his Forest Hills, Queens, bedroom, trying to figure out how to play an acoustic guitar owned by his...
These five spots in NYC have the coolest playlists ever
If you’ve had enough of the same 10 songs on the radio and your Pandora station is no longer delivering the goods, try hitting the stores and restaurants of New...