Post #114993 by donhonyc on Thu, Sep 16, 2004 2:29 PM

I love the Ramones, but being from their hometown I always took those guys for granted. In the late 80s it seemed as if they were ALWAYS playing live in town somewhere. I felt like every three months I looked in the paper, there was an ad for an upcoming Ramones show. I wish I saw them earlier than I did. I didn't actually get around to seeing them until 1992 at Roseland. It was great! I remember my girlfriend at the time buying the tickets for us (jeez...looking back I can actually give her credit for finally getting me to one of their shows), I was working late and we got to the show late. That was back before my freelance days. God...I wanted to kill my boss for that. Anyway we got there and I'm glad I saw them.

Out of all the Ramones, Johnny is the only one I never saw casually hanging around town. Joey sightings were somewhat common, Marky also common to see around town. Dee Dee was a little more obscure, but I did see the whole band sans Johnny as 'The Ramainz' which was Dee Dee, his wife, Marky, and another guitarist. the night I was there Joey came up on stage. Nov. '97. Great night.

Viva Ramones!