[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by Kaeli

They were classic punkers, and you knew what you were gonna get. Classic songs like Blitzkrieg bop, Rockaway Beach, Teenage Lobotomy, I Wanna be Sedated, and of course...The KKK Took My Baby Away / My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg). See if you can get the "Hey Ho, Let's Go" anthology. It has like 55 songs, (because the Ramones hardly ever wrote a song that was more than 3 mins. long!)

Also you might want to check out The Pixies (Boston punk) or X (L.A. punk), if you like the Ramones.

Love the Pixies and X...

also recommended: Frank Black (from Pixies) solo work and John Doe(from X )
also has some great solo records.

And with all those great songs by the Ramones, they were indeed creative..

Gaba,Gaba, Hey!

[Kaeli]

Hey Nightfly -

I'm a huge fan of X, and I just saw them on 3/25 here in Denver. It is the original 4 (Exene, John, Billy, DJ) and they were spectacular. IMHO, they were the best punk/rock band and so far ahead of their time, like light years. All these people who dig the White Stripes, they should probably check out what X was doing in the early 80's for a little primer lesson!
And the John Doe / Exene Cervenka vocal pairing....that was/is just pure smoke.

I do have the John Doe solo stuff, it is very good. Also the Knitters, which was X "gone-country".

Here is a review I found for the X show in Madison, WI last Friday 3/21 for yer' readin' pleasure (check the dates, they're on the way out to the East Coast):

Concert Review: X Performs Exhilarating Nostalgia Act - Columnists News Story - KMGH Denver


Kaeli