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Tag: ramones

July 15, 2019
The Gator is Still Loose, But Here’s Our Gator-fy a Punk Album Winners
By Riot Fest / Contests, Riot Fest 2019 / riot fest 2019, contests, ramones
The Chicago gator is still loose, the lagoon has been shut down, and reinforcements have been brought in. But here’s the winners of our Gator-fy…
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April 23, 2018April 29, 2020
Let’s all wish the Ramones’ debut album a happy birthday
By Jennifer Osborne / History / ramones, Mickey Leigh, Seymour Stein
While the band (arguably) may not have written the first punk song ever, it’s undeniable that 44 years ago this week (April 23, 1976) the…
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April 17, 2018January 17, 2019
Is “Be My Baby” the first punk song ever?
By Annie Fell / History / ramones, First Punk Song Ever, First Punk Song
To paraphrase Kim Gordon—England didn't invent punk rock, girl groups did. In the early 1960s, teenage sisters Veronica and Estelle Bennett and their cousin, Nedra Talley…
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December 24, 2017January 8, 2018
Hey! Ho!… Ho! Ho!: Mickey Leigh Talks About A New Christmas Single By His Brother, Joey Ramone
By Jennifer Osborne / Chicago, Interviews, Music, Riot Festmas / ramones, #RiotFestmas, joey ramone
Hey ho, Ramones fans! For just $20, you too can own a piece of the Christmas Industrial Complex (CIC) in the form of a Joey…
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November 21, 2017November 21, 2017
Listen To “Weird Al” Yankovic Cover The Ramones
By Riot Fest / Chicago, Music, News / ramones, "Weird" Al Yankovic, dr. demento
On January 12th, Dr. Demento will be releasing a new two-hour compilation titled Covered In Punk, with over 60 tracks of punk covers of novelty…
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November 20, 2017
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
By Riot Fest / Chicago, Music, News, Roundup / metallica, ramones, tommy stinson
Trigger warning for rock 'n' roll purists! Remember when Lars Ulrich's boneheadedness led to a potentially classic Metallica album having no bass guitar in the…
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November 20, 2017November 20, 2017
Block ‘n’ Roll High School: The Genius Behind A Proposed Ramones Lego Set Puts It All Together For Us
By Emily Reily / Interviews, Music, Random / ramones, LEGOS
While we've all reluctantly accepted the fact that the Ramones can never reunite in the flesh, they still might be able to get back together…
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November 15, 2017November 15, 2018
When Lou Reed Heard the Ramones For The First Time
By Riot Fest / Music / ramones, lou reed, danny fields
A documentary about New York rock music publicist, Ramones manager, and "one of the godfathers of punk" called 'Danny Says', released a few years ago,…
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July 27, 2017July 27, 2018
David Crosby on Punk Rock: ‘Pretty Much All Dumb Stuff…No Musical Value At All And Mostly Childish Lyrics’
By Riot Fest / Music News / Descendents, hot water music, the replacements
David Crosby, a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and star of such films as Backdraft and Thunderheart has a…
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June 8, 2017
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
By Riot Fest / Archive, Chicago, Roundup / paramore, Action Bronson, ramones
Today is National Best Friends Day, as well as National Pick Your Poison Day. Please don't poison your best friends. It's just plain rude. Everybody is…
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March 7, 2017June 6, 2017
Kid Friendly Punk, Ska, Rock, and Metal Songs That Won’t Make You Want To Punch The Radio
By Riot Fest / Chicago, Music, News / punk, against me, paramore
A playlist of kid friendly punk, ska, new wave, rock and metal music. It's a list of songs that are fairly G to PG with…
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February 17, 2017February 9, 2018
Musicians Eating Pizza
By Riot Fest / Chicago, Music, News / ramones, pizza, sex pistols
Pizza is really good. Even famous people like pizza. Here are some photos of celebrities enjoying pizza just like us normal boring non-celebrity type people.…
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