The Ramones and CBGB. Has there ever been a better match of artist and venue? Okay, the Beatles had the Cavern Club and James Brown had the Apollo Theater. But both of those equally legendary musical ...

True to the raw, anarchic spirit of punk-rock, the Ramones played as dirty as those notoriously filthy CBGB bathrooms when they got a spontaneous offer from their first manager at the holy underground ...

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 Lower ...

At the heart of the CBGBs scene, Johnny Ramone viewed only one band as competition for the punk crown of the Ramones, but he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There have been many venues that provided homes for crops of acts in certain periods that turned out to have pivotal place in ...

From 1975 to 1980, Danny Fields managed the Ramones, and photographed them constantly. He shares those photos – from his new book My Ramones – and remembers his time with the New York punks The first ...

Famed rock hall CBGB may be gone — but its legacy remains strong. To commemorate the Ramones debut at the famous club more than 40 years ago, the non-profit Little Italy Street Art Project NYC ...

Even before he helped launch the Ramones' career, Danny Fields was a major player in the early punk scene. The Queens native, who had worked publicity for the Doors, was the one who recommended that ...

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The Ramones were the quintessential punk band in the late 1970s — largely credited with pioneering the rebellious rock scene in New York City. On Feb. 4, 1976, the Ramones staple “Blitzkrieg Bop” was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been nearly two decades since the shuttering of beloved New York punk bar CBGB & OMFUG. But this fall the club known for its ...