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| Guitar Heroes - Johnny Ramone! I think by now, everyone has seen the documentary on the Ramones - End of the Century. You know all about the love and tension between the band members. And you certainly have your favorite Ramone. What more can I tell you that you don't already know, or have gleaned for yourself? However, I don't think you can deny that there was no line-up like the original with Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee and Tommy. It was a magical musical arrangement...profound in its 1-2-3-4 simplicity. Johnny Ramone is the king of the speed power chord downstroke. In this photo, taken on February 16, 1977 at the Whisky a Go Go, you can see just how fast he's playing because his hands are blurry. This stoic, stern task master with a Mosrite guitar was an unstoppable freight train...More |
Too Much Junkie Business On this date in 1978, Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Sid himself died a few months later, in February 1979, just 21 years old, of a heroin overdose. Urban legend that surrounds both deaths - of Sid and of Nancy...more |