Additional artifacts include personal memorabilia such as clothing and instruments, as well as photographs from numerous well-known music industry photographers. It includes items and works by Arturo Vega (who, along with the Ramones members designed the band’s logo) Sergio Aragones (cartoonist for Mad magazine) John Holmstrom (punk magazine founder and cartoonist) and artist Shepard Fairey.Īlso included are contributions from the personal collections of Mickey Leigh (Joey Ramone’s brother and Ramones’ original stage manager) Linda Ramone (Johnny Ramone’s wife) and Monte A. The exhibit is on display through February and is organized under the themes places, events, songs, and artists.

They are considered by many to be a seminal punk rock band. The Ramones formed in New York in 1974 and performed more than 2,250 concerts before their final show in Los Angeles on Aug. The exhibit commemorates the 40th anniversary of the release of the Ramones’ 1976 self-titled debut album and shows the band’s status in the context of music history and pop culture. LIVE and Delta Air Lines present “Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk” opening on Friday, Sept. “Johnny had a great time at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, because he never thought they’d ever get in,” she said.The Grammy Museum at L.A. Next to the jacket was the group’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award, handed to them after they were inducted in 2002. “I think this is the third one he had because the first one they stole it, the second one he traded.” “It was probably from the ’80s,” she said. He traded it to one of his friends, and I just purchased it back this year.”īelow the guitar was Johnny’s iconic black leather motorcycle jacket. “I bought that back in an auction, and he used it in the early days, then he put it away and never used it.

Many items on display came from Linda Ramone’s collection as well, such as Johnny’s Rickenbacker guitar.

“They were a worldwide group, and their music influenced so many other groups that heard them as kids.” “They played all over the world,” Monte Melnick, their tour manager, said while checking out the exhibit. Some of the items on display came from people who knew the band intimately and provided such things as backstage passes, a tour itinerary and posters from shows around the world. “I love the Johnny, of course,” Linda Ramone said as she pointed to the painting that depicts Johnny Ramone leaning back with his legs wide apart jamming on his guitar. Johnny would love it.”Īlso part of the exhibition are handwritten fliers promoting their shows at CBGB, song lyrics penned in hectic handwriting, concert posters and paintings of the band members by artist Shepard Fairey, which cover one wall of the exhibit floor. So to see this now, it’s a great feeling because they were so important in rock ’n’ roll history. “I think the whole time they were in the band they never really knew until later when they retired how much they influenced people. “I think it’s amazing that they’re being recognized like this,” she said as she checked out such items as guitars, leather jackets, jeans and shoes worn by the band members. She strolled through the exhibit and relived her years with the band, first as Joey’s girlfriend and then when she married Johnny. Linda Ramone, who met the band at New York City’s CBGB club in 1976 when she was about 16 years old, was witness to most of the band’s career.ĭressed like a punk-rock princess in a silky blue short dress, knee-high black boots and a tiara and short black studded cape, she was at the Grammy Museum a day before the public opening. The band released 21 studio and live albums and played more than 2,200 concerts until its final performance in L.A. There were some lineup changes throughout the years that included later members Marc Bell (Marky Ramone), Richard Reinhardt (Richie Ramone), and Christopher Joseph Ward (C.

The Ramones were formed in 1974 by Jeff Hyman (Joey Ramone), John Cummings (Johnny Ramone), Douglas Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) and Thomas Erdelyi (Tommy Ramone) in Forest Hills, New York. “It put rock ’n’ roll back on a track that got it away from the complexity and convolutedness of what progressive rock was all about and took it back basically to three chords and the truth.”

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