#1974 RAMONES

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"THE RAMONES ARE NOT AN OLDIES GROUP, THEY ARE NOT A GLITTER GROUP, THEY DON'T PLAY BOOGIE MUSIC..."

"...and they don't play the blues."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on American punk rock group, the RAMONES, c. 1974. Note Johnny Ramone's silver spandex pants still hungover on the glam rock of the previous years. 📸: Chris Stein (I think).

1974-ERA BAND OVRRVIEW: "At that point, we were still dressed in partial glitter because THE DOLLS were still the big thing in New York. I had these silver pants made of Mylar and these black spandex pants I'd wear too. I was the only one with a real perfecto jacket -- what the Ramones would later be identified with -- which I had been wearing for 7 years already. We were starting to throw in sneakers, Keds. I also had this vest with leopard trim that I had custom made for me. It was like the thing Iggy was wearing on THE STOOGES' "Raw Power" sleeve."

-- JOHNNY RAMONE (1948-2004), from his book "Commando" (2012)

Sources: www.johnnyramone.com/1974 & www.picuki.com/profile/fortbraggmagazine.

[cosmonautroger]

Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (CBGB 1974)

[spilladabalia]

Electric Wizard - Flower of Evil (a.k.a Malfiore) / José Ramón Larraz - Vampyres

[fullmoonreviews]

CLICK THE LINK ABOVE FOR THE FULL REVIEWS

This will probably be a new feature, similar to the old monthly LUNAR CYCLE I used to do. I figured I would just post quick thoughts on films I’ve recently seen, while giving bigger/solo spotlights to more popular/important films. Let’s see how this goes.

Films reviewed:

BLOOD FOR DRACULA (1974)

VAMPYRES (1974)

FASCINATION (1979)

THE HUNGER (1983)

[kvetchlandia]

Bob Gruen The Ramones, CBGB, New York City 1974

"We played for 5 people, but only if you count the bartender's dog." Joey Ramone, on the Ramone's first gig at CBGB.

[punkrockhistory]

The Ramones "Judy Is A Punk," filmed September 15, 1974 at CBGB, New York City

This was the band's 13th live gig ever.

[metalcultbrigade]

On August 16th, 1974 The Ramones play their 1st public gig at CBGB in downtown Manhattan, N.Y. Happy 50th year historic gig date anniversary!

[petiteclover]

Martin Sheen and his wife Janet Sheen with their children (from left) Ramon Estevez, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Renee Estevez, 1974.

[bitter69uk]

“At four in the afternoon, Elizabeth Taylor sauntered onto the set, followed by her secretary, her hairdresser and her wardrobe mistress. She didn’t look puffy; she wasn’t that short and her eyes really were purple. She was already costumed in the one dress her character wears throughout the movie, a pink, green, yellow, orange and blue print Valentino that more than met the script’s requirement for something “garish and vulgar” and was said to have cost $22,000 including four copies to rotate during shooting. Her hair was teased up and out – the script again – but she still looked beautiful, “really beautiful”, as Andy put it. Her secretary and her hairdresser were a pair of Mediterranean musclemen named Ramon and Gianni, in matching tight white t-shirts and tight white trousers, accessorized with red patent leather belts, shoes and shoulder bags. Every so often between takes Ramon would pull a mirror out of his bag and hold it up in front of Elizabeth’s face; then Gianni would pull a teasing comb out of his bag and hand it to Elizabeth, who would fitfully tease her own hair higher. She looked almost mad when she did that, though one couldn’t be sure if she was just in character or almost mad.” From Bob Colacello’s juicy account of the tempestuous production of Italian-made psychodrama The Driver’s Seat in his book Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up (1990), in which his then-boss – cadaverous pop art visionary Andy Warhol – makes a memorable guest star appearance as “a rich creep of undisclosed nationality and occupation” (dubbed with an incongruous British-accented voice!). The Driver’s Seat (aka Identikit) was released fifty years ago today (20 May 1974) and remains mesmerizingly strange. Suffering whiplash mood swings as a woman with a “date with death”, Taylor gives one of her definitive performances. The Driver’s Seat dates from my favourite Elizabeth Taylor era in the late sixties and early seventies when she was gutsily portraying variations of women-having-a-nervous-meltdown in oddball “failed art movies” (like Boom! (1968), Secret Ceremony (1968) and X, Y and Zee (1972)). Taylor goes full blast cray-cray in The Driver’s Seat and it’s awesome to observe.

[punk70]

18 de septiembre de 1951. Nace, Douglas Glenn Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone). en Fort Lee, Virginia, Estados Unidos. Fue el co-fundador y bajista del grupo de punk rock Ramones. Aunque casi todas las canciones de los Ramones fueron acreditadas por todos los miembros de la banda, Dee Dee era el letrista y compositor más prolífico de la banda, escribiendo muchas de las canciones más conocidas del grupo, como "53rd & 3rd", "Commando", "Rockaway Beach" y "Poison Heart". Inicialmente fue vocalista de la banda, aunque su incapacidad para cantar y tocar el bajo al mismo tiempo le dio el lugar como vocalista al original baterista Joey Ramone.

Dee Dee serviría como bajista de la banda y compositor desde 1974 hasta 1989, cuando decidió hacer un breve paso en la música hip hop bajo el nombre de "Dee Dee King". Pronto regresó a sus raíces punks lanzado tres álbumes en solitario con canciones totalmente nuevas, muchas de las cuales luego fueron registradas por los Ramones.

Realizó una gira por el mundo tocando en clubes pequeños presentando sus canciones además de algunas de sus favoritas de los Ramones, continuó escribiendo para los Ramones hasta 1996, cuando la banda se retiró oficialmente. Dee Dee luchó con la adicción a las drogas durante gran parte de su vida, en particular con la heroína. Comenzó a usar drogas cuando era adolescente, y continuó durante su vida adulta. Parecía que en la década de 1990 se había limpiado, pero volvió a consumir un tiempo después. Murió de una sobredosis de heroína el 5 de junio de 2002.

[felixir]

50 years ago today, the Ramones played their first gig at CBGB OMFUG, 1974

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★ My fav movies: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), the Omen (1976), Lord of the Rings (2001-2003), Austin Powers: International man of mystery (1997), Thirteen (2003), Terrifier (2016), Elvira, Mistress of the dark (1988), Interview with the Vampire (1994)

[weneverlearn]

AUGUST 16, 1974 -- That date should be a National Holiday, for it was the first time The @ramones played CBGB!

Not to mention it's the same day Elvis Presley (1977) and Robert Johnson (1938) died.

That clip above ain't from that exact date, but you get the idea.

[xabiramone]

In 1973, while the future CBGB was still Hilly's, two locals—Bill Page and Rusty McKenna—convinced Kristal to let them book concerts. In February 1974, Hilly booked local band Squeeze to a residency, playing Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the club's change from country and bluegrass to original rock bands. Squeeze was led by guitarist Mark Suall, later with CBGB's quasi house band the Revelons, which included Fred Smith of Television and JD Daugherty of the Patti Smith Group. Although these bands did not play punk rock, they helped lay its foundation. The August 1973 collapse of the Mercer Arts Center left unsigned bands little option in New York City to play original music. Mercer refugees—including Suicide, The Fast, Ruby and the Rednecks, Wayne County, and the Magic Tramps—soon played at CBGB.

In 1974, on April 14, in the audience of Television's third gig were Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye, whose Patti Smith Group debuted at CBGB on February 14, 1975. Other early performers included the Dina Regine Band. Dennis Lepri was lead guitarist as well as the Stillettoes which included Deborah Harry on vocals. The newly formed band Angel and the Snake, later renamed Blondie, as well as the Ramones arrived in August 1974. Mink DeVille, Talking Heads, the Shirts, the Heartbreakers, the Fleshtones and other bands soon followed. In April 1977, The Damned played the club, marking the first time a British punk band had ever played in America.

CBGB's two rules were that a band must move its own equipment and play mostly original songs—that is, no cover bands—although regular bands often played one or two covers in set. CBGB's growing reputation drew more and more acts from outside New York City. In 1978, new wave songwriter Elvis Costello would open shows for The Voidoids, while The Police played at CBGB for their first American gigs. Meanwhile, CBGB became famed for the Misfits, Television, Patti Smith Group, Mink DeVille, the Dead Boys, the Dictators, the Fleshtones, the Voidoids, the Cramps, the B-52's, Blondie, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, the Shirts, and Talking Heads. Yet in the 1980s, hardcore punk's New York underground was CBGB's mainstay. Named "thrash day" in a documentary on hardcore, Sunday at CBGB was matinée day, which became an institution, played from afternoon until evening by hardcore bands such as Reagan Youth, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, Cro-Mags, Leeway, Warzone, Gorilla Biscuits, Sick of It All, The Misfits, Sheer Terror, Stillborn and Youth of Today. In 1990, violence inside and outside of the venue prompted Kristal to suspend hardcore bookings, although CBGB brought hardcore back at times. CBGB's last several years had no formal bans by genre.

[punkunited]

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most important, if not the most important, bands in punk history.

The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974.

📷 Roberta Bayley

[kvetchlandia]

Anton Perich Dee Dee Ramone, David Johansen and Alan Vega outside of Max’s Kansas City, Union Square, New York City 1974