4 STORIES
1976 · 70S
In the summer of 1976, four men in leather jackets and ripped jeans walked into a New York studio and recorded a song so violently simple it…
1977 · 70S
The sunniest song the Ramones ever recorded was written by the band's darkest member — bassist Dee Dee Ramone, a troubled kid from Queens wh…
1977 · 70S
Beneath its bubblegum buzz, "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is Joey Ramone's love letter to the outsider girl who walks away from the mainstream —…
1978 · 70S
The Ramones' most joyous-sounding anthem is actually a cry of exhaustion — Joey Ramone wrote it about being burned out, injured, and trapped…