Weird Tales of the Ramones

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Comic Book about the punk band Ramones

Transcript of Weird Tales of the Ramones

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Outside Cliver ArtJim Woodring

O-Card ArtJohn Pound

81111k Cliver Art (frllnt)William Stout

81111k Cliver Art (back)Steve Vance

81itzkrieg 811p(The Lllst Stllrybllard)....................................................... Iflf .Bobby London &::

Scott Shaw!

Hilmer Meets the lamllnes....................................................... 1f3

Sea-Markys....................................................... 29 '"Way no ~~

Where Are YIIU, Jlley?....................................................... 30 .Rick Altergott

TllmorrllW The Wllrld....................................................... 21fJohn Seabury

3-D Tunes Frllm The Crypt....................................................... 25 ...Steve VanceJohn Vankin

I Want YIIU Arllund............................................................................................ 11

Souther Salazare ~~~·!ii~~~-;;··········· 12

eo ~7~·i~..~~;:~:·~·~·~ ·..· 13- I

The Daily lamllnes....................................................... 11fJohnny Ryan

Jllhnny lamllne Pinup............................................................................................ 16

Wayno

The Origin....................................................... 1

I '- John Holmstrom...r.

, The Lineup. 6

Jordan Crane

Ya Hadda 8e There

. ~ ::::~::d:':':-'~ Of The NY Punk Scene

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....................................................... 10Bill Griffith

The Slings....................................................... 50

The VidellS....................................................... 51

The Credits and 8illS....................................................... 51

All copyright in the individual artwork owned by the respective artists listed above. All rights reserved.

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ALL 1""5 WAS ABoUT "fo CHANGE. IN "r1\E. SLEEPY HA~LE.T OFFOREST WILLS IN 'THE BOROUGH of QUEENS, NEW '(ORK, FoUR.YOUNG MEN WIIH UNIQUE tALENTS WERE. ABOUT '{o U14IoIlTiINGL'f,UNKNOWINGLY ANtl \}NIHTENTloNALL'i CHANGE. itlE. WoR,L'O of MUSIC,

Ro<:1<. FANZINE.S WERE. ~ISTRIBUTE.\) To 1'eEtolAGERS \0BRAI~WASH iilE illATION'S YOUtH I14To \';)OLl'ZI"~ i~E ~INOSAURS.

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O~E PART "flloRAzINE ... 11'10 PARiS FoRMAI.~E""t?E ..."''''REE PARTS CARBoNA... fouR PAR.iS l)t>T ...

THIS CoUL't/ BE "THE. PERfECT FORMUL.A !!

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MA.~ GEl'lIUS SOOtl~ ENGINEER "'oMERgeLYII\\~5 IN iHE ~ANI\RECESSES Of A QINOSAUR SPAWNIN~ GRoUND-itl~ ELECTRICl.A~\)LA\)Y RECORPIN~ 5TIlOlO-IN SEARC.H OF itlE PERFEC.T CltoR9!

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V'fI-lAMIC SiMMETR'f...PRIMAR'f COLORS...LIFE'S A GAS!

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JOE.Y RAMONE: "THE BANANA HE. WAS EA"'IN~WHEN "TilE EL.E.CTRIC CHARGE. HIT GAVe HIS \lole£. A~OTASSIUM-POWERE.I?, MELLOW S~EET"ESS~ CAUSINqWOMEt>! ALL OVER "'~E. WORl-1;I \0 5,,",001-1 \0 HIS CRoON!

lloHNt-I-t RAMONE: HIS VISIBLE. ANGER VlJRIN£i"lIIE AC.CI17ENT 'URNE.17 HIS RAGE l/-llo "lHE 50lJN17OF fORY! IN5TEAP OF PL.A'fINq MUSIC oN HIS ~UIiAR,HE. USc\;) I, LIKE A ~ANGE~OUS WeAPo""!

1'o""lt\'/ RAMONe: \..\15 SEARcH ENDED AS HE FouNPTHE. PERFECI "fHREE CHOR9S! HE AL50 GAINE.D -rHE.PoWER 10 VRIVE. THE BACK BEA", AN~ VE.VELOPEV e.i.:fRASENSoRY ABILllIES AS A PROVUC.ER ANt' ENGINEER!

I WIl.L NO' ONL'{ PRot>lJCE 'liE. BEST RocK IN' ROLLREcoRV OF ,Q76... 'i WILL CoST ON L'f : $6.000!!

NEXT EPISODE:THE RAMONES

L-EAVE: HOME!

I WANNA BE'loUR Bo'fFR1ENP!

WRITfOI, VRAWI! tlE"rTEREI/ 6i JOHfl H()L~STR()'"

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9EE ~EE RA~ONE: 11lE STRANGE BREW "lHAT HE.SPtlLE.t> LEAKEV INIO HIS BRAIN, GIVING HIM IHE..AB1Ll,Y 10 WRlle: AMAZ'!>lG SON~S - A PoWER II-!E.RAMoNES SI-\AREV AS A GRouP.MI-IE ALSO CU,,"lHE\I~. "'AIR~

HMM... WHA"f RHyMES AND W"'AT SI-IOULV \WITH GERMANY'?,;? \-lAVE FoR LUNCH ...

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~Yl\Q}Y.sl$' THE MINSTRELS 0<' THE SEVENTIESPERFORM BLUEGRASS COMPOSITIO S

SUCh AS COTILLlO FOG BREAKDOWNTO GREAT ACClAt FROM

THE GENERAL POPUlilCE

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NOT OF A CALICO MOUNTAIN S"TILL.

IN THE DAYS OFTHE NEW YORKPUNK SCENE

AND SO IT CAME TO PASSTHAT iHESE RAMONES,AS THEY CALLED THEMSELVES, WERE10 PERFORM AT THE MOST NOTORIOUSBLUEGRASS ESTABLISHMENT IN TilE CITY.

NEXT WOE/< - cr1"'~yhl1"la1::1~n.

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OH WAIT A MINUTE ~ I'vE.O'oT YOu DoWN AS THERAYMONOS '" YOUR ROOMIS ON THE THIRD FLOOR.THE STAIRS ARE OVERTHERE MR. RAYMOND

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THE RAMONE.S

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THE. NUMBER tr210 FINSBURY PARK... HER UTERUS

FELL INTo HER!<.NICKERS

I DON)T WANNAGo DOWN TO/HE

eASEMENT! !

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MARkY'S TAkINGA~OTHER

DUMP'" JoEY DIDYOu GO? n-ns ISYOuR.. LAST CHANCE

DEE DEE ....

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THE: NEXTNIUHT me. r.bY5 WEREINVITED ID DINNER AT SfYMWRSTBNS APARTMENTATaNTRAL PARI<WfSr WHERE ABEAUrIRJL IT1lUANFfAST LUflS~ FOR THEM.

CXIJ(;; TIflIIf IN DENVER. THEY Df:ClOf:D IDDRIVE OVER ATHDV5Atm MILES IDutT10 LOS TACOS. JOHNNY STOPPED EAT7f¥sTH ERE R.EGVlARIY Df\!{E HE MOVED 7DL.A.

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THE BOYS DISCOVERED THATATCRAO<.ERBARREL, IF Y()()~A/(NaUt'J BAND,YDU CDVlJ) (jET FREE MEALS rNt:xcHMJ6f~ SOMf; AOTD&RAPffOPftOTOS.

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OH, MR. RAMONE, I'M SO SORRY!I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAUNDRYDID TO YOUR FAMILY'S CLOTHING!PLEASE LET ME ARRANGE FORCOMPLIMENTARY ROOM SERVICE!!

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FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHTTHERE CAME AN INSISTENT 8£AT.'A PUlS£? OR WAS IT THE TAPPINGOF ROCK No ROll'S R£sn£ssFOOT? ,..-----------1

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A FEW CHORDS AND A BACK­BEAT, DEMANDING TO BE HEARD{WHEREVER IT CAME FROM. THETHROB WAS /RR£S/ST/8l£. ..

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FINALLY, OUTSIDE A CORPORATESUITE, A POWERFUL 8ACK8EATECHOED IN THE NIGHT...

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NOW, HIS WORK DONE AT LAST,THE STRANGE FIGURE SHUFFLESBACK FROM WHENCE IT CAME,TO SAVOR A WELl:-EARNEDETERNAL RESTo.. ~----I

LOOKS LIKE THAT GRAVE'S GONNASTAY EMPTY AWHILE LONGER, EH,KIDS? I GUESS YOU JUST CAN'T

KEEP A GOOD BEAT DOWN(

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They hatch right before your eyes!. They willbring smiles andlaugltter IMMEDIATELY!

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YOU CAN .rOIN MYOTWE.P p~~ Pf;ES, F 1\11::TOWNNV~ I THl2ee RJ'HIE~

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1HERE: WERE ABoOTAVolE~ PlA~Et<SSo THE'! S\'UT UPINlO ,WO TEAMS,AND EACH TEAMWA5 TR'jIN&To6ET '-H~ OTHERMESSED UP ~

GIVIN{;. I e.M"-~UILA ANDPASSING JOINTS.

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WHAT WAS l'AENAME of f(o'l¥?obE12,S I Vo6?

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r k I C \ I ks f k I metlv\ he looks+hiS Til e voe). a. USe ne 00 ~,

like a. way. PamoVle trom fhe Pock t Po 1/ Wax A14se um.

[ cahhol take "'y eyes oil' HiS j"y, ",,,se he:'

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SEALON ll-tE BRATBfAloNTHE BRATf3€AioN 1l-U~ BRAT

WITH A ~BAJ..1- BATOH YEAH ot-t YEAHUH-OH

SW6SAND SNA!l-5ARE:AF'TER MEDDT Kf:E:P5ME HAPPYNOW I GUESS I LL HAvE lOTa.L'EMTHAi! GOT NO CEREBEL.UJM

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JusreErME1t:>THE AIRR:>RT PUTM~ DNA PtANEHURRY HURRY HURRY BEFoRE I GO IN~E:

I CANICONT~L/V\Y FINGERSr CAN'TCON-rROL MY BRAINOH NOMONO NO NO

1-2'3-£1 CR[;T1NS WANNAHQPSOME: MORELI-5-6 -7 Al-1... GOOD CRETINS GO TO HEAVEN

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Disc 11. BLITZKRIEG BO P

(RamonesJ

2. BEAT ON THE BRAT(Ramones)

3. JUDY IS A PUNKfRamones)

4. I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND(Rafflones)

5. lOUDMOUTH(Ramones)

6. 53RD & 3RD(Ramones)

7. HAVANA AFFAIR(Ramones)

8 NOW I WANNA SNIFF SOME GLUE(Rafflones)

rf"cbl·8From Rafflorres (AISire /7520 (4123176)Produced by CRAIG LEON· Associate Producer: 1 ERDELYIEngineered by ROB FREEMANRecorded at PlAZA SOUND, Radio City Music Hall, NY

9. GLAD TO SEE YOU GO(Ramones)

10. GIMME GIMME SHOCK TREATMENT(Rafflones)

11. I REMEMBER YOU(Rafflones)

12. CARBONA NOT GLUE(Rafflones)

13. OH OH I lOVE HER SO(Rafflones)

14. SWAllOW MY PRIDE(Rafflones)

15. COMMANDO(Ramones)

16. PINHEAD(Rafflones)

Tracks 9-'6From Leave Home (BISire 17528 (2/77)Produced by TONY BONGIDVI & T. EROElVt· Engineered by ED STASIUMRecorded at SUNORAGON, NY

17. SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER (ABC SI.gl. Ve"I,,1(Ramones)

18. I DON'T CARE (Si.gl. Ve"lo.'(Ramones)

19. ROCKAWAY BEACH{Ramones}

20. CRETIN HOP(Rafflones)

21. HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROWIRsfflones)

22. TEENAGE LOBOTOMY(Ramones)

23. SLUG (D.mol(Joey Ramona)

24. SURFIN' BIRO(Carl White/Alfred FrBzier/John Harris/Tumer Wilson, Jr.)

25. WE'RE A HAPPY FAMilY(Remoncs)

Trscb 17-25From Rocket To Runis (C)Sire 16042111f77JProduced by TONY BDNGIDVI & T. EROElYI· Engineered by ED STASIUMRecorded at MEDIA SOUND, NY~Slug-:

First issued on All The Stufl(And More), Vo/ums Two, Sire 126618 (7fJI)Produced by DAN KESSel & DAVID KESSElRecorded at GOLD STAR STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA

26. I JUST WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO(Ramones)

27. I WANTEO EVERYTHING(Remones)

28. NEEDLES & PINS (Remixed Siogi. V.";o.)(Sonny Bono/Jack Nitzsche)

29. I WANNA BE SEDATED(Ramones)

30. GO MENTAL(Ramonesl

31. DON'T COME CLOSE(Ramones)

32. I DON'T WANT YOU(Ramones)

33 SHE'S THE ONE(Remones)

34. I'M AGAINST IT{Remanes)

Tracks 2Jj.34From Road To Ruin lOJSire 16063 (0178)Produced & Engineered by T. ERDElYI & EO STASIUMRecorded et MEDIA SOUND, NY

50

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(Remones)

2. I WANT YOU AROUND (Ed Slasium Mix'(Remones)

Tracks '-2From Rock 'N' Roll High School lEISire 161)70 (5179)Produced & Engineered by EO STASIUMRemix Engineer: JOEL SOIFERWith/ROONEY BINGENHEIMER & HARVEY KUBEAfIlICK: hS(Jdc/aps on~Rock 'N' Roll High School-

3. 00 YOU REMEMBER ROCK 'N' ROll RADIO?(Remones'

4. I'M AfFECTED(RaO/ones)

5. DANNY SAYS(Ramones)

Tr8cb3-5From End 01 The CenturylF)Sire 16fJ77 (2180)Produced by PtllL SPECTOR· Engineered by BORIS MENART

& LARRY LEVINERecorded at GOLD STAR STUDIOS, EXCALIBUR STUDIOS,

DEVDNSHIRE SOUND STUDIDS. SAlTY DOG STUD IDS &ORIGINAL SOUND STUDIOS, los Angeles, CA

6 THE KKK TOOK MY BABY AWAY(Joey Ramone)

7. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE SICK(Dee Dee Ramono)

8 SHE'S A SENSATION(Joey Ramone)

9. AlrS QUIET ON THE EASTERN FRONT(Dee Dee Ramone)

Tracks 6-9From Pinson' Dreams (GISire 1357\ W8l)Produced by GRAHAM GOULOMANRecorded at MEDIA SOUND, NYC· Engineered by LINCOLN Y. CLAPP &

HARVEY GOLDBERG; STRAWBERRY STUDIOS, England· Engineered byCHRIS NAGLE & KEITH BESSEY

With/GRAHAM GDUlOMAN, RUSSEL MAEl & IAN WllS0N:backingvocals· DICK EMEASON: keyboards· DAVE HASSEL: percussion

10. OUTSIDER(Dee Dee Ramone)

11. HIGHESTTRAllS ABOVE(Dee Dee Ramona)

12. PSYCHO THERAPY(Dee Dee RamonelJohnny Romone)

13. TIME BOMB(Dee Dee Remone)

Tritch 10-13From Subterranean Jungle (HISire 123800 (21831Produced by RITCHIE CORDELL & GLEN KOlOTKINRecorded at KINGDOM SOUND. Syosset long Island

14. MAMA'S BOY(Johnny Ramone/Dee Dee Romaneff Erde/yi)

15. I'M NOT AFRAID OF LIFE(Dee Dee Ramone)

16. TOO TOUGH TO DIE(Doc Dee Ramona)

17. WART HOGIDee Dee Ramone/Johnny Romane}

18. HOWLING AT THE MOON (SHA-LA-LA)(Dee Dee Ramone)

19. DAYTIME DILEMMA (DANGERS OF LOVE)(Joey RamonelDaniel Rey)

20. ENDLESS VACATION(Dee Dee RamonelJohnny Ramona)

Trllcks /4-20From Too Tough Too Die (I)Sire 125187 1l0l84JProduced by 1. ERDELYI & EO STASIUM; -Howling AI The Moon(Shll-L.~-la)~ Produced by DAVID A. STEWART in association withT. ERDElYI & ED STASIUM

Engineered by ED STASIUMRecorded at MEOIASDUND, NYCWith/BEN TENCH: keybo8rds on -Howling AI The Moon (Sha-La-lal-

21. MY BRAIN IS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN (BONZOGOES TO BITBURG) (UK 12" V.rsiool(Dee Doe Ramono/Jean Beauvoir/Joey Ramone)

22. SOMEBODY PUT SOMETHING IN MY DRINK(Richie Ramons)

23. ANIMAL BOY(Richi8 Romano)

24. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THIS LIFE (ANYMORE)IUK B-Side)(Dee Dee Ramane)

25. LOVE KillS(Dee Dee Ramone)

26. SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN (Slogle Vcrsloo'(Deq Dee RamoneJJean BoalJVolr)

Tr8Cks 21·26From Animsl8oy(JISire 125433 (W861Produced by JEAN BEAUVOIR • Engineered by JORGE ESTEBANAecorded at INTERGALACTIC STUDIOS, NY

Get Ramones ringlones at www.rhinD.cDm/ringtones

Disc 31. I WANNA LIVE

(Dee Dee Ramone!Danief Rey)

2. BOP 'TIL YOU DROP(Doe Deo Ramono/Johnny Ramanel

3. I lOST MY MIND{Dee Dee Rsmone/Johnny Ramone}

4. GARDEN OF SERENITY(Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey}

Tr8cks 1-4From Halfway To SanirylKISire 125641191871Produced by THE RAM ONES & DANIEL REY· Engineered by

JDRGE ESTEBANAecorded at INTERGALACTIC STUDIOS, NY

5 I BEliEVE IN MIRACLES(Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey)

6. PET SEMATARY ISingl. V.,,;oo)(Dee Dee Ramone/Denief Rey)

7. PUNISHMENT fiTS THE CRIME(Dee Dee Ramone/Richie SIONS)

8. MERRY CHRISTMAS II DON'T WANT TO FIGHTTONIGHT) (Slogl. V.,,'ool(Joey Ramone)

Trsclts5-BFrom Brllin Outin CLISire 125905 (6/89)Produced by BILL LASWELL -Merry Christmas II Don't Want To Fight

Tonightr& -Pet Semolary- Produced by JEAN BEAUVDlR & DANIEL REVEngineered by ROBERT MUSSO &: JUDY KIRSCHNERRecorded at SORCERER SDUND &. DUAD RECDROING, NY

9. MAIN MAN(Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey)

10. STRENGTH TO ENDURE(Dee Deo Ramono/Doniel Rey)

11. POISON HEART(Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey)

12. I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN(Joey Romone/Andy Shernofl)

13. CENSDRSHIT(Joey Ramono)

Tr8Cks 9-13From Mondo Bizarro (MlRadioactive 110615 (9/921Produced by ED STASIUM • Engineered by PAUL HAMINGSONRec..ded at BABY MDNSTER STUDID & THE MAGIC SHDP, NY

14. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND(Steve Farmer/Ted Nugent}

15.7 AND 71S(Arthur Lee)

16. WHEN I WAS YOUNG(Eric Burdon!Victor Briggs/Barry Jenkins/Daniel McCulloch/Jolm Weider)

Treeks 14-16From Acid Eaters (NIRadioactive 110913 01941Produced by scon HACKWITH • Engineered bV TRENT SLAnONRecorded at BABY MONSTER STUDIO & CHUN KING

HDUSE Of META~ NY

17. I DON'T WANNA GROW UP(Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennanl

18. SCATTERGUN(C,J, Ramone)

19. MAKIN' MONSTERS FOR MY FRIENDS(Dee Dee RsmonelDaniel Reyl

20. THE CRUSHER(Dee Dee RamoneJDanief Rey)

21. SPIDERMAN(Robert Hards/Paul Francis Webster)

22. LIFE'S A GAS(Joey Ramone)

23. SHE TALKS TO RAINBOWS(Joey Ran/one)

Tr8cks 17-23From Adios Amigos (01Radioactive 111273 (7}95)Produced by OANIEl REY· Engineered by BRYCE GOGGINRecorded at BABY MONSTER STUDIO, NY

24. ANY WAY YOU WANT IT(Dave Clark)

25. R.A.M.O.N.E.S.(fan Kilmistfu/Miche8f BurSfon/Philip Cumpbell/Philip Taylor)

Tracks 24-25From Greatest Hits Live (PIRadioaclive It1459 161961-AnV Way You Want It'" &: ~A_A.M.O.N.E,S.~Produced by DANIEL REY· Engineered by IAN BRYANRecorded at BABY MONSTER STUDIO, NY

lyrics R&fIrin.ed Wilh Penniuion:

-BLITZKRIEG BOP: -BEAT ON mE BRAT: -CRETIN HOP- &:""TEENAGE LOBOTOMY"(Joey Rtlmon8/Johnny Rtlmone!De8 Dee Ramoneflommy Rtlmone)C> 19n WB Music COlp. IASCAP) and Taco Tunts IASCAP). All righls Idministefed byVYBMuSlCC<lfp.

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WBMuSlCCOIp.

-I WANNA BE SEDATED··(Joey Rllmone, Johnny Rllmone, Del] Dell /1amone1!CI19BOWB Music COlp. jASCAPj and Taco Tunts IASCAP). A.I rights IdlTUlllsllred byWBMuSlCCorp.

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Disc 4 -Ulesry/es OITh. R.mon.sAnd M",.I

1. DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO?(Ramones)Directed by MARK ROBINSON (1980)

2. ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL(Ramones)Dirocted by MARK ROBINSON 11980)

3. WE WANT THE AIRWAVES(Joey Ramona)Direct.d by MAUREEN NAPPI, CRAIG LElBNER & KIRK HEFLIN 119811

4. PSYCHO THERAPY(Dee Dee Ramone/Johnny Ramone)Directed by FRANCE DELIA (1983)

5. TIME HAS COMETODAY(Joseph Chambers/Willie Chambflrs)Directed by SCHRIRO/OEMYAN 119831

6. HOWLING AT THE MOON (SHA-LA-LAl(Dee Dee Ramone)Directed by FRANCE DELIA (1984)

7. SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN(Dee Dee Ramonc/Jean Beauvoir)Dirocled by FISHER & PREACHMAN 119861

8. I WANNA LIVE{Dee DSB Ramofls!Danie/ Rey}Direcled by FISHER & PREACHMAN 119871

9. I WANNA BE SEDATED(Remones)Direcled by BILL FRISCHMAN 11988)

10. PET SEMATARY(Dee Dee Ramons/Daniel Rev)Oirected by BILL FRISCHMAN (19891

11. MERRY CHRISTMAS (I DON'T WANTTO FIGHT TONIGHT)(Joey Ramone)Directed by GEORGE SEMINARA 119891

12. I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES(Dee Dee Ramona/Daniel Hey)Directed by GEORGE SEMINARA (1990)

13. STRENGTH TO ENDURE(Dee Dee Ramone/Daniol ReylDirected by GEORGE SEMINARA 11992)

14. POISON HEART{Dee Dee Ramons/Daniel Rey}Directed by SAMUEL BAYER (1992)

15. SUBSTITUTE(Pete TmvnshendJDirected by TOM RAINONE 119921

16.1 DON'T WANNA GROW UP{Tom Wails/Kathleen Brennan}Directed by JONATHON DAYTON & VAlERIE FARIS (19951

17. SPIDERMAN(Robert Harris/Paul Francis Webster)Directed by JONATHON DAYTON & VALERIE FARIS 119951

18. BLITZKRIEG BOP (u..)(Ramones)Oirected by GEORGE SEMINARA 119951

RAMONES:JOHNNY RAMONE: guitar

JOEY RAMONE: lead vocalsDEE DEE RAMONE: bass (A-L)

TOMMY RAMONE: drums (A-C)MARKY RAMONE: drums (D-H & L-P)

RICHIE RAMONE: drums (I-K)C.J. RAMONE: bass (M-P)

Compiled by JOHNNY RAMONEBoxed Set Produced for Release by BILL INGLOT & JEFF WHITEAssociate Producer: MARC SALATAA&R Supervision: MARK LEVITON & JIMMY EDWARDSProduct Manager: DANI BARNARDDVD Producer: SOPHIA FIELDSRemastering: BILL INGLOT & DAN HERSCH at DIGIPREPArt Direction: HUGH BROWN & SHERYL FARBERDesign: HUGH BROWNArt Assist: STEVE VANCE

Project Assistance: STEVE WOOLARD & NIKKI MONNIGERThanks, a tip 0' the hat, and/or apologies to all the incredible

comics and artists who've inspired this box, including ARCHIEAND THE GANG, DR. SEUSS, EC COMICS, GARBAGE PAILKIDS"', PRINCE VALIANT, SEA-MONKEYS"', YOUNG LOVE andYOUNG ROMANCE & PAUL TERRY.

Special Thanks: ERIC REYNOLDS, TIM HENSLEY, ALLAN ARKUSH,MONTE MELNICK, PAUL DEGOOYER, DON WILLIAMS &ED STASIUM

All Selections ® 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981. 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 & 1989 Warner Bros. Records Inc., produced under license from Warner Bros. Records Inc.,except: Disc 3, Tracks 9-13 ® 1992 Radioactive Records, J.V.; Tracks 14-16 ® 1994 Radioactive Records, J.V.; Tracks 17-24 ® 1995 Radioactive Records, J.V.;

Track 25 ® 1996 Radioactive Records, J.v.; courtesy of Radioactive Records, J.V./Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises.

This Compilation ® and © 2005 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.

ARTIST BIOS

Rick Altergott is best known as the creatorof the cartoon character Doofus, which isshowcased in the Doofus Omnibus, a col­lection of stories and strips (FantagraphicsBooks). Doofus and other characters alsoappear in the ongoing comic series RaisinPie, which Altergott writes and draws withhis wife, cartoonist Ariel Bordeaux. Rick isalso a freelance illustrator whose workappears in a wide variety of publications.Check out his work at www.rickaltergott.com

An acclaimed director of film, television,and music videos, Allan Arkush directedRock 'n' Roll High School, which became acult classic and has since become themost financially successful movie thatRoger Corman has ever produced.

Sergio Aragones is said to be the fastestcartoonist in the world today. He is certain­ly the most honored, having won everymajor award in the field, including theNational Cartoonists Society's ReubenAward and the Will Eisner Hall of FameAward. Sergio is most known for his workwith Mad Magazine. His first contribution,

"A Mad Look atthe U.S. Space Effort,"appeared in Mad #76, cover-dated January1963. For that same issue, he also con­tributed the cover gag (the first of many)and his first "Marginal Thinking" cartoons,which were printed in the magazine's mar­gins. He has since appeared in every issueof Mad except for one (the post officescrewed up) and has done thousands of hisunique pantomime cartoons, He also pro­duced 16 best-selling original Mad paper­back books. With wordsmith Mark Evanier,Sergio brought forth the adventures ofGrao The Wanderer, among many others.For their comic book work, they havereceived multiple Eisner awards. He livesand works in Ojai, California. Find out moreabout his work at www.sergioaragones.com

Jordan Crane was born in 1973. He starteddrawing comics in 1996, and has not beenfar away from a drawing board for morethan a few days since then. His latest book,The Clouds Above, will be published in July2005. www.reddingk.com

Mary Fleener started self-publishing minicomics in the mid-'80s and is best knownfor Life Of The Party, a collection of herautobiographical stories. Her paintingshave shown at such places as theAmerican Visionary Art Museum and La Luzde Jesus Gallery, Fleener is also a song­writer and plays dulcimer and bass; notsurprisingly, most of her projects involvemusic as a theme, She's also designed theCD covers for bands like The Insect Surfersand Buddy Blue. Her Web site iswww.maryfleener.com

Fly is an illustrator & comix artist who livesin a homestead in NYC. Her work hasappeared in numerous publications, andshe has self-published lots of mini-comix.Her second book, PEOPs, was released bySoft Skull Press in 2003. Contact her atwww.bway.net/-flyl

"Are we having fun yet?" This non sequiturutterance by the clown-suited philosopher/media star Zippy the Pinhead, created byBill Griffith, has become so oft-quoted thatit is now in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.

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Today Zippy appears in over 200 newspa­pers worldwide. There have been over adozen paperback collections of Griffith'swork and numerous comic book and maga­zine appearances, both here and abroad.He became an irregular contributor to TheNew Yorker in 1994. Griffith lives and worksin East Haddam, Connecticut, with his wife,cartoonist Diane Noomin. Go towww.zippythepinhead.com

Tim Hensley was born in Bloomington,Indiana, in 1966. His work has most recentlydisappeared by being poured into a news­paper funnel as milk.

Xaime Hernandez is the cocreator of Loveand Rockets and has been drawing it for 22years. Along with the comic, he has justpublished a 700-page collection of hiswork, titled Locas.

John Holmstrom founded Punk magazine in1975, a few months after seeing his firstRamones show at CBGB. He art directedtheir album cover and the cover of theirfirst single release ("Blitzkrieg Bop"), illus­trated Rocket To Russia and Road To Ruin,and was an opening act for them at Bond'sin NYC in 1981. Check outwww.punkmagazine.com andwww.johnholmstrom.com

Carol Lay has drawn comics and illustra­tions for many publications, including Mad,The Wall Street Journal, and The NewYorker. Her weekly comic strip, WayLay,can be seen on Salon. com and in manyweekly and daily strips here and abroad.Visit www.waylay.com

Bobby London is best known as theNational Lampoon cartoonist, but in theearly 1980s, he was also in a lowerManhattan rock 'n' roll band for which hesang, wrote songs, and played a yellowFender Telecaster guitar. He now lives inLos Angeles, contributes to Playboy andNickelodeon Magazine, and draws story­boards for TV cartoons. Check out his workat www.dirtyduck.com

Lorna Miller is one of the funniest comicartists working right now. Her intoxicatingcomic Witch has been praised fromSlovenia to Hong Kong and is a favorite ofRobert Crumb. She lives on the south coastof England with Chris B. Watson andBarney T. Spaniel. See her work atwww.lornamiller.com

Eisner Award-winning cartoonist BillMorrison started his career as an illustra­tor working in the field of motion pictureadvertising. He painted dozens of movieposters, including ones for The LittleMermaid, Bambi, Peter Pan, and TheJungle Book. He has created thousands ofThe Simpsons drawings for T-shirts, videogames, posters, toy packaging, books, cal­endars, limited edition prints, etc. He was

art director for both Futurama and BongoComics and drew the very first Simpsonscomic. He has had a hand in every BongoComic to date, either writing, pencilling,inking, or supervising, while also writingand drawing his own series, the four-timeEisner Award-nominated Roswell, LittleGreen Man. Go to www.littlegreenman.com

John Pound has painted humor tradingcards, comic book covers, fantasy bookcovers, art prints, skateboards, and maga­zine illustrations. He painted many GarbagePail KidsiAl for Topps'" and art for WackyPackages"', Mars Attacks"', Howard theDuck, and AnimaniacsiAl

• His art was fea­tured in JUXTAPOZmagazine issue #1. Lookfor more at www.poundart.com

Johnny Ryan draws Angry Youth Comix aswell as the weekly cartoon strip BleckyYuckerella. He lives in Los Angeles with hiswife and two cats. You can buy all sorts ofwonderful crap from him atwww.johnnyr.com

Souther Salazar is a painter/doodlist livingin Los Angeles. Destined For Dizziness, hisfirst children's book, was released thissummer from buenaventura press. To findout more, visit www.southersalazar.net!

John Seabury is a performing musician andgraphic artist, combining both in the 70sgarage band Psycotic Pineapple, whosegraphic mascot is the infamous "Pynoman"(www.pynoman.com). His illustrations forKevin Gilbert's CD The Shaming Of The Trueearned him a Grammy'" nomination for bestpackaging. John's work is featured in bothThe Art Of Rock (Abbeville Press) and thenew Art Of Modern Rock (Chronicle Books).View his work at www.johnseabury.com

An award-winning professional cartoonist!writer in the fields of comic books, anima­tion, and advertising, Scott Shaw! has alsoworked as a comic book retailer andremains a reader, collector, and fan of car­tooning in all its forms. Born in New YorkCity and raised in San Diego, Scott current­ly lives in Sherman Oaks, California, withhis wife, Judith, and son, Kirby, along withtheir three cats. Get the whole story atwww.shawcartoons.com

Since the early '90s Christine Shields hasbeen a part of the music, comics, and artscenes in New York and San Francisco.Currently she is working on a large seriesof portraits of the musicians, artists, andcategory-defying folks who make up hersocial world. She lives in San Francisco,California.

William Stout began his professionalcareer in 1968. Early on he assisted withthe Tarzan of the Apes newspaper stripsand Eisner Award-winning graphic novels.A few years later he gained internationalnotoriety for his many rock 'n' roll "bootleg"

record album covers. Stout has worked onthe advertising for over 120 films, includingRock 'n' Roll High School, for which hedrew the poster and print ads. He has alsoworked as a production designer onnumerous films and recently completeddesigns for The Muppets Wizard Of Oz filmas well as Guillermo del Toro's Pan'sLabyrinth; he will soon begin work on delTaro's At The Mountains Of Madness.Stout's landmark masterwork, 1981 's TheDinosaurs-A Fantastic New View Of A LostEra, has been recently updated and repub­lished as The New Dinosaurs. Stout's workhas been awarded the Benjamin FranklinAward, Eisner Award, Harvey Award,Spectrum Silver Award, and Gold and SilverMedals from the Society of Illustrators. Todate, over 20 million William Stout tradingcards have been sold. He resides inPasadena, California, with his perfect wifeand their two brilliant sons. See more of hiswork at www.williamstout.com

Steve Vance is thought to be the only per­son to have received both a Grammy'"award for album design and an Eisneraward for cartooning. He lives in LosAngeles, where he shares a studio with hiswife, Cindy, and thousands of old comics,vintage paperbacks, pulp magazines, and acopy of the first Ramones LP on vinyl.Check out thinkmodern.com &stevevance.com

In 1976 Jonathan Vankin was the only kid inhis tiny New England high school with theRamones' first album on his turntable. Thisbranded him as a strange and lonely out­cast, but he didn't care-the Ramones lethim know it was OK. He grew up to be ajournalist and had the rare thrill of inter­viewing the band in 1988. With his journal­istic goals thus fulfilled, he went on to writecomic books. He thinks his boyhood idolswould approve.

Wayno is an illustrator, cartoonist, writer,and collector of unusual music. His workhas appeared in numerous periodicals, andhe has illustrated CD covers for Rhino,Merge, Get Hip, Arf! Arf! and Basta, anddozens of cards for American GreetingsCompany. He's also created 163 (and count­ing) portraits of recording stars for Rhino.Wayno works in Pittsburgh, where he liveswith his wife, Kimberly. Go towww.wayno.com for more info.

Steven Weissman is a cartoonist living inLittle Armenia, U.S.A. He has four books inprint from Fantagraphics Books, Inc.(www.fantagraphics.com). Look for moreof his art at www.comicartcollective.com

Jim Woodring never got over it. He givesfree rein to his excited misperceptions incomics, drawings, and paintings, which canbe seen at www.jimwoodring.com

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