The Ramones - Ramones - VINYL LP

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. The Ramones ignited the punk-rock movement with their eponymous 1976 debut album, revitalizing rock and roll at one of it's lowest ebbs with attitude, energy and a loud, fast new sound. By cutting music down to it's bare essentials - four chords; a simple, catchy melody; a sped-up tempo and irresistibly inane lyrics, the Ramones blazed the trail for thousands of bands that followed, influencing everyone from The Clash and The S*x Pistols to Green Day and The Offspring. Although The Ramones never achieved mainstream financial success, they released 21 live and studio albums, had a devoted fan base and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Other bands, such as the Stooges and the New York Dolls, came before them and set the stage and aesthetic for punk, and bands that immediately followed, such as the S*x Pistols, made the latent violence of the music more explicit, but the Ramones crystallized the musical ideals of the genre.

Vinyl LP pressing. CJ Ramone made his name as a member of (arguably) the greatest punk band of all time, and nearly 25 years after that experience, it'd be understandable if he now spent his days resting on his legacy and tsk-tsking the state of punk rock. Instead, The Holy Spell..., CJ's third full-length for Fat Wreck Chords, joyfully celebrates his undiminished love of music. It's right there in the title. InchI never lost that magical feeling that you get from music, and that's where the title came in,Inch he says. InchThe bands that I listened to when I was young that I really enjoyed, I can still put that music on now, and it still has the same magic for me.Inch

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 . Out of seven billion or so people on the planet, only seven have been lucky enough to be gifted the Ramones surname. CJ got the nod in 1989 when he expertly stepped in for Dee Dee, and played with the legendary punk quartet until they disbanded in 1996. CJ sang lead vocals on InchStrength To EndureInch, and even wrote two tracks for Ramones' farewell album ¡Adios Amigos!. With all of this under his belt, CJ seems to just be getting started. Since 1996, CJ has continued to make music. CJ Ramone's debut album Reconquista was unleashed unto the world in 2012, followed by Fat Wreck Chords debut Last Chance to Dance two years later. 2017 brings new fans and the Ramones faithful CJ Ramone's strongest material to date in American Beauty. Featuring Steve Soto (Adolescents), Dan Root (Adolescents), and the addition of Street Dogs drummer Pete Sosa; American Beauty continues the sound and style true to the Ramones. The spirit of '77 shines bright on tracks like InchYeah Yeah YeahInch and InchGirlfriend In A GraveyardInch, while being unafraid to slow things down with InchBefore The Lights Go OutInch and InchTommy's GoneInch (a delicate 90-second acoustic tribute to Tommy Ramone).