http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:29:20 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/15/132304.php#comment-602090 For the best book on the Ramones read, "On The Road With The Ramones" http://www.myspace.com/ontheroadwiththeramones This is a MUST-HAVE book for all Ramones fans. It's an inside look from the people who were actually there witnessing and experiencing all the extreme highs and lows of one of rock's greatest bands. The Ramones' music has influenced nearly every power pop, punk, alternative, and metal band. Monte A. Melnick served as The Ramones tour manager from their early New York club days at CBGB's in the '70s to their farewell gigs in 1996. Filled with memorabilia including photographs and interviews collected along the way, this is his view of life on the road with the band as "baby-sitter to psychiatrist, booking agent to travel agent, paymaster to van driver." It's such a fascinating read, you'll have a hard time putting it down. Buy it, read it, and then revisit their albums. You'll never look at the Ramones in the same light. 602090@blogcritics.org Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:29:20 EDT