The first time Fat Mike ever encountered punk rock
“I didn’t know what to make of it at the time…”
Ramones
Ramones legal battle over estate finally reaches settlement after several years
Linda Cummings-Ramone now has total control.
The punk band Eddie Vedder said changed the world and spun the earth on a new axis
“They were armed with two-minute songs that they rattled off like machinegun fire.”
The purest rock band Joe Strummer ever heard: “They beat it back into purity”
“There wouldn’t be any punk band, period…”
The bands Joey Ramone thought completely sold out: “It’s just like a big business”
Dishing out the critique.
The one band Bono said deserved all the praise in the world: “It hardly seems enough”
The loud musical miracles.
The bands that Ian Anderson never wanted to join: “I’d get restless”
Not nearly as interesting for him.