The Ramones
Formed in Forest Hills, Queens, NY
Active 1974 to 1996
Click on the photograph to watch an early Ramones performance at CBGB OMFUG in New York
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Monte A. Melnick was the Ramones’ tour manager for the entirety of their career. The band toured constantly for 22 years, so Monte had more than enough material to work with in order to write a book, On the Road With The Ramones, which has been through several printings.
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The Ramones may not have achieved the chart success and recognition they had hoped for during their career, but their cultural impact and legacy is matched only by a handful of other rock n roll groups. Submit your photos and videos of the Ramones appearing in popular culture, from t-shirts to their songs in movies, TV and ads, and everything else in between.
The Ramones logo has become so attached to the group that it is often overlooked as a play on the Official Seal of the United States.