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R.I.P. Erdélyi Tamás, aka Tommy Ramone

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 112 Comments › )
Filed under History, Music, OOT, Open thread at July 13th, 2014 - 10:00 pm

Another punk bit the big one.

Erdélyi Tamás, aka Tom Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone, assembled and helped create one of the most influential bands ever.  The Ramones never had a hit single, despite hiring the legendary (and mentally disturbed) Phil Spector.

Tommy Ramone was not new to the recording industry when he and other Brooklyn friends decided to form a band to provide an alternative to the pre-packaged marketing-department formulaic garbage that infested the airwaves in the mid to late 1970s. The Ramones went back to rock and roll garage-band basics, with a twist – they played louder and faster.

That The Ramones rose to popularity by playing 3-chord rock in an obscure venue in the New York City Bowery district says a lot.  Punk was born at CBGB’s, and although The Ramones’ garage-band style never garnered them a hit, their influence was huge.

Their message was, “Screw Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, Kansas, Foreigner and ELO! Screw CSN&Y and Boston! Listen to C, F & G!”

And The Ramones were spot on. R.I.P. Erdélyi Tamás, and thanks.


And yes, this is The Overnight Open Thread.

“3 chords, 2 minutes, no bullshit.”

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 54 Comments › )
Filed under Entertainment, Humor, Music, OOT, Open thread at August 5th, 2012 - 10:10 pm

Top comment on that UToobage vid:

3 chords, 2 minutes, no bullshit 🙂

Commercial music sucked big green donkey Johnsons in the 70s, with way too much over-produced garbage IMO (think ELP). In 1977 a showcase “Rockumentary” called Live at CBGB was making the college circuit. The Ramones got my attention for the same reason that the Utoob commenter stated; they were paying respect to early rock and roll. They weren’t smug, and didn’t play to each other – they played OUT.

The second UToobage comment addressed the action just after 1:00. THAT describes my mental state these days, except when I post something especially for all loyal Blogmockrateers on The Overnight Open Thread.

Sheena Is.

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 122 Comments › )
Filed under Humor, Music, Open thread at March 5th, 2011 - 11:00 pm


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There are a couple of things right with that photo, but there are a lot of things wrong; the former made me smirk while the latter made me cringe (suck it in, Johnny Wannabe). BTW, Johnny Ramone became a Republican when he discovered that his relatives voted for JFK based on Kennedy’s good looks alone.

As THE  seminal punk band of the 70s, The Ramones brought 3-chord garage band rock n’ roll back to the forefront of pop music, a venue that was overrun with over-produced country-rock, electronic theatrical garbage and big-hair-glam-rock bands.

While most of the country was oohing and aahing to The Eagles and Bruce Stringbean, ELO and EL&P,  and um, ah *puke* Disco) these guys were kicking the gong at CBGBs, an obscure bar in NYC’s skid row, known as  The Bowery.

Meanwhile the TV Trash pundits are guffawing that Eric Clapton went to a laundromat to –get this– wash his clothes. I really don’t know where I’m going with this babblethread. Kinda lost my train of thought, but don’t worry, we’re not derailed, because rolling on down the line comes the Big Ugly Wheels of The Overnight Open Thread.

Gabba Gabba WTF?

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 240 Comments › )
Filed under Food and Drink, Humor, Music, Open thread at September 21st, 2010 - 11:08 pm

Nope. That’s not photochoppery as originally suspected, and here’s proof:


As drummer for the seminal punk band The Ramones, surviving member Marky Ramone is enhancing his portfolio by marketing Marky Sauce. It’s the loudest, fastest and most awesome pasta sauce you’ll ever see in your lifetime, and it comes with a free plastic spoon so you can enjoy it right out of the jar during an Overnight Open Thread.