Ramones biopic could have Fox Searchlight saying ‘Gabba Gabba Hey’.
The specialty division of Fox Searchlight is in negotiations to board a project about the life of the Ramones, based on a memoir titled “I Slept With Joey Ramone” by the musician’s brother — and, notably, featuring the band’s tunes.
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The SPECIAL OUTDOOR EVENT presented by Linda Ramone in association with the JRA, will be held in memory of Legendary Ramones Guitarist JOHNNY RAMONE on Saturday October 3rd at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (6000 Santa Monica Blvd.) in Los Angeles, CA.
A full-length, vintage Ramones concert will be screened outdoors, after dark on a 24-foot mausoleum wall (as in Hollywood Forever’s summer film program Cinespia). The double feature concludes with the WORLD PREMIERE of the 1968 cult classic “NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD” in 3D! PassmoreLab presents the debut of its new high-def, colorized, 3D print of one of Johnny Ramone’s top 10 horror film favorites! As if that weren’t enough, you’ll also have a rare opportunity to MEET some of the world famous RAMONES LIVE & IN-PERSON plus lots more…
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, founding member and sole survivor of the original lineup, Ramones’ drummer & producer TOMMY RAMONE (“Leave Home”, “Rocket to Russia”, “It’s Alive” & more) AND youngest member, Bassist CJ RAMONE (“Loco Live”, “Adios Amigos” & more) will both be on hand to celebrate Johnny’s legacy with an assortment of Pinheads and Ramoniacs … like you.
There will be scheduled autograph signings on-site, a collection of rare Ramones memorabilia on display, surprise celebrity guests and more to be announced as the date grows closer.
Special homage will also be paid to Legendary Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone. Original paintings by Dee Dee will be exhibited on site in an art show curated by his wife, Barbara Ramone who will also be on hand to meet and greet the fans.
The Ramones: Johnny, Joey & Dee Dee are prominently featured in MasterCard’s new “Legends” campaign running nationwide now through Aug. 31st, 2009. The campaign includes a new :30 Priceless® TV spot that features classic scenes of pop culture icons in jeans – from Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando to The Ramones. The voiceover questions whether they might look better in different styles, but fittingly concludes ‘The perfect pair of jeans: Priceless’.
The Ramones footage was taken from the legendary “Its Alive” concert filmed on New Years Eve 1977. Although not seen in the TV spot, Tommy Ramone is indeed on drums behind Johnny, Joey & Dee Dee on the frontline.
Attended the Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg gig last night. Review to follow. For now, here are some pics. Check the rest out over at Flickr.
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File this under the ‘I Want’ department: “…Although the punk rock career of the Ramones was short lived, the Ramones were some of the most influential rockers on the planet. Now you can bring home a little punk rocker of your own with this amazing Joey Ramone action figure. The NECA Joey Ramone action figure features the Ramones singer in all his punk rock glory. The Joey Ramone action figure comes complete with figural base for display and microphone stand for added rock star credibility. This rock music action figure stands approximately 7 inches tall and is part of the NECA Ramones action figures series.
A US judge has today tossed out a lawsuit by a former Ramones drummer who says he was cheated out of royalties.
US District Judge Shira Scheindlin said in a ruling last week that a contract Richard “Richie Ramone” Reinhardt signed when he performed with the US punk rockers between 1983 and 1987 clearly covered digital uses of his songs.
She noted that the contract defining phonograph records contained the words “now or hereafter known” when referring to forms of reproduction, making it clear that future technologies are covered by the agreement.
Reinhardt filed a lawsuit last year claiming he was owed nearly $US1 million ($A1.06 million) in royalties on songs sold over the internet.
He wrote six songs for the group.
The Ramones helped define punk after forming their band in New York in 1974. They performed for 22 years, with various members, before their last show in 1996.
Three of the group’s founding members, Johnny, Reinhardt’s six songs for the Ramones were Smash You; Somebody Put Something in My Drink, Human Kind, I’m Not Jesus, I Know Better Now and (You) Can’t Say Something Nice. Jeff Sanders, a lawyer for Reinhardt, did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment.
With Vans about to launch a ‘Johnny Ramone’ clothing and footwear range – you too can ‘Beat On The Brat’ to your heart’s content.
A good time to cash in on a rock star is when he’s not around. And four years after his death, Johnny Ramone is a suitable candidate for a clothing collection, courtesy of Vans.
Due to launch in spring 2008, the collection includes a t-shirt with concert shot on front and Ramones logo on back (£25), Johnny Ramone stone washed grey super skinny jeans (£60) and a slip-on featuring the man and his signature (£38).
Marky Ramone is helping to promote safe sex in the USA by launching a condom kit for sex education company Ready Two Go.
The Sun reports that the drummer is helping to spread the message about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases.
“The world has lost too many people to STDs of all types, and that is why I joined up with Ready Two Go for my signature series of safer sex tins,” Ramone explained.
The tins have a Marky Ramone emblem on them and include condoms and information on sexually transmitted diseases.
Billed as the world’s first Ramones museum – the museum opened to the public on September 15. A project of a die-hard German fan, Florian Hayler, (pictured above) it houses more than 300 photographs, records, news clippings and other memorabilia. That includes an unwashed pair of jeans owned by the guitarist Johnny Ramone, the drummer Marky Ramone’s sneakers and an autographed black leather jacket.
The museum had the blessing of the living members of the group, Marky and C. J. Ramone, Mr. Hayler said. Marky Ramone, speaking from his home in Brooklyn, said, “I’m very flattered that another country will help keep the Ramones legacy alive.”
Dee Dee Ramone, the songwriter and bassist who died in 2002, spent much of his childhood in Berlin, a connection made evident by Ramones songs like “Born to Die in Berlin” and “It’s a Long Way Back to Germany.” Referring to the deceased band members Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee, Marky Ramone said: “Knowing them, they would have been flattered, because they worked very hard. Luckily, they saw most of the punk bands naming the Ramones as an influence. At least they saw that.”
Admission to the Ramones Museum is free. “It’s a museum for fans, by fans,” said Mr. Hayler, 32, whose personal collection, which includes 170 Ramones T-shirts, supplied most of the museum’s holdings. Mr. Hayler, who said he attended 101 Ramones concerts, opened the museum because “I didn’t have any more space at home.”
Traces of vintage New York are everywhere in the museum – issues of the magazine New York Rocker, now defunct, and photographs of the Ramones on the subway and posing on the Bowery near CBGB. “The first time I went to New York, I took a cab to CBGB’s at 6 a.m. and waited in front of it until it opened,” Mr. Hayler said. The New York-based sociologist Donna Gaines, who has crusaded to keep CBGB open, said: “We need an American Ramones Museum. Seattle has the Experience Music Project, and Cleveland has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; what do we have in New York?”
Former Ramones drummer Marky will become a Sirius Satellite Radio host on Tuesday, October 4 with the launch of ‘Marky Ramone’s Punk Rock Blitzkrieg’.
The new weekly, two-hour show will feature punk music from its inception through its current incarnations, and will be heard live each Tuesday on commercial-free Sirius music channel Faction 28 from 8 to 10 p.m. ET. The show will be re-broadcast on Saturday nights from 10 p.m. to midnight ET on Sirius Disorder 24.
“I’ve certainly been a radio guest many times, but now I get to do something I’ve always wanted to do — be a radio DJ,” said Marky in a statement. “I’m going to play the music I love, and the opportunity to do it on Sirius is fantastic,” he said, adding that he wants the show to feature live, rare and archival Ramones material in addition to some of the music that influenced the legendary band, such as the British invasion of the 1960s, as well as classic and contemporary punk, live in-studio guests and calls from listeners.
Marky joined the Ramones in 1978 and continued with them until 1983, returning to the lineup four years later, and remaining in the band until they disbanded in 1996. Starting in 1987, Marky shot more than 400 hours of video of the Ramones, some of which appears in the definitive Ramones home video released in 2004, “Ramones Raw”. Today he tours the world playing Ramones music as MARKY RAMONE & FRIENDS. He’s been working on a video of live Ramones shows, due from Warner Brothers in April 2006, which will be followed by the publication of his autobiographical book, “Faith in the Backbeat””, next summer. He is also involved in the development of a movie and a play about the Ramones.
