tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post9018867229652465544..comments2024-03-28T04:50:52.945+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: R.A.M.O.N.E.S.Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-89605926267154040202024-02-04T10:52:46.869+00:002024-02-04T10:52:46.869+00:00Band that opened for the Ramones often in the late...Band that opened for the Ramones often in the late 70s https://youtu.be/qzQ7MXmQYfIScott Huminskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128714062702852847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-77170003247779482912020-04-23T08:43:54.942+01:002020-04-23T08:43:54.942+01:00Hey, thanks for dropping by! Your band is definite...Hey, thanks for dropping by! Your band is definitely one of the ones that *can* do the Ramones sound. Great tune.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-32514660452040295412020-04-23T00:48:34.810+01:002020-04-23T00:48:34.810+01:00That's so cool you like my old song!That's so cool you like my old song!Jody Havenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07378055816244444187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-27201767483651290572020-04-23T00:48:13.203+01:002020-04-23T00:48:13.203+01:00That's so cool you dig that old song of mine! ...That's so cool you dig that old song of mine! Jody HavenotJody Havenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07378055816244444187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-33384171861648931032020-04-22T17:46:36.460+01:002020-04-22T17:46:36.460+01:00I have mild tinnitus, hardly surprising given the ...I have mild tinnitus, hardly surprising given the number of gigs I went to over a quarter of a century or so, but I tend to balme it on the time I sat in the bass bin of the PA for a whole song while Satan's Rats, a not very good and long forgotten punk band, were playing. It was obvious to me after about ten seconds that it was an idiotic move but I was eighteen and it was more important to me to look like I didn't care than it was to worry about long-term hearing problems. I actually couldn't hear anything for three days after that.<br /><br />I saw The Ramones on their first headlining tour of the UK in 1977 (I think it must have been) and again a year or two later. There was a highly amusing moment during the first gig when the power to their amps failed mid-song and the four of them literally stood there, all but motionless, for a couple of minutes until it was fixed. It was as if they'd been switched off with the amps. I've seen it happen to several other acts and someone always tells a joke or chats to the audience or plays an acoustic number - The Ramones just stood there. It was very them, I thought.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-56435995570297423552020-04-22T15:37:39.048+01:002020-04-22T15:37:39.048+01:00I saw The Ramones live back in 88 or 89. My girlfr...I saw The Ramones live back in 88 or 89. My girlfriend at the time got us tickets. The venue was an old warehouse that had been converted to do concerts over in Santa Clara on El Camino Real. "Warehouse" probably overstates the size. I think it started life as a drying shed for apricots, a one time staple of agriculture in the valley and then ended up being used as a warehouse for a while. It had been only marginally upgraded since then.<br /><br />We got there and the place was packed, naturally. It was August, so it was very hot out, and more so in the confined and un-airconditioned venue. And on stage The Ramonones had a stack of amps big enough to fill a major sports stadium with sound. When they began to play the music was so loud that I could not tell what they were playing at any given moment. It was an assault on the senses. My ears rang for at least a week afterwards and I am pretty sure that concert is the root of the tinnitus I still suffer from to this day. (My ears just started in with that sound as if to agree with me.)<br /><br />But I still just tell people that I saw The Ramones back in 89 or so. Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.com