The Ramones

Rippers Sets Sail Again After Sandy

ROCK 101

We don’t care 
about history . . .

Jeffrey Lewis

JUST KIDS

Looking back at the Bowery art scene

Those Darlins

Q&A: Kid Congo Powers On His First Favorite Song, His Favorite NYC Band, And Being President Of The Ramones Fan Club

If there is a man who has played in more cool bands than Kid Congo Powers, he's in the Witness Protection Program. Powers has played guitar and crooned haughtily in the Gun Club, the Cramps, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Divine Horsemen, Congo Norvell... oh, you get the picture. This suave, fashion ... More >>

The Velvet Underground Win Sound Of The City's Quintessential New York Musician Tournament

After weeks of voting, impassioned campaigns, comment-section arguments, and matchups that seemed nearly impossible to come down on one side of, Sound of the City's take on March Madness—in which we set out to crown the quintessential New York musician of the past 57 years, with a field that e ... More >>

The Ramones (1) Take On Anthrax (16) In The Queens Division's First March Madness Matchup

The Round of 64 for Sound of the City's own version of March Madness—in which you, the Sound of the City voting public, help determine the quintessential New York musician—continues, and you get to vote on who makes it to Round Two. The first pairing in our Queens division pits its top s ... More >>

THE UNDERGROUND

Explore the early works of Amos Poe

LONG LIVE CBGB

A look back at the last days of the historic club

Watch A 37-Year-Old Clip Of The Ramones At CBGB

​Via SOTC pal Will Hermes—whose new book about New York's music scene from 1973 to 1977, Love Goes To Buildings On Fire, comes out next week—here's a clip of the Ramones playing at CBGB sometime during the summer of 1974. (Hermes' blog has a ton of other archival footage from the p ... More >>

Rock 'N' Roll High School

Four Bands Carrying On The Ramones' Legacy In 2011

Joey Ramone would have been 60 years old on May 19. This week, in celebration of the birthday of the Queens-born gone-too-soon punk legend, Sound of the City will run a series of features on his life and his legacy. ​The Ramones may have shouted their last four-count 15 years ago, but whether ... More >>

Rock-Critic Pop Quiz: How Many Ramones Can You Name?

​The Voice has spent the week celebrating the 60th birthday of one of New York's greatest treasures, Joey Ramone. We've made our To Do Lists of things we "wanna do" and things we "don't wanna do," and we've stolen the "Joey Ramone Place" sign on E 2nd St. about a dozen times in the last 24 hou ... More >>

Q&A: Rock 'N' Roll High School Director Allan Arkush Looks Back (Plus Exclusive Photos)

Joey Ramone would have been 60 years old on May 19. This week, in celebration of the birthday of the Queens-born gone-too-soon punk legend, Sound of the City will run a series of features on his life and his legacy. Bruce Frankel/courtesy Allan Arkush​ Allan Arkush has executive produced a bu ... More >>

We Want The Airwaves, Baby: 10 Songs About The Ramones

Joey Ramone would have been 60 years old on May 19. This week, in celebration of the birthday of the Queens-born gone-too-soon punk legend, Sound of the City will run a series of features on his life and his legacy. ​Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery--and whose style has been ... More >>

Peelander-Z

A Couple More Round-Ups, Courtesy of the Times and Serious Eats

Time for another bogus round-up, dude.​Two days before the 2010, the Times has delivered its comprehensive round-up of the best things its critics and reporters scarfed down over the course of 2009.

CBGB Celebrates Its Third Year of Helping John Varvatos Sell Clothing

​Three years ago yesterday CBGB hosted its final performance. The memory of its terrifying bathroom and indifferent bookings lives on, as does some ersatz version of its stage, upon which are now heaped piles and piles of John Varvatos shoes. Even the garbage-strewn alley behind the venue has ... More >>

SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN

Kings of Leon keep getting prettier

Alamo Race Track's Black Cat John Brown

New Wave grit from Amsterdam—why not?

More Photos: Joey Ramone Birthday Bash, Part II, 05.19.07

The Clutters Don't Believe a Word

Boppy quartet constructs a man-made Rockaway Beach in Tennessee

One Last Howl at the Marquee Moon

CBGB's death knell is finally real, even if your heartfelt nostalgia isn't

Downer at the Rock and Roll Club

As CBGB takes its victory laps, a lifer reminisces about the death of an era

Apocalypse Then

Patti Smith revives Horses on stage and disc to honor its 30th anniversary

1973

2003

screens

Noise on Music Central

From minstrelsy to vaudeville and Monk to punk, never under-estimate urban ugliness

Last Ramones Standing

Marky and Tommy discuss Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, the documentary, the stage musical, the DVD, and drumming

Get Lit!: Three Different Neighborhoods Spark Up One Bar

It's a Small World After All

The season's globe-trotting films bring mankind closer together, or at least pretend to on-screen

Cool Jerks Force Rhythm

Drive directly to hysteria, do not pass Go, do not collect 200 dollars, do not kick the can

Extreme Makeovers

The Fine Art of Picking a Shtick

Close-Up on Forest Hills, Queens

God Only Knows My Butt

Dee Dee Ramone, 1952-2002

Music

Ramone

Marking the Identity of an Original Rock and Roll Group of 1975

Punks in the Hall

The Ramones and Talking Heads Battle Their Way From CBGB to Cleveland

Manifest Destiny

The Return of the Dictators

Ghost Dance

It’s a Bomber, It’s a Bomber, It’s a Bomber

Letters

Letters

Joey 1951–2001

A Ramone Leaves Home

All Ears

Disney Dreams Up the Best Radio Station in 30 Years

Sheena for Ex-President

It’s Their Party

Bowery Mission