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| 19/08/2009 Hey cretins,
sorry for the long vacation I took which resulted in this site being unattended for over 2 years. Heaps of shit have happened in the meantime. My daughter grew older, my girlfriend gave birth to our son, we started the construction of our new house/home and a lot of changes on the professional front. In the meanwhile I've been working on a new lay-out for this site but it's not finished yet. Being not a very technical person, and having no experience in buidling websites whatsoever, it's a real challenge to get something up and running that looks decent and is easily maintainable at the same time. So, if there's a Ramones-fan out there with the technical skills to make this thing happening again for a pro-bono fee, please step forward and you'll become king amongst us humble midgets. I've the whole plan worked out, I just need somebody to program it.
On another note, a couple of days ago, we went to see CJ Ramone playing with his current band at 'Feest in het park' in Oudenaarde (BE). It was a kick-ass party (as expected) and as a nice bonus we got to meet up with Daniel Rey and CJ himself. (Thanks Nancy and Les, you guys are our heroes) He told us to keep an eye on the tour calendars as he expects to be touring more often in the near future.
CJ and yours truly
Danny, Daniel Rey and me
Now it's time for bed for this old rock 'n' roller. Holidays or not, kids wake up early in the morning anyway.
See you around,
Sniper ... 19/05/2007 Sad news. The Groovie Ghoulies call it quits after 15 years :-(
"It looks like Sacramento's Groovie Ghoulies have called it quits. The band posted the following message via a MySpace bulletin: "It is with deep regret and sorrow that we must inform you that we have parted ways as a band for personal reasons. "We thank you for your tireless love and support over the years and encourage you to continue to support the bands we have played with in Sacramento and beyond. This development comes just before the release of the band's new full length 99 Lives. The Green Door Recording Co. will be handling the release, which is expected on May 15th. The release follows up 2005's Chuck Berry tribute Berry'd Alive. The Ghoulies roots / country alter ego the Haints recently put out a record as well." Bye, Sniper
12/05/2007 Cretins,
Summer holidays are coming... well, within a month or so. As it seems, it will become a summer full of rock 'n' roll and fun. Marky Ramone will tour some European countries together with Joe Queer, Dangerous Dave and Sebastian from the Expulsados. Our good friend David Riu is taking up the planning. Go to his page for more Ramone and Queers tour info. The Teenageheadmusic family is also setting up tours of a variety of bands: Groovie Ghoulies (incl. Kepi solo gigs), Texas Terri Bomb, Muck and the Mires, Nine Pound Hammer, The Chelsea Smiles, The Black Halos, The Apers, Mother Superior and the Hangmen. Actually we're more than looking to see our pals of the Ghoulies again. It has been a very long time now! Keep an eye on the Teenagehead site for the most up-to-date info. Uncle Lou Reed is kicking off a new tour as well. "These rare European concerts will see Reed performing with a 30-piece ensemble including his band, a string and horn section, and a children's choir. The European concerts start in Brussels on June 18th, and include Holland, France,Germany, Britain and Italy.The concerts are being hailed as a rare insight into one of music's greatest minds, a labour of love and an integral part of rock history. "I only do this every 30 years," says Reed. "One time, one time only. You can tell your kids you saw Lou Reed's Berlin." - LouReed.com Sjock rock will be a cool party as well with headliners Nine Pound Hammer and The Bones.
Keep it hot and sweatin',
Sniper
On 03/03/2007 - THE DIRTY SCUMS' 25th ANNIVERSARY GIG - 2nd edition
Release
of double-CD "Live & Dirty !"
On
23/12/2006 - THE DIRTY SCUMS' 25th ANNIVERSARY GIG - 1st edition Release
of double-CD "The First 25 Yearz (1981 - 2006)" The
Dirty Scums (9 pm) Mother
Beirut (10.15 pm) Retired
Punx (11.30 pm)
14/12/2006 Cretins, Nothing special to mention. The year is coming to an end and I hope everybody got the luck they wished for when 2006 started. Maybe a good time to let you in on my top 10 of good intentions for 2007. 10. Stop harassing old ladies that are crossing the street. 9. Being less sarcastic. 8. Setting up a site which is actually up-to-date and has some interesting content. 7. Start my own Pro-ana blog... you fat fucking wankers! 6. Just as Fat Mike, I'm obsessed with big lesbians. Would be great to actually get to know some. 5. Change the toilet rolls when they're finished. Saves a lot of cursing afterwards... and less washing hands. 4. Listen more Roy Orbison. 3. Start harassing cute blondes that are crossing the street. Brunettes and redheads are ok as well. What the heck, as long as it's female, alive and not an r&b biatch. 2. Realising my dreams with my family and friends as well in personal as professional life. (Being a porn director it's sometimes an advantage to do this) 1. Living the good life provided by punk (and fucking hard work during the week)
Signing off, Sniper
18/10/2006 Hey, went to see Alex Agnew last Friday in the Velinx (Tongeren - BE). Right in your face comedy that doesn't leave you disturbed but rather in a mood of... HELL YEAH, THIS FUCKER IS RIGHT! The show is part of a cultural initiative from the region I live in. They program a stand-up comedian together with young musical talent from our region. Support your local scene, I'd say! This time it were our long time friends, the Saturdaynight Beavers that took the stage after Alex had finished. For those who don't know them, check out their site. Although they changed from Screeching Weasel type punk snot rockers to the tight rock 'n' roll machine they're now... they still keep it real. People that come regularly to read my not so regularly updated site probably already found out that I really believe in this band. I do not promote and support this band coz they're from my neighbourhood, coz they're friends, coz they're cool people to hang out with... nope, I promote them because I genuinely like their music of course but also for the 17 seconds of music that made me realise that they have what it takes to make it in rock 'n' roll wonderland. 17 seconds? Yep, that's right. More precisely the 17 seconds between second 48 and 1 minute 5 seconds of their early demo song, Miss C. Still in their punk rock period, but indicating that there was more to come soon. Those seconds take the song to another level comparable to the change of level after 30 seconds in The Letter from the Box Tops. As a real music lover, I do love complete songs but sometimes a couple of seconds can be a enough to recognise musical genius. Just like the 9 second solo in the Pixies' Allison. A second is nothing but it's often small changes that lead to bigger things. With subtle changes to the blues chord scheme and by adding a piano-like opening guitar riff to his songs, Chuck Berry 'invented' rock 'n' roll as we know it. Isn't that something for a minor change!? And then again, to all people that wonder why I still love the Ramones that much. Well, because their songs are brilliant and short! Why should I listen to six minute songs if I can listen to this brilliance 3 times in the same time span? Other reason could be that in case you don't like a song, you only have to wait 2 minutes before a new one starts... not even worth it to look for the remote in your sofa and try to find the skip button ;-) That's all folks, Sniper
23/08/2006 Hey cretins, thought I've seen it all but while trying to get my daughter to sleep, I stumbled upon a documentary on the Pro-Ana movement. For the ones that don't know what it is - included me as well before I saw the documentary - it's a movement, primarily Internet based, that promotes anorexic behaviour as a lifestyle rather than an eating disorder or disease. Wake up, this has nothing to do with a lifestyle! It's just a bunch of fucked-up people trying to talk you into starving yourself to reach the ultimate goal of being 'thin'. Oh yes, they also have some cool wordplays such "You're my thinspiration"... uh huh, food for brainless cows, I'd say! Oops, I've used the word food... I already feel the calories entering my system... I'm getting fatter... Oh no, I feel bad... Quick, get me a razor blade coz I have to cut myself... Emo crap all over, that's what it is! Apart from the stupidness of this movement, things get even worse when they try to involve models and actresses and put them on a pedestal... the examples they have to live up to! Why can't people just take comfort with the person they are instead of trying to attain a so-called 'role model' promoted by society? I'm not saying that being on a diet to lose those extra kilos is bad but people have to accept that some people are meant to be slim and others a little bit less slim... Actually I shouldn't be bothered at all but this documentary struck me in a way that I had to say something. Perfectly ok girls going on and on about their eternal struggle to lose kilos week after week. Insanity is a full-time job! What about this as a lifestyle... a nice job that you like in the 9 to 5 world and having fun when you're not working and punking out on some good old rock 'n' roll. A lot of more fun than starving yourself and skipping your life completely. On a side note: interesting page for all you party animals out there! Gonna leave you with the wise words of the great philosopher Ernie: "Dee dee dee having fun but now I'm dee dee dee done!"
Ramoniac greetings, Fat-ass Sniper
18/08/2006 Punksters and punkers, Finally... my lil girl was born on 11/08/06.
Facts:
Diaper change needed... have to go! Gabbas Daddy Ramone 02/08/2006 Almost two months since I wrote something. Time flies when you're having fun. I guess by now everybody discovered Marky's new project, Osaka Popstar. Fuck off Pikachu, there are 'new' heroes in town: JOHN CAFIERO, MARKY RAMONE (RAMONES), JERRY ONLY (THE MISFITS), DEZ CADENA (BLACK FLAG), and IVAN JULIAN (RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS). In case you didn't know... get your ass over to Marky's Myspace where you can read the latest news on your fav drummer. Other interesting news is coming from Hellies land; They're performing on August 8 2006 in The Frontline (Gent) together with Total Chaos (US) (legendary punk - think The Exploited, Ex-Epitaph band), Molotov Cocktail (US) (NYC oldschool punk - Fear meets Reagan Youth) and M*E*S (skanked up heartpunkrock). Unlike any other regular summer, I'm not going to visit a single festival this year. Either the line-up sucks or I have something better to do. Pity for the Pukkelpop line-up but I really don't wanna pay a zillion euros just to see Turbonegro perform... ok, even if I can catch Sick Of It All on the same day. But hey, these guys play Groezrock every year, so I'll make up for that next year. Not that PP is all bad. Still some good stuff around: Urban Dance Squad, Backyard Babies, The Dresden Dolls, Millencolin and Randy (for old time's sake), Mark Lanegan, Fear Factory and Pennywise... but unfortunately not enough to fill up 3 days. I want the old PP back. 1 day with an excellent line-up. Aaaah sweet memories of Pukkelpop '91. What a party! Ramones, The Pogues, Black Francis (Pixies revival huh!?), Sonic Youth, House of Love, Dinosaur Jr, An Emotional Fish, Ride, Nirvana. Yours truly was 16 and finally had the first chance to see the gods doing their thing live. Not gonna bore you with the complete story again but this is what a festival is all about. 1 day and a lot of super bands. Dancing around with the Pogues who took a short break every two songs, slam dancing on the Ramones beats - without any breaks of course - causing a cloud of dust that could be seen from miles away. No need to say I enjoyed Frank Black, Dinosaur Jr and Sonic Youth as well. Only thing I didn't get was Nirvana. Watched them for 5-10 minutes, decided they sucked and went for a drink. Please speak up if you think Nirvana is as much overrated as The Doors were/are. Let's hear it for Soundgarden... hmm, grunge is not my thing. So, anything else to say on music? Let's think... oh yeah, go see Ice Motherfucking T bitch and Iggy on Marktrock (Leuven). Due to practical reasons I won't be able to go myself but I bet it will be two ass rocking gigs. Maybe another interesting thing, De Lokerse Feesten, with Therapy?, Flogging Molly, Madness, The Cramps, ... Okay hippy scum, that's that, Sniper
05/06/2006 Sitting here with nothing to do... Last month was pretty hectic. Lotsa work at the office, not that much time to rock 'n' roll... apart from my private time in the traffic jam. Attended Stefan's (De Hel) b-day party with The Whocares, Saturdaynight Beavers, Bad Preachers and the Rawönes. First time I saw the Bad Preachers and they made a hell of an impression. Luckily enough, it was only a matter weeks before I would see them again at the free punk festival in the rock pub Oemtata (Ertvelde - BE). Now that was a party! Bad Preachers rocked again but also the old bastards from the Dirty Scums kicked major ass. A few weeks ago, I was on the subway in Paris, when I got struck by a girl having a huge 80s hairdo... and guess what, she was the spitting image of Christy Canyon. Who? Well, I know I'm ancient... let's call her the Jenna Jameson of the 80s. Am I into porn? Nah, not really, but one needs to get some cool desktop wallpaper once in a while. Anyways, where is this story going? Nowhere in particular... just some random thoughts. But this fine looking young woman brings us to the 'new' issue of Long Gone Loser Magazine. Damo and his crew managed to spew up another edition filled with cute girls, band info, gossip and all that stuff that you've always wanted to know but never dared to asked about female movie star extra-ordinaire, Jennifer Connelly. Keep on truckin', Sniper
02/05/2006 Hey boppers, great news from festivalworld... on May 27 2006 there's a FREE punk festival in the rock pub Oemtata in Ertvelde (BE). More info here. The line-up has been filled with belgium's finest old and new punk bands: Funeral Dress, Bad Preachers, The Dirty Scums, W.R.3, Mise en scène, The Hellies and Klatters. And again, it's FREE, so be there! Support the local scene! It was a real rock 'n' roll weekend. Started off with Los Putas, Black Halos and ... Nine Pound Hammer on Friday in the Lintfabriek. A rawking evening, dudes and dudettes... a rawking evening! Saturday it was Groezrock. Although the line-up looked pretty ok, it was not the best edition at all. Thumbs up for Dropkick Murphys and of course Bad Religion. No thumbs at all for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Looked like they were just rehearsing some songs. Very disappointed! On Sunday I could have gone to the Queens day festivities at Perron 55 in Venlo but I was too tired. According to Robbiorix, Johnny B. and Stefan there were about 800-1000 people and it was a lot of fun (as always). Monday afternoon went to a matinee show in De Hel in Tongeren to see The Zatopeks and Retarded. Zatopeks: funny gig with band running all around the venue while performing... hilarious! Retarded: slow start and then... one of the most tight shows I've ever see them do. Definitely won 2 or 3 places in my all time favorite live bands list... Keep your eyes on the Saturdaynight Beavers site coz you can expect some live Beaver action near your place anytime soon!
That was all folks, Sniper 'My other ride is your sister' Ramone
24/04/2006 Just bought the new shiny disc of The Riverboat Gamblers listening to the name "To the confusion of our enemies". Although a little bit smoother around the edges than 'Something to crow about' it's a hell of an album. Listened to it 5 times on my way to work and still can't get enough of it. Favorite songs of the moment are "The Gamblers Try Their Hand At International Diplomacy" and "The Art Of Getting Fucked". I tell you: this is a band for which they invented a repeat button on hifi systems! Definitely going to order their first self-titled album and "Backsides" tomorrow. Dunno about you but I hoped I convinced you to get some of their stuff while it's still hot... On another note... it's almost Groezrock time. The weather isn't super yet but I keep my hopes up for next Saturday. Now I think of it, we only had 1 year without rain in the last 5 years or so. Dusted off my old Bad Religion stuff to get prepared but what d'ya know... didn't need to. I can still remember most lyrics of Against the grain, Suffer, No Control, Generator, ... Don't know much about the new stuff but then again the old stuff is better, hihi ;-) I know cause I'm old! Gabbas from the underworld, Sniper
17/04/2006 Easter Monday. Already have had 4 days of vacation but I'm still tired as hell. Updated the rock calendar. Some interesting stuff is coming our way! Also did some administration on my magnum opus, my Ramones collection. Things are going slowly... saving money for the baby, a new house... definitely need to buy some records to stay up-to-date. Got some Gearhead swag in the mail as well. The Million Dollar Marxists record rules big time! Some Dragons stuff was included as well. Oh yeah, the singer's voice sometimes reminds me of DeeDee. Other thing that I rediscovered is the album 'Something to crow about' of The Riverboat Gamblers. One cool record filled with pure rock 'n' roll... they tell you what's what for sure!!! Long Gone Loser magazine has a new issue filled with everything you always wanted to know of your favorite bands, porn stars and wrestlers. Get your copy now! It's only $7, worldwide shipping included... cheaaaaaaaaaaaaap! Tell Damo Sniper has sent you! Did I alread mention this is Australia's only rock 'n' roll magazine and that it's the spunkiest stuff around? Gabbas, Sniper
29/03/2006 A month has passed again since I wrote something new on my site. Have been busy wih all kinds of shit. Built myself a new pc with a funky fan controller device of which the screen can change colour every 2 seconds. Hooray for me! Apart from that you can obviously control fan speed of course. Meaning my asskicking tuned calculator is mega silent although pumping air with 4 windmills. Ok, call me a nerd but at least I'm part of a large society of antisocial digital boys with glasses of which about 65% molests penguins after midnight. Speaking of antisocial... an-ti-so-cial... an-ti-so-cial... mmmm, Anthrax... saw them on Graspop a couple of years ago. This year's line-up is not bad but not 'woohaa, I just pissed my pants from happiness' either. Whitesnake, Guns 'n' Roses (leftover), New York Dolls (ok, history that make me wet my pants), Datsuns, Motörhead (after wetting my pants I'll use Lemmy's speed as talcum powder), Agnostic Front... Not bad you'd say but it's spread out over three days... If they agree to have these bands play on 1 day, I'm their man. In the old days this was how festival line-ups looked like. 7 or 8 bands, 1 day and all good. Not a trillion bands of which 2/3 sucks, 3 days and a billion euros entry fee... Last month I saw a couple of bands play. One of them was Good Riddance in the Muziekodroom (Hasselt, BE). Another one was 'Demons' in De Hel (Tongeren, BE). They're on Gearhead... indeed garage rock 'n' roll. Not that many people there but still a hell of a show. Had a conversation with Johnny Beaver on the lack of interest of youngsters to come see live bands if it's not hyped enough. Not going to bore you with the details but HEY LAZY WANKERS, COME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING CHAIRS AND GET YOUR FUCKING BUTTS OUT THERE... it's not because it's not on MTV or TMF, that it's not good. A lot of good bands are playing in pubs like De Hel and these people are continuously trying to bring you decent bands for the best price. Later you'll be sorry if you missed out on them... or are you waiting till they're that big that you have to pay 20 euros to go see them... oh yeah, if it's expensive it must be good. Support your local scene,
Sniper
27/02/2006 Well, how should I begin this post... maybe by telling the whole world that I'm going to be a daddy. Indeed, 30 year old, irresponsible and immature Sniper is going to be the proud father of a little Ramone or Ramona sometime around August 22. That it's no twins I'm already sure of... it runs in the family but I escaped so far. Maybe next time ;-) It's the first one, so I don't know shit about raising kids. Hell no, I just got out of puberty myself! Do you see me with diapers, dummies, bibs and whatever baby stuff exists? I found out at X-mas day that something was on its way, so I took the liberty in Vegas to give my lil baby a headstart on the other newborns of 2006. I already bought him/her a couple of Ramones shirts, All Stars size 2, a dummy with a baby Elvis on it, a yellow fleece jacket (I had one of those when I was a kid and I hated it... huh), a Ramones beanie and other Rockaway Baby stuff. Cool or not... that way I know for sure that in case it's an ugly baby, at least he/she will be dressed very nicely ;-) Pity that the Marky Ramone tour got cancelled because that would have been a quite good chance to expose the future lil Ramoniac to some good ol' classic punk rock. Now it's waiting for the next good thing to pass by. Next week that will be Good Riddance and there is a lot of good music coming our way... but I think mummy will wait till Groezrock to come out and play because then one of her all time favorite bands, Bad Religion, will be playing... not to mention Dropkick Murphys, Sick of it all, Anti-flag, Me first and the Gimme gimmes, Peter Pan Speedrock, ... Our lil friend will be trained before he/she sets foot on this world. In July it's Sjock Rock and maybe Pukkelpop in August but I'm not sure if we are going to make that ;-) That's all folks! Keep your eyes open coz The Saturdaynight Beavers, The Black Halos and Nine Pound Hammer are/will be touring. Not together but nothing should hold you back to go see all three of them. A lil birdie also told me that the Hellies will make an appearance in 't Oud Liefken at March 25. That will be a busy day with as place to be either De Hel, 't Oud Liefken or Lintfabriek. Oh yeah, almost forgot about it... the Groovie Ghoulies are working on a new album... so expect that kick-ass band to be in Europe after their recording sessions. Let's hear it for Kepi, Roach and Scampi!
Hasta la pasta,
Sniper 'Apparently I only need one shot' Ramone
16/02/2006 Unfortunatley the tour of Marky Ramone and Antiproduct has been cancelled due to I dunno what reason. However, I can announce that Marky will probably do a tour with some Spanish dudes. Check the dates in the Calendar
03/02/2006 Just saw that my Beaver friends are playing with The Briefs and The Epoxies in Lintfabriek, Kontich (BE) at 25/03/06. Be there for some LIVE BEAVER ACTION!
25/01/2006 Back from Vegas. After 26 hours of travel... delayed flights, flying over Paris, taking the train to Brussels and then back home. The jetlag will start kicking in pretty soon, I guess. Damn, we visited a lot of the big ass casinos. Gambled the money I won earlier and had to sell some boxershorts to pay my dues. Coolest part was definitely the old strip. Old school gambling facilities, gift shops with a bunch of useless trash, regular people... in contrast to the pumped up 'biatches' strolling around the newer casinos and hotels where I stayed. Never saw more fake stuff than I saw on this trip. Rebuilt Eiffel tower, Statue of Liberty, the Venetian San Marco Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge and of course boobs. My bet is that about 50% of the women in Vegas had plastic surgery. Not that I have anything against it but in times of environmental consciousness men never has produced more 'plastic' ;-) Gabbas, Sniper
18/01/2006 Hell yeah, I'm already 5 days in Sin City. The city of gambling, nudy bars, decadence and of course C.S.I. Las Vegas. Must say that things top everything that I imagined before I left. They always say that New York is the city that never sleeps, but they're so wrong! In New York you have the fancy 'after-clubs' that are open until 5am or so and you will probably find some places that keep shabanging till the morning light but in Vegas it's action 24/7 and that's only because there's only so much hours in a day. Have been sleeping an average of 4 - 5 hours a night and I'm still kicking ass. They pump freaking oxygen in the casinos and hotel rooms to keep you awake. Pretty cool, huh! Didn't do much gambling yet. Only played the jackpot and guess what, it didn't take away my money. I won about $140... Beginner's luck for sure! A good time to stop, otherwise I'll have to go sell my body on the streets and with those 5 bucks I won't be a top gambler anyway. Yesterday I've been watching a guy play blackjack. He was dressed like a total bum but he was putting $500 on each hand he played. Fuck, at a certain moment that guy pulled out $55.000 that were just sitting in his pocket. Freakiest thing I've ever seen. His last bet was about $1200. He lost and moved on to a high limit table in a private room. Damn, some people have more money than is good for them. Give it to me for hell's sake .I promise I won't blow it all in once on hookers ... Now I have to go to a session on Pricing updates and gathering revenue on IBM zSeries. Don't I have a quite interesting life ;-)
Keep on rolling the dice,
Sniper
09/01/2006 Went to see Lagwagon in Hof ter Lo (BE) on 06/01/2006. Not that I'm a big fan... hell no, I don't even own a single record of these guys. However, I do know them for over a decade. Some friends of mine are still into this band, although most of them have wandered off to street punk, Oi!, ... I got stuck into a pop-punk and rock 'n' roll/rockabilly phase. Who cares... as long as it rawks, it's ok. Anyway, why Lagwagon, you might wonder!? Very simple, two friends of mine won 2 tickets each on a radio station contest (Studio Brussel). And you know how those things go... they've spent hours calling their best friends but everybody had already planned a lot of stuff. What were they thinking? On such a short notice! So... they ended up calling me... probably the only soul on this planet that has a free agenda until 2035 and that's only because I'm turning 60 that year. Otherwise 2050 wouldn't have been a problem. Didn't see any support acts. We heard them though but were too busy drinking some beers and catching up with the latest stories on gigs that we had been to. The Lagwagon show was pretty ok. Very tight and a lot of fun. Actually the opposite of their show on Groezrock last year. That one sucked donkey dick! I have to say that after their show was over, it crossed my mind that I should go look for a 'Greatest hits' album of these guys and in case it doesn't exist yet, they should make one. Oh yeah, only one week to go before I leave for Las Vegas. 9 fucking days in the city of kitsch. I love itttt!
Gabbas,
Sniper
06/01/2006 New site design. In the future I'll try to come here more often to spit my words of wisdom on all of you. Lately I've been going to a lot of gigs. Not because I have more spare time... no, just because there were tons of great bands performing. Went to see Turbonegro, Nashville Pussy, Hard Ons, Long Tall Texans, Gecko Brothers, Fifi and the Mach III, Teenage Bottlerocket, Ramroosjes and of course the CD release party of my friends, The Saturday Night Beavers (SNB) at rock pub extraordinaire in Tongeren, De Hel. Saw SNB play for the first time a couple of years ago.. young, snotty, fast... saw them again a couple of times since then... older but still younger than me, snottier but in a more mature way, fast... anyway, started out as a Screeching Weasel combo and ended up to be a real rock 'n' roll machine! That's enough for now. Although I'm on holidays, I don't wanna waste time on stupid readers as yourself. Go out, have some fun, go see a cool band, shut down your pc and live!
Gabbas,
Sniper
03/03/2005 RAMONES MOVIE: END OF THE CENTURY! OUT IN THE STORES! 15/09/2004 Johnny, we will miss you! 27/09/2003 WRECKING CREW GOES TO THE DONNAS AND END UP HANGING OUT IN BRUSSELS 02/06/2003 *** BAD NEWS *** Yesterday the rehearsal studio of the spanish punkrock band Vietcongs got broken into. Keep your eyes open for: -
Marhsall Amplifier valvestate 150w. Any news, mail David Riu 13/03/2003 Marky & the SpeedKings split up www.ramones-club.de (source) News March 13: Marky
Ramone & The SpeedKings have announced today that the
band has split up. Nick
and Glen have left the band. All dates are now officially
cancelled. It is still uncertain whether the band will release
the second (finished) studio album. Marky Ramone will continue
to do spoken word shows and play with the Misfits. The SpeedKings
are suspending any activity within the rest of 2003. 12/02/2003 www.ramones.be got in Australian fanzine. Check out the Long Gone Loser website for more info about this super cool magazine filled with everything you want to know about the rock scene throughout the world. Stop supporting your local scene for a second and buy this excellent rock magazine NOW! Cheers Damo! Click here and here for an extract of the article on Marky Ramone & the Speedkings in LGL magazine. 10/01/2003 Misfits tour dates on www.misfits.com 01/01/2003 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 13/12/2002 Groovie Ghoulies have a new video, check out 'Til death do us party! 05/12/2002 www.markyramonegroup.com UPDATED! Read all about their Tokyo adventure MORE MISFITS DATES
30/11/2002 Misfits gossip: Apparently the Misfits (Jerry Only, Marky Ramone, Dez Cadena) have confirmed some gig dates in Spain
15/11/2002 Next release on swedish label HDP Records is the DeeDee Ramone tribute 7" from Marky Ramone and the Speedkings containing the song "I Have DeeDee On My mind" (guestvocals by Fifi of Fifi & The Mach III) b/w "Chinese Rocks" sung by Marky himself. The 7" will be available at the end of november 2002 and will be released in a first edition of 500 black and 500 brown/red marble copies. Price: 4,5 Euros or US$ + shipping. Place you order at heavydrinking@hotmail.com and check out the website for other releases - www.hdprecords.com - such as A Collection of Great Dance Tunes vol. 3 (10" vinyl featuring 18 songs from 18 bands including Marky Ramone and the Speedkings ). 14/11/2002 Support The Donnas and check out their new album! 13/11/2002 Still available and also upcoming Ramones-related (DeeDee Ramone / Marky Ramone & the Speedkings) collectibles on:
07/11/2002 Website design has been updated 05/08/2002 End of the signing action for Dee Dee's last record. The sleeve will go to the printing factory and the release (Vinyl and CD) should be ready by end of August. Thanx to all the fans which paid tribute to our buddy, DeeDee. 28/06/2002 July
2nd 2002 at The Continental in NYC: 20/06/2002 PUT
YOUR NAME ON DEE DEE'S LAST VINYL !! 15/06/2002 Speedkings were in NYC for the Ramones Forever Nite at Don Hill's. Hostess for the night was Jayne County and Nick did Beat On The Brat/Cream In My Jeans. Here are some pics of that night with some NYC and NJ Wreckin' Crew members in it. Also check out SpeedQueen Mandy who came over to see the show. Soon the Speedkings will be fronted by no one less than Dee Snider of Twisted Sister. They will record "We're Not Gonna Take It" for an upcoming movie. The producer is Phil Carson, who is the man who did AC/DC and other great bands. 14/06/2002 Dee
Dee Lottery CANCELLED 09/06/2002 Today
the Speedkings were in the studio recording "I've Got
Dee Dee On My Mind" with special guest Fifi of the Japanese
band Fifi & The Mach III on vocals. In this song Dee Dee's
voice has been sampled to give the final "1,2,3,4"-count.
05/06/2002 IN MEMORIAM: DEEDEE RAMONE Our brother DeeDee died last night (05/06/2002) at his home in Los Angeles California. 02/06/2002 Glen Meyer is the new bassplayer of the SpeedKings. He will make his debut at the Arnhem show in Holland on June 21st. This guy is totally ready for it ! Parents lock up your daughters !!! Surf to the Speedkingssite to be up-to-date with the latest news. 01/06/2002 Woimasointu will put out a 4 track 7" EP with three great Finnish Ramones influenced bands (Pojat, Rehtorit and Häriköt) and Marky & The SpeedKings will provide the fourth track. 31/05/2002 ULTRA
RARE 10" Compilation (600 copies - 500 Black/100 colored)
coming up on HDP Records. PRE-ORDER
NOW !!! Marky & The SpeedKings do "ScumFucks-R-Us
(Live From The Gutter)". Among the other bands on this
compilation you will find Rickshaw, Muscle Car, Love &
A 45 and The Strap-Ons... 29/05/2002 Today
the Japanese version of the Speedkings debut album is out
!!! Get it from JVC Records. Yuko from Osaka designed a completely
new digipack sleeve. Awesome ! 22/05/2002 Marky Ramone and the Speedkings' tourdates in Japan have changed! Surf to the Speedkingssite to be up-to-date with the latest news. 20/05/2002 Marky Ramone and the Speedkings present: SOUTH
AMERICA TOUR - September JAPAN
TOUR - Oct/Nov 13/05/2002 Marky Ramone & the Speedkings and WWW.RAMONES.BE present: WRECKIN' CREW SPECIAL!!!! What: Marky Ramone & the Speedkings - USA (support: Grolschbusters - NL, Captain Beurk - F) When: 27/06/2002 Where: Jeugdhuis Quo Vadis in Heule (Kortrijk (B)- Mellestraat 64) Doors: 20:00 Entrance: € 7.5 (pre-sales: € 6)
05/05/2002 Added Real Media file of the interview Danny and I had with Marky Ramone on the 29th of December, 2001 after a Speedkings gig in Hagen (Germany). Click here for an interview we had with Marky Ramone after a Speedkings gig (29/12/2001, Hagen, Germany) (RealPlayer needed) 02/05/2002 Charlotte
and Mickey cordially invite you to When: Sunday May 19th, 8PM Where:
Bowery Ballroom Click
here for printer friendly directions: Special
performance by Ronnie Spector! Tickets
$20, 21+ PROCEEDS
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Attack !!! 21/6
Arnhem - Willemeen
20/04/2002 Dee Dee Ramone to appear at the Los Angeles Times Book Fair & Knitting Factory's Beat Fest celebrating Jack Kerouac on April 27, 2002 20/04/2002 Vietcongs
and the Grolschbusters. 19/04/2002 Hello, all you pinheads and headbangers! Woimasointu's
next release (WS-011), after releasing a split single 16/04/2002 MARKY RAMONE & the SPEEDKINGS 4 Song 7" EP. Recorded live at the Wild At Heart Club in Berlin, December 31st, 2001. Engineered by Uli Reisse-Gross. Edited and mastered at Midas Studios (B) by Tony De Block. Produced by Nick CQ Cooper. Sleeve art by Nick CQ Cooper and Cunni Cox. Tracklisting : 1.
Blitzkrieg Bop Europe : WOIMASOINTU Records (Finland) - WS008 - End of April, 2002 07/04/2002 Restyled the site and put more than 100 new pictures up. 18/03/2002 Ramones got inducted in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Watch the pictures on Officialramones. 01/01/2002 DeeDee Ramone's "Hop Around" LP and "Born to lose" 7" are out with WOIMASOINTU. Order them there! You can also buy Speedkingsstuff there!!!! 01/01/2002 Another DeeDee Ramone, but now a 12", is released on the german punkrock label WANKER RECORDS. Click here for orders! The 12" includes two songs: "Do the bikini dance/Twist and shout". The coverart is made by DeeDee, his wife Barbara Zampini and Paul Kostabi. It's very limited to 1.499 handnumbered copies only (including DeeDee's handwritten "Takin' dope fanzine"). First 500 come on coloured vinyl!!!
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