Download Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone by Johnny Ramone PDF

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By Johnny Ramone

Raised in Queens, manhattan, Johnny Ramone based probably the most influential rock bands of all time, yet he by no means strayed from his blue-collar roots and angle. He used to be really imbued with the angry-young-man spirit that may represent his personality either off and on degree. via all of it, Johnny stored the band targeted and relocating ahead, finally securing their position in tune background through inventing punk rock. The Ramones have been inducted into the Rock and Roll corridor of popularity in 2002--two years later, Johnny died of melanoma, having outlived different founding contributors. Revealing, inspiring, and advised on his personal phrases, this hugely designed memoir additionally gains Johnny's review of the Ramones' albums; a few eccentric best Ten lists; infrequent old artifacts; and rankings of private photographs, a lot of that have by no means ahead of been published.

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