Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002)

A must for the Ramones fan. Dee Dee details his childhood in Germany being raised by parents who were neglectful at the best of times. He recalls the forming of the legendary Ramones, his chronic drug use, relationships with various prostitutes and the fact that he felt disrespected when the other Ramones wouldn't allow him to listen to Reba McIntyre in the tour van. For all his frank discussion about his hard-core drug use, there are touchy subjects that Dee Dee doesn't address here, such show more as his physical fights with Johnny and accusations that Dee Dee worked as a prostitute himself. About halfway through the book I began to see a pattern of paranoia- Dee Dee doesn't look around and see that the world can be tough, he says that the world is out to get him. When he walked the streets, he saw hatred coming at him from everyone he passed; when he went to another country, they frightened him with their hateful stares too. By his own admission he was the "weak one" in the band, the one who could be pushed around. But he also takes pride in the number of Ramones songs he wrote that turned out to be staples of the punk rock genre. show less

Raw tales of sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and numerous random acts of debauchery. Pure punk and very entertaining.

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