"Ramones"

Formed in 1974, the Ramones fashioned their style from a love of 1960s pop music, proto-punk bands, trash culture, and horror movies. Here is their entire story, from CBGB and Rock n Roll High School to turbulent recording sessions, the climactic 1996 Lollapalooza tour, Dee Dees change to horror author, and Joeys death in 2001. 50 black-and-white photographs are included in this story of the band that was as trashy as last weeks garbage and as all-American as the eagle on their logo. If there were a Punk Rock Hall of Fame ... the Ramones would be the first inducted. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam