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Jul 06, 2011bobfrombob rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Wherein it is revealed that Joey Ramone had a number of mental health issues (most importantly obsessive compulsive disorder) and Johnny Ramone was a huge asshole. I knew they didn’t get along too well but it turns out that they didn’t speak for the last 5 or 10 years the band was together. This book tells the sad story of how little commercial success the band achieved, despite the fact that they were hugely influential. Author (and Joey’s brother) Mickey Leigh comes across as a bit of a self-serving whiner. I think you would want to be a Ramones fan, or at least a serious music fan, before picking this up. I can’t imagine it has much interest for the “average” person. I enjoyed it.