Description: The Ramones' Ramones by Nicholas Rombes The dumbest band with the dumbest tunes - but still they transcend all other groups as the ground zero of rock, reduced to its crudest essence. This, their first album is a brutal combination of 60s pop and garage punk with adolescent tales of girls and sniffing glue. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description What could be more punk rock than a band that never changed, a band that for decades punched out three-minute powerhouses in the style that made them famous? The Ramones repetition and attitude inspired a genre, and Ramones set its tone. Nicholas Rombes examines punk history, with the recording of Ramones at its core, in this inspiring and thoroughly researched justification of his obsession with the album. Author Biography Nicholas Rombes is a professor of English at the University of Detroit Mercy, USA. His books include Ramones (Continuum 2005), New Punk Cinema (2005), and Cinema in the Digital Age (2017). He has written for Exquisite Corpse, McSweeneys online, and CTheory. Review In 128 pages, Nicholas Rombes confronts some of our most closely held ideas about punk in general and the Ramones in particular: that they were poor kids from bad neighborhoods, that they rebelled against traditional notions of success in the rock industry, that they invented punk, that their use of swastikas and other questionable imagery can or should be easily explained. That hes not susceptible to the bands enduring myths makes his analysis that much more precise and allows him to describe the songs with the verve of a true fan. -- Stephen M. Deusner * Pitchfork *The nifty 33 1/3 book series publishes cool little books that dive deep into individual canonical rock n roll albums. Ramones/Ramones is undoubtedly a worthy addition to their catalog. … Rombes does a concise job of laying out a solid thesis (complete with a chart), detailing the various early waves of punk (or new wave, as the terms are proved interchangeable) and approaching these topics in a thoughtful but fun way. … This book got me thinking about this culture in ways I never had before. * Critical Angst * Long Description Thirty-Three and a Third is a series of short books about critically acclaimedand much-loved albums of the past 40 years. Over 50,000 copies have been sold! SPassionate, obsessive, and smart. "Nylon S an inspired new series of short books about beloved works of vinyl. "DetailsNicholas Rombes is an English professor at theUniversity of Detroit Mercy, where he teaches andwrites about film, music, and pop culture. His writinghas appeared in a range of journals and magazines,including Exquisite Corpse (edited by Andrei Codrescu)and McSweeney "s. He is also the editor of theforthcoming book Post-Punk Cinema.DescriptionWhat could be more punk rock than a band that never changed, a band that for decades punched out three-minute powerhouses in the style that made them famous? The Ramones " repetition and attitude inspired a genre, and Ramones set its tone. Nicholas Rombes examines punk history, with the recording of Ramones at its core, in this inspiring and thoroughly researched justification of his obsession with the album.Excerpt:When I sat down to write about the album "s opening song, SBlitzkreig Bop, my first line was SThis is the best opening song to any rock album. Then I decided that sounded too creepily fanatic and more than a little disingenuous, since I havent heard every rock album ever made, and I took it out. But then I went downstairs to the turntable and played it and midway through ran back upstairs and put the line back in even before the screensaver clicked in. Here "s why: SBlitzkrieg Bop succeeds not only as a song in its own right, but also as a promise kept. The songs that follow live up to the speed, humor, menace, absurdity, and mystery of that first song, whose opening lines SHey ho, lets go offer not so much a warning as an invitation to the listener, an invitation and a threat that the song isn "t a fluke or a one-off, but that it sets the stage for an entire album that will be fast and loud.> Details ISBN0826416713 Author Nicholas Rombes Short Title 33 1/3 RAMONES RAMONES Series 33 1/3 Language English ISBN-10 0826416713 ISBN-13 9780826416711 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2005 Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Series Number 20 DOI 10.1604/9780826416711 UK Release Date 2005-06-01 NZ Release Date 2005-06-01 Translated from English Pages 136 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2005-06-01 DEWEY 780 Audience General AU Release Date 2005-08-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:102171682;
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Book Title: The Ramones' Ramones
Author: Nicholas Rombes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Music
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Year: 2005
Item Weight: 132g
Number of Pages: 136 Pages