The Ramones were, undoubtedly, one of the most influential bands in the history of rock. They created, almost by accident, the cornerstone of a sound that later became punk and all its sub-genres.
Drummer Thomas Erdelyi (Tommy Ramone) was the one who gathered his friends Jeffrey Hyman (Joey Ramone, vocals), John Cummings (Johnny Ramone, guitar) and Douglas Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone, bass) to form the group in 1974, never imagining they were going to build a career for more than 20 years, amd more than 2,000 live shows with just a few lineup changes.
The group broke up in August 1996, but his spirit is still alive in the new generations of fans that constantly rediscover their music and with an ongoing stream of releases with old material. The fact that they released over a dozen albums was not enough for them. For that reason, during and after his career all members participated in side projects showing in them, unknown artistic facets.
In this triple album, 42 songs (in the tradition of the early albums by The Ramones 14 issues per disc) present some of the most important projects the members of the group were part of. We do it by diggin’ thru the group’s first demos (1975) through recent recordings by Joey and Dee Dee; from the solo adventures of drummer Marc Bell (Marky Ramone, replacement of founder drummer Tommy) to Christopher Joseph Ward‘s (CJ Ramone) new project. This material is of a great musical diversity, that shows the quality of the different projects and features many golden nuggets, currently available only in this collection, plus a couple of unreleased, never before heard tracks.