1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. Joey Ramone's birthday. Born 19th May 1951.
When The Ramones played the London Roundhouse in July 1976, Joey Ramone's shouted count-in to the song was to forecast a sea change in UK rock and from then on copied by countless punk bands up and down the country.
The Ramones stood in front of a stack of Marshall amps and created a wall of rock and quick fire songs the like of which hadn't been heard before in the capital. Anyone who had the news on these New York punks wanted in for this gig.
It was one of those seminal moments in the evolution of pop and rock that could only have been equaled by the Beatles playing the Cavern Club some 15 years earlier or Hendrix playing the Marquee in 1967.
This excellent short documentary has some rare footage of the event and stories from those that were there at the time. Notice as influential as The Ramones were it would be others who went on to reap the greater commercial financial rewards.
Though the rock and roll legend and quality still lay with The Ramones.
