the ramones backstage

This Ramones footage has a section with them being interviewed backstage at a Minnesota PBS show in January 1978, which is unusual in itself but there's also fascinating and rare view of guitarist Johnny and bass player Dee Dee warming up in the dressing room before the gig. It looks and sounds like it's un-amplified which really highlights the tight synchronisation they had when working a tune over and proof enough The Ramones could have played on banjo's and it would have sounded good.
The on stage live tracks are “Rockaway Beach” , “California Sun” and “Blitzkrieg Bop” and they tear through them with their customary intent.
In 1978, and despite their success in England during the formative punk years they were still on the support bill at gigs and were still largely under valued, likewise here in Minnesota they were also playing support slot on the show. The large percentage of the audience seeming somewhat docile and still not grasping what this new punk thing was actually all about. Some even rejecting it out right. The commentators tone at the end takes almost a parental (or condescending) view as he asks the TV viewer to "give it a try".
The Ramones were just about as good as it got in that or any other era. They were nice guys too, as you'll hear.