The Ramones News

When I think of the passing of a decade, I always think of "Do You Remember Rock n' Roll Radio" by the Ramones: "It's the end, the end of the '70s / It's the end, the end of the century," they sang.

Live-Metal.net 's Jeff Maki recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera . A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

RockabillyBabe.com , the same promoter behind the Rockabilly BBQ, is bringing its latest production to Snug Harbor.

"Only so many songs can be sung with two lips, two lungs and one tongue." Vancouver-based punk trio Nomeansno sang those words 20 years ago, but fortunately for fans, the band still hasn't run out of things to say.

Jef UK, front man and lead singer for Americans UK, has never had an album reviewed in Pitchfork, and he hasn't established an indie following in Williamsburg.

Referred to as the Seattle sound, the distorted, electric guitar-driven sound of early grunge bands like The Melvins, Mudhoney, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam opened up a whole new era of music.

Spend a little quiet time with the SF threesome's bracing, brief, brand-spanking Introducing , and let the Ramones-y distortion rumble and tumble till you're completely prepped for the sweet-tart twee revolution in full effect with labelmates like the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the Mantles, and Summer Cats.

This night of music, dance and film, headlined by Japanese rock band Shonen Knife, sounds wild.

So for all the loyal NowPublic readers, contributors, et al. I wanted to provide an alternative playlist for Halloween 2009 .

Legendary horror-ska band The Independents return to haunted Alton, this time in the Temple Banquet Center in Spirits Lounge.

Last night, Uncle Monk -- the bluegrass project featuring Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone -- performed at Off Broadway.

The all-female Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981.

Bug Jar's tribute to the old New York City rock club CBGB features young acts not around during club's peak Jeff Spevak Siblings John and Jen Graney of Hotel Reverie will play Saturday at Bug Jar's tribute to CBGB rock club.

Still excellently queer after all these years, New Hampshire punks the Queers brought their covers and infectious, short-attention-span energy to the Hi-Dive last Thursday.

Rock music has been a big part of the movies since Blackboard Jungle made Bill Haley a legend in 1955, and although the marriage of the two mediums hasn't always been a happy one , it's also produced some cinematic classics.

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Lo-fi rock-and-roll may be something of a flavor du jour in indie rock right now, but the Bay Area's been creating great garage-influenced bands for years.

With a name like Cassie Ramone, the lead singer and guitarist of Brooklyn's Vivian Girls seems predestined to be in a garage-rock band, her surname synonymous with rock 'n' roll royalty.

Uncle Monk, an acoustic duo featuring Claudia Tienan and Tom Erdelyi performs Thursday at Steve's Guitars in Carbondale.

MARKY RAMONE is certain about one thing: if they were together today, the Ramones would be the biggest band in the world.