Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones
by Dee Dee Ramone
2021-02-02 14:17:31
Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones
by Dee Dee Ramone
2021-02-02 14:17:31
Lobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock ''n'' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl''s Court ...
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Lobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock ''n'' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl''s Court and newfound peace on the straight and narrow, Dee Dee Ramone catapults readers into the raw world of sex, addiction, and two-minute songs. It isn''t pretty. With the velocity of a Ramones song, Lobotomy rockets from nights at CBGB''s to the breakup of the Ramones'' happy family with an unrelenting backbeat of hate and squalor: his girlfriend ODs; drug buddy Johnny Thunders steals his ode to heroin, "Chinese Rock"; Sid Vicious shoots up using toilet water; and a pistol-wielding Phil Spector holds the band hostage in Beverly Hills. Hey! Ho! Let''s go!
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