Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

12. RamonesRocket To Russia

Rocket To Russia is a great record and that was kind of my entry point, my first experience with the Ramones – then I got to go back and discover the first two. Leave Home is great too. Fuck, you could just say the first Ramones record or any Ramones record but Rocket To Russia was my first introduction to Johnny Ramone’s guitar playing. We would read about the Ramones in Punk magazine and see these pictures of Johnny Ramone downstroking and I got to finally see them in like ‘79. That was a great year for me as I saw the Ramones and – and this will take us into the next record – The Clash.

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