“It was an album that really changed the world,” was Joey Ramone’s hyperbole-free take in Please Kill Me.įor Leave Home the idea was simple: tidy up a few rough edges and let the hooks do the talking. Tracked in a matter of days at Radio City Music Hall in New York for the princely sum of $6,400 – absolutely nothing next to the cash being wheeled out for the rock giants of the day – it broke punk open. Their first album had been made in a short, sharp burst that translated into the buzzsaw energy of its short, sharp songs.

Next to that record Leave Home is a far more authentic reach for mainstream acceptance built on the belief that, on their own scuzzy merits, Ramones songs were as melodically potent as anything swimming around in the upper reaches of the charts. The band would infamously give themselves over to pop on 198o’s End of the Century, enlisting primo arsehole Phil Spector – still at that point just the Wall Of Sound pioneer and not yet a convicted murderer – to buff their music to a shine. But it doesn’t take into account the intent and execution. Of course, that’s true on the surface-Ramones songs are Ramones songs. Look for them on tour this summer.Rolled out in January 1977, the LP was initially dismissed in some quarters as a good release that doubled down on a successful formula.

Recording to tape for the first time here, using elements of distortion, feedback, pop hooks, and a couple of beautifully destructive instrumental passages, The Men have been described by Mishka as, “more composers than musicians.” They have breathed new life into the genre of hardcore and created a seminal album that is truly for punks of all ages. Having three songwriters in the band allows them to pull from innumerable post punk sources, referencing drone, metal, shoegaze, and even Spaceman 3 lyrics on Leave Home. Rich Samis joined the band shortly after and is now their full time drummer. Nick Chiericozzi, Mark Perro and Chris Hansell recorded this album at Python Patrol in 2010. Named for the famed French pornographic writer, the track review expounds, “rides a pug-ugly joy-punk riff into almost krautrock oblivion - complete with gorgeous voice cracks and face-mooshing distortion.” The buzz in their hometown has grown so fervent that the Village Voice debuted this album’s first single, “Bataille,” a full six months before the record was scheduled to street. They have toured three times, played over 75 shows and have grown a following of die hard fans crowding into living rooms and basements throughout the five boroughs, desperately trying to see them. Their catalog, which began in 2008 with a hand-dubbed self-released demo cassette, has grown to include two LP’s - We Are the Men and Immaculada - two more tapes, and a 7-inch. The Men yes, “The,” are a four-piece post punk outfit from Brooklyn, NY.

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