Ramainz -- Reseda, CA -- June 19th, 1999

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The Ramainz is Dee Dee Ramone, Marky Ramone, Barbara Zampini (aka Barbara Ramone)

Not really metal but I know a lot of metalheads totally into the Ramones. They actually had the most crossover appeal of any band I have been into.


6/19/99 RESEDA, CA: COUNTRY CLUB
01. Rockaway Beach
02. Teenage Lobotomy
03. I Don't Care
04. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
05. Rock 'N' Roll Vacation In L.A.
06. Hop Around
07. Commando
08. Listen To My Heart
09. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
10. Cretin Hop
11. Judy Is A Punk
12. I Wanna Be Sedated
13. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
14. Chinese Rock (aborted and restarted)
15. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
16. Chainsaw
17. Loudmouth
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18. Beat On The Brat
19. Blitzkrieg Bop
20. Wart Hog

6/20/99 HOLLYWOOD, CA: JACK'S SUGAR SHACK

01. Rockaway Beach
02. Teenage Lobotomy
03. I Don't Care
04. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
05. Rock 'N' Roll Vacation In L.A.
06. Hop Around
07. Commando
08. Listen To My Heart
09. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
10. Cretin Hop
11. Judy Is A Punk
12. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
13. I Wanna Be Sedated
14. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
15. Chinese Rock
16. 53rd & 3rd
17. Chainsaw
18. Loudmouth
19. Wart Hog
20. Time Bomb
21. Beat On The Brat
22. I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement
23. It's Not Enough
24. Born To Lose
25. Havana Affair
26. Blitzkrieg Bop
(played straight thru with no encore breaks)

6/25/99 ANAHEIM, CA: THE SHACK

01. Rockaway Beach
02. Teenage Lobotomy
03. I Don't Care
04. Rock 'N' Roll Vacation In L.A.
05. Hop Around
06. Commando
07. Listen To My Heart
08. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
09. Cretin Hop
10. Judy Is A Punk
11. I Wanna Be Sedated
12. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
13. Chinese Rock
14. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
15. 53rd & 3rd
16. Chainsaw
17. Wart Hog
18. Blitzkrieg Bop
19. I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement
20. Loudmouth
21. Born To Lose
22. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
23. It's Not Enough

(there might have been an encore break after either Blizkrieg Bop or Born To Lose)



The Ramainz featuring Dee Dee Ramone and Marky Ramone with Dee Dee's wife Barbara on bass hit southern California for 4 shows. I went to 3 of them.
The Country Club was a short and tense gig with the start time delayed over an hour due to some sort of difficulties backstage (might have been financial with the club). There were already several opening bands and the crowd was drunk and irate.

Jack's Sugar Shack next to the Palace was a much better show. It was a smaller venue packed beyond capacity, but while the Country Club was all ages with a lot of young punks, this had the older crowd most of whom probably bought their first Ramones records in the 1970's. Spent a bit of time with Dee Dee on 6/20 and I requested Time Bomb. By the time they hit the stage, he couldn't remember my name so he said "this is for Tom's friend". He also played guitar with a Cheap Trick pic I caught at their Palace show a few days earlier. Backstage he said "I don't have a pic" and I still had that one in my wallet.

Ended up seeing Dee Dee 22 times total between 1999 and 2002 and have some great memories of those shows. His voice is an acquired taste but he wrote some of the best songs ever. The only downside is he settled into Ramones greatest hits and ignored some of his great solo material.

Anaheim was a bit more like Reseda, just a smaller venue and the band was in a better mood.