It's 1982 and the Ramones are in a gutter-bound spiral. Following a run of inconsistent albums and deep in the throes of internal tensions, the legendary quartet is about to crash and burn.
Enter Richie Ramone.
Then a 26-year-old from New Jersey named Richard Reinhardt, he's snapped up by the group to be their new drummer and instantly goes from the obscurity of the underground club scene to membership in the most famous punk-rock band of all time, revitalizing the pioneering outfit with his powerful, precise, and blindingly fast beats – composing classic cuts like the menacing anthem "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" and becoming the only Ramones percussionist to sing lead vocals for the group. With the Ramones, he performs over five hundred shows at venues all around the world and records three storming studio albums – before abruptly quitting the band and going deep underground. To most fans, this crucial figure in the band's history has remained a mystery, his tale untold.
Until now.
I Know Better Now: My Life Before, During, and After the Ramones is the firsthand, four-on-the-floor account of a life in rock 'n' roll and in one of its most influential acts – straight from the sticks of the man who kept the beat.
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Music BiographiesTable of contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 CLEAN WHITE SHIRTS AND BOW TIES
- 2 OH MAN, THE RATS
- 3 TONS AND TONS OF WHIPPED CREAM
- 4 STICK CONTROL AND SYNCOPATION
- 5 BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
- 6 HOLIDAY INNS
- 7 TRY TO LOOK INNOCENT
- 8 YOU SMOKE POT, TOO?
- 9 I THINK SHE PLAYED GLOCKENSPIEL
- 10 BLACK TURTLENECKS
- 11 TRIPLE NIPPLE
- 12 NEWFOUNDLAND STEAK
- 13 A DOG NAMED TOOEY
- 14 CAR CRASH
- 15 FRANCINE
- 16 ENTER THE DRAGON
- 17 BACK TO SQUARE TWO
- 18 YOU READY?
- 19 SWEATY PALMS
- 20 LOOKING LIKE A GANG
- 21 THESE DIRTY KIDS
- 22 MILK AND COOKIES
- 23 DRIVE THE NIGHT AWAY
- 24 THE PRIMER
- 25 ADD IT TO THE LIST
- 26 KEEP DOIN’ WHAT YOU’RE DOIN’
- 27 CLAP TEST
- 28 SOMEBODY PUT SOMETHING
- 29 JOEY • JOHNNY • DEE DEE • RICHIE
- 30 WHADDYA MEAN, “SKIP THAT PART?!!”
- 31 TROUBLE BUBBLING
- 32 TIME HAS COME TODAY
- 33 AFTERMATH
- 34 WE NEVER SPOKE AGAIN
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1: Ramones Performances with Richie Ramone
- Appendix 2: Lyrics
- Appendix 3: Selected Discography
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