Why the Ramones Matter

by Donna Gaines

The central experience of the Ramones and their music is of being an outsider, an outcast, a person who' s somehow defective, and the revolt against shame and self-loathing. The fans, argues Donna Gaines, got it right away, from their own experience of alienation at home, at school, on the streets, and from themselves. This sense of estrangement and marginality permeates everything the Ramones still offer us as artists, and as people. Why the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477318712
• ISBN13: 9781477318713
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.0"