Bibliograph

Why the Ramones matter, Donna Gaines

Type

Label

Why the Ramones matter, Donna Gaines

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why the Ramones matter

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1030371078

Responsibility statement

Donna Gaines

Series statement

Music matters

Summary

"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 Ramones Matter compellingly makes the case that the Ramones gave us everything; they saved rock and roll, modeled DIY ethics, and addressed our deepest collective traumas, from the personal to the historical."--Back cover

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