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Lobotomy

Surviving the Ramones

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By Dee Dee Ramone

By Veronica Kofman

Foreword by Legs McNeil

Foreword by Joan Jett

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Lobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock ‘n’ roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl’s Court and newfound peace on the straight and narrow, Dee Dee Ramone catapults readers into the raw world of sex, addiction, and two-minute songs. It isn’t pretty. With the velocity of a Ramones song, Lobotomy rockets from nights at CBGB’s to the breakup of the Ramones’ happy family with an unrelenting backbeat of hate and squalor: his girlfriend ODs; drug buddy Johnny Thunders steals his ode to heroin, “Chinese Rock”; Sid Vicious shoots up using toilet water; and a pistol-wielding Phil Spector holds the band hostage in Beverly Hills. Hey! Ho! Let’s go!

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  • Waterbury Republican-American, 6/19/16
    “Dee Dee's memoir is alternately funny and sad and well worth revisiting to get a real feel for the darker side of the punk rock legacy.”

    SLUG , 6/29/16
    “A perfect glimpse into the life of the controversial bassist.”

    Punk Globe, 7/31/16
    “[Dee Dee's] recollections are essential and entertaining.”

On Sale
Mar 1, 2016
Page Count
304 pages
Publisher
Da Capo Press
ISBN-13
9780306824999

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Dee Dee Ramone

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Dee Dee Ramone was the bassist and songwriter for the Ramones, the creators and best exemplars of punk rock. He left the band in 1989, but performed one last time with his brothers in 1996. He is the author of Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones.

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Veronica Kofman

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