Nicholas Rombes is a professor of English at the University of Detroit Mercy, USA. His books include Ramones (Continuum 2005), New Punk Cinema (2005), and Cinema in the Digital Age (2017). He has written for Exquisite Corpse, McSweeney's online, and CTheory.
In 128 pages, Nicholas Rombes confronts some of our most closely
held ideas about punk in general and the Ramones in particular:
that they were poor kids from bad neighborhoods, that they rebelled
against traditional notions of success in the rock industry, that
they invented punk, that their use of swastikas and other
questionable imagery can or should be easily explained. That he’s
not susceptible to the band’s enduring myths makes his analysis
that much more precise and allows him to describe the songs with
the verve of a true fan.
*Pitchfork*
The nifty 33 1/3 book series publishes cool little books that dive
deep into individual canonical rock ‘n’ roll albums.
Ramones/Ramones is undoubtedly a worthy addition to their catalog.
… Rombes does a concise job of laying out a solid thesis (complete
with a chart), detailing the various early waves of punk (or new
wave, as the terms are proved interchangeable) and approaching
these topics in a thoughtful but fun way. … This book got me
thinking about this culture in ways I never had before.
*Critical Angst*
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