Ramones - CBGB, NYC (September 15th, 1974)

[@BlueOceanBelow]

This is like having film of cavemen discovering fire.

[@brandontrujillo9019]

Freaking a!! Perfect description

[@WavyGravyy]

@@brandontrujillo9019 hell yea man, been watching this since it came out, I still can not believe that its recorded man.

[@brandontrujillo9019]

@@WavyGravyy For real. Watching them discover their sound is sick.

[@WavyGravyy]

@@brandontrujillo9019 fr man, I always watch this vid and mc5 1970 religiously even though i’m only 21 man, nothing better.

[@brandontrujillo9019]

@@WavyGravyy the MC5!! I love their "American Ruse" jam

[@drago6769]

Thank God someone had the foresight to record this

[@paulorufalco]

yes, thank God

[@LilRedRasta]

Cameras at music events aren't so bad after all

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

I thank God every day for the Ramones

[@101Volts]

@@LilRedRasta So long as they're not overused or underused.

[@hahaandrew5409]

@@1967PONTIACGTO so do I, their influences had such a great impact

[@georgieboy1929]

"No one is gonna like you, but, tell you what, you can come back tomorrow." - Hilly Krystal, owner of CBGBs.

[@MrDefensores]

i traver from argentina to know that man an the cbgb

[@figgo769]

Famous last words

[@leahflower9924]

that's how you know you're punk rock

[@Dreadandcircuses]

"I was gonna get up and walk out, but it was over before I could."

[@brucebelvin2058]

Television, Patti Smith, and Blondie played regularly at CBGBs months before the Ramones first performance there.

[@guitarguy5]

Hard to believe this is only 5 years after Woodstock

[@bradwalsh1903]

Big change in scenery, eh?

[@Predator-xe6xe]

But Joey is too much hippie here

[@iamdamosuzuki_]

Hard to believe the first punk rock album, "White Light/White Heat", came out a year before woodstock!

[@krisscanlon4051]

Ain't that the truth! Weird in retrospect

[@mattmacneil3424]

holy shit

[@3Bullets4Alice]

Someone had an actual portable VIDEO CAMERA in '74?? And got it to the Bowery in one piece? And, obviuosly, got it home intact!?! What a present. Thanks.

[@brucebelvin2058]

A 1974 RadioShack home movie camera wasn't worth stealing.

[@PinkFloydBootlegs]

There is earlier footage of handheld video cameras. Pink Floyd in Amsterdam 72 is insanely early in the history of handheld videotape cameras.

[@written12]

Great comment

[@jaminova_1969]

This footage needs to be in the National Archive!

[@desolationangel6173]

They argue ON SET, that's fucking hilarious

[@yakamarezlife]

They did that quite alot i sae them in 79 joey punched dee dee

[@sufferyt3879]

Johnny

[@ramones500]

Johnny was the drill sergeant of the band. That’s why they stayed together for so long

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Ever been to a Brian Jonestown Massacre concert?!

[@leahflower9924]

@@yakamarezlife wow did everyone punch Dee Dee lol I'm surprised there wasn't a song about it

[@beezcuit8902]

this is pure gold. those peple had no idea what they were witnessing.

[@EatPieYes]

The CBGB crowd probably did, otherwise they wouldn't have been there. You're not an insider, you're an outsider looking in. You don't know shit.

[@tadsomato1940]

None. Rare moment of radical change right before their eyes.

[@thomasandersen6719]

@@EatPieYes Neither do you.....the CGBG's crowd at that time were drunks, homeless, transvestites, lesbians, jobless, drug addicts and by and large useless at having a life....they had no idea about ANYTHING...and your point "The CBGB crowd probably did, otherwise they wouldn't have been there" is just stupid....they were all losers and didn't have anywhere else to go at the time...if you think that the crowd at CGBG's in 1974 were hip and could see into the future then you are deluded....they were only there to score drugs or some good time ass in the toilets

[@swampdonkey4919]

@@EatPieYes Not a crowd at all. Two people. One of them was holding the camera. This was when it cost $50 to shoot 2 minutes worth of film footage, so most people only made home movies on holidays or special occasions. Someone saw something here.

[@DDios-ih9de]

@@thomasandersen6719 No they were other bands and bands friends in the neighbourhood

[@wezacker6482]

Best Part 1:53 Joey "I DON'T WANNA GO DOWN TO THE BASEMENT!!!" (silence) Tommy: "Oh, c'mon! Let's do Loudmouth, alright?" Johnny: "F**k it! F**k it!" Dee Dee: "No! I wanna do 'I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement' too!" Johnny: "That's 3 against 1." (someone in the audience taunts them) Dee Dee: (looking their way) "Really?!?" Tommy: "F**k you all!" Johnny: "Play! Finally!!!" Dee Dee: "ONE!!! TWO!!! THREE!!! FOUR!!!" this was my best attempt to transcribe what they said. It was hard to hear some words This, in a nutshell, was the Ramones.

[@JoshPenalty]

Johnny says "come on, take it, take it! Let's go, lively!"

[@wezacker6482]

@@JoshPenalty It does sound like that when I listen to it now. Good call!

[@robzombie5969]

Y'all could be one of those court transcribers...

[@aldotorres6930]

Gracias bro, hiciste una gran contribucion para la comunidad hispanohablante

[@alo1581]

@@JoshPenalty He also said that on the cbgb movie

[@oliverkalamata2753]

To be riddled with anxiety and plagued with shyness, Joey sure did let himself go to the music. I've always loved how raw this footage is.

[@zerpumpkins9790]

Oliver Kalamata I didn't understand how Joey was in this. In all the live shows of the Ramones, I've never seen Joey dance this much, so much sass into it too.

[@TheChadPad]

@@zerpumpkins9790 I think he got it all out of his system quick ;) all that sass was just bottled up!

[@adrianshephard378]

@@TheChadPad more like bottled spass

[@patrickpalladino4029]

He may have been channeling the NY Dolls, who they said were an influence.

[@hahaandrew5409]

@@zerpumpkins9790 riight! And tommy (RIP and I love him😭) was a wuss for saying "that was too loud" like bruh

[@wftjet]

I love their onstage argument with Tommy over song choice.

[@ianaguanta410]

Dee Dee looked like Bruce Lee

[@greglawrence1314]

Joey looked like Robert Wadlow.

[@caseyjones8949]

ajajajajajajajaj

[@gretchenhangleton9603]

That's funny, I always think that too. It was probably no accident!

[@jptecson5902]

And here is joey ramone 👀 looked like me! 😃

[@suryoardi7109]

I think i m the only one think like that

[@aliasdandavisofficial]

The thing that blows my mind the most about this still, is that it's 1974.

[@Slig1977]

They picked up quite literally where the New York Dolls and Stooges left off. You can even see it in their early stage gimmicks. Joey's dance moves are borrowed from David Johansen and Iggy Pop. Johnny's leopard print jacket looks like something Ron Asheton would have worn a year prior.

[@MMM58.]

Yes, the past really did exist and it was a million times better than today

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

It's more like stooges

[@songriderzmusiccompany3922]

This is 6 months after the very first time they had ever played in front of an audience. Amazing history. It's like seeing a video of the Beatles playing in a bar.

[@Jipwell]

A bar woulda been classy for the early Beatles lol

[@user-ui7yb2mu8b]

Beatles = Cavern Club / Ramones = CBGB's

[@josephlambert5413]

It’s One month. They first played August 1974.

[@karenc84121]

Johnny said in an interview this was their 3rd performance.

[@ultraslang]

​@@josephlambert5413 they played their first show in March of 74.

[@louiso.4325]

LMAO they’re actually arguing on stage. I thought that was just a rumor

[@billyhendoe4170]

It's 3 against 1. LMFAO

[@HungryH1951]

@@billyhendoe4170 F u all !!

[@hahaandrew5409]

@@HungryH1951 that's tommy🤣 I'm still shook that he said "it's too loud" LoL

[@AlejandroOteroMusic]

You know what’s hilarious as well? I saw Lisa today

[@pendragonU]

they were too excited, yk so they carried like during any other rehearsals they do They were playing as they did, for sheer fun like if there was no Public. No act, just an intimate show. They will soon switch to their usual curt dudes later, Blues Brothers like: "No m'am we are musicians, LET's GO"

[@michaelmarsh1142]

We really need to discover time travel already...

[@Slig1977]

KZbin's the closest thing we've got I'm afraid.

[@Risk_no]

Baby come back...it's 1975 here...

[@101Volts]

I'd settle for better windows into the past, so I can't alter history. Hell if I wanna prevent myself from being born through something I thought was completely unrelated. And yes, that's Back to the Future reasoning.

[@ajtheaj7187]

Michael Marsh seriously this would probably be the first and only thing I’d go to if time travel existed

[@WinterandNoodle]

I'm glad a time machine is impossible to make, yall will be here for the future

[@Marble8008]

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but I love Joey's little sassy hand to hip moves. It's a unique kind of performance and it's awesome.

[@Matthew-we8fe]

I have the book on Joey ramone & the Ramones written by his brother, Johnny ramone said they would record as many shows as possible, and watch what looks the best and sounds the best. One of the things was to get Joey to be glued to the mic & not to move. Johnny told him he looked better standing than on the ground, and well Joey changed and stayed that way till the end. Also in hear you can hear the feed back from the guitar after songs, so after Johnny used a foot switch to stop the feedback after a song

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

They were so cute baby ramones

[@bgcreationz]

it's amazing that this got captured on film. the birth of punk

[@seanhalloran4286]

bgepp I cannot believe this moment was actually caught on film. It is literally the birth video of punk rock.

[@danijelujcic8644]

Looks like B&W videotape to me, not that it matters though :-)

[@tylurmackinnon6217]

Isn’t Sex Pistols three years later the birth of punk with Sid vicious dressing like dee dee Ramone and Johnny rotten dressing like Richard hell?

[@bgcreationz]

@@tylurmackinnon6217 correct the sex pistols formed after they saw the Ramones play in the UK

[@leahflower9924]

@@tylurmackinnon6217 they supposedly formed in 1975 but anyone that gives the Pistols credit for starting anything makes me mad, and yes richard hell started the hair and the ripped clothes trend

[@Lucybaby666]

My God, what a beautiful mess! Ramones!

[@tylurmackinnon6217]

Why a mess?

[@Lucybaby666]

@@tylurmackinnon6217 83 to 1. Duh?

[@tylurmackinnon6217]

@@Lucybaby666 what?

[@Galloway278]

Absolutely!!!! Love it! The beginning… I wish I’d appreciated them more in my teens.

[@HeyLegg]

3 songs in under 7 minutes. Mesmerizing

[@ajtheaj7187]

HeyLegg my band dose 60 in around 5 minutes

[@SUP3RKAPON]

@@ajtheaj7187 ok

[@ricardorodriguez6456]

@@ajtheaj7187 your band sucks, they told me

[@sufferyt3879]

rip

[@caribman10]

Slow for them!

[@MrUltraworld]

I saw them there many times. What a shithole that place was, you took your life in your hands just getting there. You had to travel in a large group. But man the shows we saw there were life changing.

[@gretchenhangleton9603]

Going to any punk show was like that for the next 20 years, at any rate.

[@Calisel99]

usually i went alone because i couldn't convince my friends to make the trek from brklyn to bowery !

[@Calisel99]

@Jeff Baker Deborah Harry and Chris Stein had an apt a few blocks from cbgb's ,a crappy 2nd or 3rd floor apt and i helped them lug their equipment to cbgb's one night

[@Calisel99]

@Jeff Baker Chris was very intelligent and Debbie was sweet as apple pie ! very decent nice people

[@billyhendoe4170]

The Talking Heads lived close too.

[@suryoardi7109]

The birth of punk rock. pleasure for me i can see the moment, even from video

[@drengskap]

Three songs plus an argument about what to play next in under seven minutes. Excellent!

[@DeluxeStudioVisual]

The fact that these guys never played like « professionals », never bothered with solos, complex song structure or style is mesmerising. Just pure rock and roll, raw, in your face pure energy and pleasure. Straight to the point and way too fast and loud with at least 10 years ahead of their time. Thank god this guys existed and dit what they did non stop till the end….long live RAMONES !

[@Anon54387]

That explains why all their songs sound the same.

[@kurisupikurimu1866]

​@Anon54387 this statement isn't just ignorant, it's just straight up wrong; if you bothered listening to anything past their first 4 records you'd know how musically diverse they actually are

[@job1481]

I doubt they didn't bother about style. They ARE style to the fullest. Up to this day, unreached style icons.

[@DeluxeStudioVisual]

@@job1481 they did care but not that much I think, Johnny and joey has the same haircut till their passing, all four dressed always the same, they cared about the STYLE in the way that they stayed true to punk rock ideals

[@villutamm3895]

@@DeluxeStudioVisual there's nothing punk about dressing a certain way to fit in.

[@waltermameli2026]

CBGB in NYC.....The place to be in the early 70's.....The Haven for Punk Rock.....Dead Boys, Blondie, and so many others.....incredible venue.....

[@jerikaa.7865]

so sad that there are only relics of it in nyc now…

[@raymondberry7099]

has the feel of a live rehearsal, but their songs here have a raw edge that their studio sessions couldn't capture. the roots of punk laid bare here.

[@normliwanag5685]

Ya and they’re arguing about what song to play next, I love it

[@BrianSniatkowski]

The beginning of an era. Music would never be the same again.

[@crazypizzahead]

"Once we got Joey to stand still it was OK." - Johnny Ramone. It's always fun to see the days before that.

[@jerryconnors1703]

Jim P: When Joey went down into the crowd, the next thing I expected to hear was "Mr. Osterberg, Mr. Hyman ... Mr. Hyman, Mr. Osterberg." Johnny had the right idea, I think.

[@leahflower9924]

@@jerryconnors1703 trying to be Iggy but looks more like Alice cooper

[@kevinhogan7814]

@@leahflower9924 I think he was doing Johansen.

[@leahflower9924]

@@frankgrimes7388 I like stooges a lot more than Alice Cooper but they had the I'm 18 song which really influenced Ramones it's the first song they played together or something

[@alpinestarsfoxracer9198]

They need to make a movie about the Ramones when they first started and all the way up to the end

[@Whoochtar]

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

[@jjcretin19]

@@Whoochtar thats a docu

[@jjcretin19]

@@Whoochtar hey man I agree with you, I dont think a hollywood movie would do these guys justice, i was just saying that this guy was probally talking about a movie movie. I would want a good movie ab them made though, by people close to them

[@carlosluna9759]

Vinny Chase wanted to make one but the studio bought tje rights

[@ajtheaj7187]

Alpinestars Foxracer End of the century exists. It’s rare yes but it exisists

[@Blitzkriegpunk77]

God gave us the Ramones and God sadly took them back but man what great memories they left this mortal coil...

[@chunkylver99]

God took them back so they can play in heaven for him

[@mattwood2872]

weiner

[@angelmeza894]

Blitzkriegpunk77 hamlet nice

[@christophephilippe6753]

one by one. 1, 2 ,3, 4

[@kevinspires9561]

6:03 star power activated

[@juggets]

ROFLMAO

[@ajtheaj7187]

Lol

[@zedblix1089]

The strap was falling off, that's why the bass was turned up hahaha

[@jimpoynter7303]

All we ever hear about these days are the pretenders to the crown of greatest band of all time: Stones, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Floyd etc etc ad nauseum. See now the power and the majesty of the true, the one and only greatest band of all time: The Ramones. This is what started me and my friends on our own punk rock journey, thanks to these punk rock gods. Hell, when my cat heard this, even he wanted to start up a punk rock band.

[@fillistercarson7571]

For years and years, “I don’t wanna go down to the basement” and “loudmouth” were my #1 and #2 favorite songs of all. It is really such a thrill to see them at it like this.

[@zedblix1089]

I love the way Tommy plays the drums, it is very unique, no one could ever match it. My favorite Ramone by far.

[@AppleOno]

The drummer can make or break the band, and Tommy definitely completed this band!

[@AtomicHercules]

It takes some work to get your right hand up to speed for half an hour

[@leahflower9924]

@@AppleOno yes he was on point in this

[@leahflower9924]

@@AtomicHercules I feel like this is a good video for people to appreciate tommy Ramone was cool too lol

[@PhinfanTed]

Tommy was the engine that powered the Ramones, imo they weren’t the same after he left, still great just a bit different, He was my favorite Ramone RIP

[@inalavalamp]

OH MY GOD, DEE DEE IS PLAYING BASS WITH HIS FINGERS!!! You can tell at 1:30 Holy shit, I wonder who told him to use a pick? They must be praised.

[@bradygibson4033]

the end of this show he was also

[@DeeckyRizzo]

I don't remember if I read it on Monte Melnick's book, or in Commando (his book), but Johnny said some ballet company recorded this, and the got to see it, so they could fix those kind of things. Tommy and Johnny told Dee Dee to play with a pick, and Joey to stand with his mic stand, without moving.

[@johnny2shoes90]

@@DeeckyRizzo I think it's also in Joey's brother's book I read it. I think Johnny said it?

[@leahflower9924]

i like his back up vocals on judy is a punk so sweet

[@gotham61]

Only their third show ever

[@JUSTMIKE123]

gotham61 third show? I knew it was early stuff and not their first one thanks for the details

[@d_walsh]

12th show . but still. a very early of a show at cbgbs 1st show was August 16th @ cbgbs

[@PacWintergreen]

They argue about Loudmouth or Down to the Basement; Johnny: 'Fuck you all, Loudmouth...' '1. 2. 3. 4' All of them: Play down to the Basement XD brilliant

[@fab_fabri]

aahaha they were totally crazy. ramones #1

[@normliwanag5685]

Lmao I love it

[@jjsage8903]

No that was Tommy who said that loll

[@zanderkranock]

Not only did you just record history… you recorded the best punk band to ever live.

[@zantetsu8674]

They had like two good songs. Overrated to be honest. Ramones fandom is like a meme or something, people pile on without really even knowing why.

[@DansBLACKFLAG]

​@@zantetsu8674 I see you've never listened to their complete catalog. They don't all sound like the first three albums.

[@manuelper]

@@zantetsu8674 You are speaking from a position of ignorance, clearly. I don't think Ramones are the best punk band ever, but they're up there and their influence is still felt today in the genre.

[@philliplandry4139]

@@manuelper I believe what really made the Ramones stand out from other punk bands was a couple of things like their uniforms, Joey's singing, and straight power chords. The reason why I said it, a lot of 70's punk bands including the Sex Pistols still had some blues chords progression in especially when they comes in their guitar solos. Plus bands that came after them had tried to sing like Johnny Rotten or Joe Strummer. Not many punk singers tried to sing in a similar fashion like Joey.

[@leahflower9924]

​@@zantetsu8674 hater

[@NickFaye.stereoghost]

Damn 1974 they really did do it before Sex Pistols they weren’t lying

[@eyybc]

So pivotal and groundbreaking. It’s understandable how people at the time didn’t realize this.. but there’s nothing like it before it and it floored the way for an entirely new approach to rock music that has lasted decades

[@spckrft]

Quite literally the birth of punk music right here

[@matro951]

Punk still had precursor Iggy-pop and the stooges New York dolls etc..

[@spckrft]

@@matro951 All shite.

[@matro951]

@@spckrft like your mom

[@matro951]

@GG GG just because you don't like them doesn't mean they are not relevant

[@matro951]

@GG GG agreed

[@unspecified2472]

You can clearly see in this film, they were special from the beginning.

[@wildchild01ok]

3:24 It seems like Johnny's getting tired of doing non stop downstrokes through an entire set lmao the guy was a beast.

[@leahflower9924]

Love his stances in this he was really flexing

[@MikieH-hr3vi]

Craziest thing is this genre didn't exist ..until this...wow.

[@smilingskull7827]

100% pure art, no artificial flavoring or coloring.

[@giovannemetal3000]

Setlist: Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue 0:09 I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement 2:12 Judy Is A Punk 5:20

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

i like the way johnny did the glue solo here... further up the neck, individual notes. this footage is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

[@thefeelcompany]

Yup. They’re really nasty and raucous here.

[@thefeelcompany]

Some Sonic Smith in there!

[@xStabizorz]

Tried it, didn't like it, never again.

[@jongellert6971]

I come back to this a lot.

[@michaelatwh5005]

RIP the Ramones and CBGBs

[@random_hero_88]

And that audience had no idea what that band would do in 3 years. We need a Romones movie.

[@Galloway278]

Pete Davidson took the role of Joey for a Netflix doc!!!!

[@random_hero_88]

@@Galloway278 Definitely gotta check that out!

[@Galloway278]

@@random_hero_88 I’m excited for him and I think he’ll pull it off. He was just interviewed about it and I think filming starts in January so it’ll be awhile yet.

[@robzombie5969]

There is a ramones movie. It's called "end of the century" Look it up.......

[@carlitos5984]

Also rock n roll high school but I’m pretty sure u know about that already

[@Jeff-sd6vb]

I first heard of them in a Rock Scene magazine in '74 in the new bands section.... Looking just like this. Pretty amazing to invent a sound like this so different from everything else at the time and courageous to take it on the road.

[@leahflower9924]

i love how strong their personalities were too lol when they played they seemed like they were all trying to get pent up rage out like any good punk band would do

[@tacomadc]

Dee is playing bass with his fingers! Never thought I'd see that. I love them fighting onstage.

[@bassfiddlesteve]

I noticed that too.

[@Whoochtar]

He was guitarist before.Jonny turned him bassist.

[@angryeel2864]

Incredibly seminal. It does not get any more raw and real. Great footage! Insane that it's 1974. Totally carrying the torch dropped by the Stooges and Dolls into the next dimension. The after effects of this band were immense and are still felt today. I love that while the fat cats of the music game were living lavish, these dudes were in the trenches crafting their audio atomic bomb. A musical revolution was on it's way and the playing field was soon to be leveled haha.

[@nicolasm.orellana4177]

My friend, you said a fckn poetry

[@themannen]

I was born in 1962 and this is the world's best punk group DEDE on bass did almost all the music.

[@themannen]

Sniff glue was very normal in the 70s.

[@larsrons7937]

DeeDee, I saw him in Copenhagen in the early 1990s. Fantastic. I'm a bit more than an hour they played 50 Ramones songs that I knew, a couple that I didn't know, and 3 of his own songs. Job done, fast, efficient and well.

[@tonygrigley9370]

I'm tony pony that is me at15teen introduce ing the Ramones at c.b.g.b.s

[@blancomsk]

no shit? really?

[@BicycleJoeTomasello]

+Tony Grigley do you know who shot the Vid Tony? I remember these shows before they moved the stage

[@blancomsk]

+Tony Grigley thats awesome

[@startervisions]

youre like Gerard Malanga

[@INxTHExRED]

coolest comment i ever read

[@tezzer5162]

Pure punk in 1974, at least a year before any British band!

[@florgenhorgen3124]

Cock Sparrer was playing shows in 1972 so no

[@psycho6275]

This is absolutely priceless...someone said thank God someone had recorded this. This is history in the making the making of LEGENDS

[@GLASSB182]

Admit it, everyone's first band sounded like this...

[@tadsomato1940]

Not mine

[@evanisovich]

My first band wasn’t this good. We sucked, but we had fun! Hahaha

[@wyatt1098]

I can only wish my band sounded like that 😂

[@greedo2660]

Not in 1974

[@Strotatynhe]

Nah

[@vagabondjohn2004]

I took a piss down in the basement of this place back in the 80's thinking of these guys.. Sorry to see it gone.. amazing place and amazing art...

[@ifcpu]

Saw the Ramones at CBGB in 1974. More than once. What a thrill to find this video. At the end of a set Ramones raced offstage (punk urgency) and there was no backstage to disappear to. I headed into the ladies room - and there they were. They had great ideas about stage presence.

[@technos77]

Realy?

[@MorgEllon-ye9pi]

Awesome! I was in a mental hospital a few years back and a fellow patient was this little old lady who used to see the Stooges play at the Grandee Ballroom in Detroit back in 1968. She was such a sweetheart. They really treated her like garbage; told her she was going home, only for her to find out "home" was a nursing home as she was loaded onto a bus. We talked on the phone a few times after I got out, but then all of a sudden she was not allowed to take any calls, apparently because her ultra-conservative daughter had power of attorney over her, or some nonsense. She drew a beautiful picture of the Taos Gorge from memory with a purple marker, and I found it earlier today as I was going through my art stuff. Goodbye, Liz, and God bless.

[@monotone9408]

Joey falling over on the ground is hilarious and great

[@UdReks]

When I first saw them in the early 80s they had come back from a world tour where they packed huge soccer stadiums. 100,000 in Brazil. They came to New Haven & played a back room in an auto dealership on Branford Hill in front of maybe 30 or so people.

[@PUNKGEEKOFC]

ramones is punk's father, this video is amazing

[@weldhawk1]

+cavera black This video is the birthing of punk

[@PUNKGEEKOFC]

+Weld Hawk yeah, you're right, this is history

[@KevinSting]

Iggy pop and the stooges are punk's fathers.

[@lalumia]

+Kevin Sting and The New York Dolls

[@weldhawk1]

New York Dolls!!!! Agreed!!!

[@pressureflipin1992]

Think about it. This was closer to the 60s than not. Incredible

[@DreamingBigRocks]

I met, photographed and followed the Ramones during their first CA tour, August 1976. I stayed at the same dive hotels as they, in my own room, on my own dollar. One night Dee Dee told me they were gonna show some early black and white footage. He was shy and embarrassed (as usual). He told me Joey was drunk. Dunno if that's true, but that's what he said. He loved Joey, but was always so brutally honest. It's wonderful to see that footage again.

[@333_bs]

The guitarist is like a machine hes amazing

[@hillbilly5643]

They would become so much more , but even here the magic is already there. Great video of a great band in its early days.

[@inalavalamp]

There is where I really, REALLY love KZbin. Also, just goes to show, the best bands start from somewhere.

[@noahtavlin]

interesting to see joey's early stage presence. seems like he was emulating david johansson before finding his own way of performing

[@branevans3705]

Omg love! He wasn’t sure what to do with those long legs. Amazing band.

[@punkmeathead3792]

Eerie that Johnny the guitar player died on this day exactly 30 years later. I’m almost 25 and the fact that he was doing this at 25 is unreal and he was the oldest.

[@bobobobbybooboo7848]

I saw them on their last tour. Im in nc, it was summer, they played in the afternoon in summer heat n left their jackets on for half the set. Lol. I always wondered if they put en in a freezer first, or something. Johnny rocked it.

[@kevinhogan7814]

Any older than that and they would have started to feel like they needed permission.

[@braindrain9548]

Hoy 15 de Septiembre del 2016 se cumple 42 años de aquel recital. ¡Viva los Ramones!

[@rebeldeconcausa8995]

2022 today!! 😱

[@L0r3n2]

It's like staring into the future while looking back

[@lks_d_u_b_83]

Imagine for a moment what this show was for that audience.

[@carolk9s]

I am sure there were at least a few who wondered 'what the hell is all this NOISE'? lol

[@turquoisejellyfish5893]

Outstanding. The Ramones one of the best bands ever. This poor quality recording just oozes with excitement 50 years later!

[@mate8013]

I really love, how Dee Dee counts at the song, Judy is a Punk. God bless them, and Ramones!

[@MyCatIsNamedChubmuffin]

Little moments in time encapsulate so much... They’re so raw, here. Not a great recording but you can see how hungry they are, the purity. Just a good old fashioned rock and roll show. Great footage, camera guy! RIP Icons

[@spagett1670]

I don't know why, oh yeah.......but a rural kid from Louisiana had his entire worldview opened up by these guys when I first heard their record in Junior High back in 1978....

[@silverladderAZ]

The four of them arguing between the first and second song is classic. I miss these guys.

[@strawberrylemonadekristina]

The birth of New York Punk! This is fascinating. The Ramones had yet to crystallize their band uniform. Johnny's outfit reminds me of something James Williamson or Iggy Pop would have worn during the Raw Power era. But the sound and stage presence is very much there. Joey stalks the stage like a praying mantis LOL.

[@mikaellofgren7]

I love this more than most things in life! Pinhead since day 1. Ramones forever!

[@YULIMULI1]

well this is history !!!!

[@irisfee4958]

They are so fantastic. They always were 💙

[@seanhalloran4286]

This is pure, 100%, unfiltered rock and roll. Today’s bands aren’t even worthy of watching this clip. Awesome.

[@thecitizenjoan]

And don’t listen to anyone who is old and jaded who says that they don’t make music like this anymore I’ve literally been to shows and seen bands with just as much raw energy as them. Bands this good still exist now, no they’re not famous but they’re probably playing at your local divebar Downtown somewhere. The Ramones were undeniably the forefathers of punk. Punk is not dead. It will only die if we let it.

[@duckman531]

They're not a band, they're an explosion.

[@h.w.1579]

In just a few years they perfected their sound and everything else Ramones - Live At The Rainbow - December 31, 1977 you can tell.

[@jasontimperley9199]

This film belongs in the American National Museum and filed under ‘the definition of Punk Rock. Their incompetence here makes their eventual conquering of the world within three years even more astonishing.

[@victormorgado5318]

wow, I remember when hand made small announcements of these shows of 1974 were all over the bulletin board of my school, Queensborough C.C., NY, I didnt get to see them until 1976 at Max's

[@allanjones6415]

Pure and raw rock n roll!! Ramones forever!!

[@JhonNye96]

"Guess you guys arent ready for that but your kids are goona love it"

[@dsussman]

The TRUE Seeds of Punk Rock.

[@cesar38306]

"a dee dee lo convencimos que tocara con uñeta y a Joey que parara de tirarse al suelo y hacer esas mariconadas en el escenario" .........Johnny Ramone Commando autobiografia.

[@HungryH1951]

Dee Dee, Johnny, Joey y Tommy. ¡Todo bien! ¡¡La mayor!! Estos tipos me vuelven loco. El comienzo del punk rock! Qué más puedes decir. Yee Haa !! Ai caramba !!! Las cucarachas absolutas!!!!!!!

[@liverpoolpictorial]

I've just witnessed history being made. Thank god it was recorded

[@MorgEllon-ye9pi]

Damn, this is pure gold. I'm not worthy.

[@Stephenamesbruner]

I feel lucky to have seen them in '77, '78 and '79. They were Awesome. Those shows are seared into my memory. 1 2 3 4 . .

[@anguswalsh2387]

Thank you who ever uploaded this video.

[@randyblazak8957]

The spark that lit the flame.

[@michaelc9638]

Amazing that this band would completely alter the course of rock and roll for the next four decades and the reverberations are still being felt to this very day.

[@bassstrategy1010]

Wow that was incredible. the look of a 70s neighborhood garage band but with out of this world talent!