At the time we didn’t know what we were influencing. OTR: Did you have the sense going into it that this group was really onto something? MR: We all knew each other from CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City, which was another club that we all used to hang out in. OTR: How familiar were you with the group before then?
I had to learn all of that in about two weeks.
They gave me a cassette of the songs that were going to be on the first album and the live show, which had about 25-26 songs. They used to be in the audience and they liked my playing. The other Ramones used to see me in Richard Hell & the Voidoids and a band I was in called Dust. I joined in the spring of ’78, and the first song I recorded was “I Wanna Be Sedated.” One of the reasons I joined the band was because I knew that Tommy had production experience and that he was going to produce the album I was going to be on. Not that he couldn’t, he just wanted to produce, so he was in the band for three-and-a-half years, and then they asked me to join the group. Marky Ramone: First of all, Tommy couldn’t tour anymore. What sticks out to you the most from the period? Off the Record: You came into the Ramones at the peak of their early career. Here’s the remainder of the interview from this week’s " Off the Record." Friday at Emo’s, longtime drummer Marky Ramone, backed by the Queers, rekindles the band’s best. There’s nothing quite like the Ramones to get you through the holidays.
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