Meet The Family: Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads
Mat Snow, Q, October 1990
There's Debbie, and there's Tina and, let's see, there's little Joey, hasn't he grown? Then there's and Chris and, uh, Chris... From the shadowy depths of New York punk club CBGBs, the class of '77 including the Ramones, a bit of Blondie and most of Talking Heads has reunited for a US tour. Hey, gang, this is Mat Snow.
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