Ramones: We're Outta Here!
Terry Staunton, Record Collector, December 2004
RAMONES GIGS were always exciting rather than accomplished affairs, and if this disc featured only their shambolic 1996 Los Angeles swansong there would be little to recommend it. Thankfully, the director, MTV mainstay Kevin Kerslake, has bolstered the live footage with a genuinely affectionate tribute to the leather-clad pinheads.
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