The Ramones: Ramones Go Gold?
Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 22 July 1978
TOMMY RAMONE don't wanna be a pinhead no more (that's assuming you thought he was a pinhead in the first place in which case more fool you). In fact, he don't wanna be Tommy Ramone no more.
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