The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Saints: The Roundhouse, London
Jon Savage, Sounds, 18 June 1977
AND I'M supposed to be objective about these guys when I've lived with their first album for 15 months? When that was one of last year's (and ever's) peak experiences? (The other was the Clash). Uh-oh....I just declared myself you know all they'd have to do is play one note and I'd love them to death...(even though they didn't play 'Basement'); yeah, I'm a fan...did they change your life too?
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