The Ramones: The Thinking Men of Pop
Cynthia Rose, NME, 21 November 1981
NO TEMPO FUGIT FOR THE FOUR RAMONES — JUST BUSINESS UNUSUAL AS USUAL
"Four tickets to the Ray-mones is it, dear?" enquires the little lady manning her till at the Hammersmith Palais.
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