The Ramones: 'Waitin' for World War III' Blues
Max Bell, NME, 17 July 1976
JOEY RAMONE is wandering around the empty Roundhouse, looking vacant and clutching a brand new camera under his arm like a teddy bear substitute. A slow trickle of other Ramonites follow in his wake, yawning. Enthusiasm isn't one of their strong points, perhaps because they look a mite nervous underneath those sub-Fifth Dimension hair cuts.
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