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Its fourteen years since The Ramones finally got out of the tour bus for the last time, having performed over two thousand two hundred shows without really getting the success they deserved. Like the Velvet Underground, they're part of American rock and roll royalty, without the royalties. I read an interview with the drummer from the Fleshtones, another New York band, who shared a stage with the Undertones in the U.S.A. in 1980. His abiding memory was of the Derry band sitting around afterwards, drinking milk. Something he'd never seen adults doing 'en masse' before. Never having watched an FA cup final, obviously. And to complete the American Trilogy, the Runaways salute the genius of Slade. Without sounding at all crazee, funnily enough.
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Ramones - Glad To See You Go
Fleshtones - The World Has Changed
Adam & The Ants - Kick
Rudi - Overcome By Fumes
Buzzcocks - ESP (Peel)
Scientists - Atom Bomb Baby
Go Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed
Grass Roots - Live For Today
Au Pairs - Dear John
Felt - Trails Of Colours Dissolve
X - I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
Darling Buds - If I Said
The Fall - Cruisers Creek
Runaways - Mama We're All Crazee Now