Television, 81, 96, 102
10cc, 250
Thau, Marty, 65
“The KKK Took My Baby Away” (song), 251, 348
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The, 254
“The Things We Do for Love” (song), 250
“This Business Is Killing Me” (song), 251
thrash bands, 341, 342
Three Stooges Show, The, 10
Thunders, Johnny, 65, 76, 77, 91, 96, 97, 103
“Time Bomb” (song), 272
“Time Has Come Today” (song), 273
Tommy James and the Shondells, 270
Tomorrow Show, The 253–56
Too Much Too Soon (New York Dolls), 76
Top of the Pops, 224–25
“Touring” (song), 344
Townsend, Pete, 43
Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith), 210
Tropicana Hotel (CA), 163–64
Troubadour (CA), 173–74
Turner, Ike, 188
Turner, Tina, 188
Turner, Velvert, 36–37
Twelve Steps, 300, 315
“21” Club (NY), 7
Twilight Zone, The, 16
Twisted Sister, 307
Tyler, Steven, 210
U2, 352
Uncle Floyd Show, 208–9
Uncles, the, 22–24, 25–26, 123
Ungar, Jay, 73
Uriah Heep, 55
US Festival, 263–64
Valentino, Rudolph, 378
Valium, 101, 103
Van Cook, Greg, 93
Van Halen, 128, 162
Van Halen, Alex, 128
Van Halen, Eddie, 128
Van Patten, Vince, 179
Van Zandt, Steven, 307
Vedder, Eddie, 352, 358, 360, 382
Vega, Arturo, 131, 141, 159–60, 186
Velodrome Vigorelli, 238
Vera (Dee Dee’s wife), 161, 233, 318, 330
Verlaine, Tom, 96, 102
Vicious, Sid, 125
Vietnam, 387
Vietnam War, 29, 59, 135–36, 148–50
Village Theater (NY), 226
Village Voice newspaper, 99, 333
Virginia Beach show, 256–60
Vivino, Floyd, 208, 209
Voidoids, the, 99–124
Vonnegut, Kurt, 150
WABC radio, 17
Waits, Tom, 353
Waldbaum’s supermarket, 64
Wallach, Eli, 30
Warhol, Andy, 81, 83, 102, 309
Washington, DC, 260
Watergate, 134
Waters, Muddy, 75
Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys, 84–93
Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, 93
WBTB-TV studio, 209
Webb, Roy, 307
Wells, Junior, 75
Well, the, (Rosendale, NY), 75
West, Mae, 30
Weymouth, Tina, 140
“What a Wonderful World” (song), 368
“White Riot” (song), 118
Whitney, Cynthia, 95. See also Roxy
Who’s Next (The Who), 60
Who, the, 21, 36, 39
Williams, Wendy O., 307
Wilson, Cindy, 251
Wise, Richie, 38, 40, 41–42, 76, 86
Wiseguy Show, The, 382–83
Wishbone Ash, 55
WNEW-FM, 41
Woods, Gary, 38, 40
Woodstock festival, 38, 250, 263
Wooley, Sheb, 16
WOR-FM, 16
Woronov, Mary, 166
Wozniak, Steve, 263
Wrecking Crew, 23, 202
X (band), 180, 382
Yardbirds, the, 250
Yarmark, Harry, 48, 49
Zombie, Rob, 382
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ramone, Marky
Punk rock blitzkrieg : my life as a Ramone / Marky Ramone with Rich Herschlag.
pages cm
1. Ramone, Marky. 2. Ramones (Musical group) 3. Drummers (Musicians)—United States—Biography. 4. Punk rock musicians—United States—Biography. I. Herschlag, Rich, 1962– author. II. Title.
ML421.R32R36 2015
782.42166092—dc23
[B] 2014020286
ISBN 978-1-4516-8775-0
ISBN 978-1-4516-8779-8 (ebook)