So this week I have decided to do something different for the 10th episode of RAMONESMANIA. This is something I have always wanted to do and now I have an excuse to do it. You see, in 1989, I had watched RAGE TV here in Australia and one night they played every RAMONES video directly after one another. I was super excited by this and the next day I went to the city with my pocket money, walked into Seeing Ears Records and asked if they had all the RAMONES singles that I had seen the night before. The guy working at the store told me they didn’t but I would be better off just buying this double LP collection of songs because it had most of the songs I wanted plus heaps more and would have been a lot cheaper than buying all the singles individually. I couldn’t argue with his logic and decided to hand over my $19.99 and bought this awesome double LP.

I listened to this record over and over and as the week’s went on, I bought a different RAMONES album in order of how much I loved the songs I was hearing on this compilation from those particular albums. I think the first one I bought from purchasing this way was Animal Boy because I loved (and still love) Bonzo so much. It went on and on in this way until I had every record.

So this week’s show, as I said, is something different. What I wanted to do was recreate the RAMONESMANIA album but with cover versions of all the songs in the correct track order as on the actual album. I scoured my record collection for awesome covers of RAMONES songs and this collection came out really interesting. There’s a bit of everything and it all flows together really well which just goes to show you how good not only the RAMONES were but also how good RAMONESMANIA is as a compilation.

I heard many songs I hadn’t listened to in years and totally had forgotten about. More importantly, I hope you’ll hear a band you like and go out and buy their records too! That’s what this is all about. Our happy family of RAMONESCORE bands and fans all supporting each other.

Anyway, I have written enough. You get the idea. You can listen to this episode right now by clicking on THIS LINK.

The track listing is:
THE ADICTS – I Wanna Be Sedated
HAYLEY AND THE CRUSHERS – Teenage Lobotomy
BORIS THE SPRINKLER – Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio?
THE VINDICTIVES – Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
IMPACT – Beat On The Brat
RANCID – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
H2O – I Wanna Live
HUNTINGTONS – Pinhead
SCREECHING WEASEL – Blitzkrieg Bop
THE QUEERS – Cretin Hop
DIRECT HIT! – Rockaway Beach
FLOWER LEPERDS – Commando
CANDY SNATCHERS – I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
SATIRNINE – Mama’s Boy
FALANGE – Bop Til You Drop
BAD RELIGION – We’re A Happy Family
IRON CHIC – Bonzo Goes To Bitburg
GREEN DAY – Outsider
THE YOUNG ROCHELLES – Psycho Therapy
MCRACKINS – Wart Hog
THE NEW ROCHELLES – Animal Boy
MR T EXPERIENCE – Needles And Pins
BUGLAMP featuring KEITH MORRIS – Howling At The Moon
THE METEORS – Somebody Put Something In My Drink
TOMMYKNOCKERS – We Want The Airwaves
OF MONTREAL – Chinese Rocks
THE DICTATORS – I Just Want To Have Something To Do
FACE TO FACE – The KKK Took My Baby Away
JOAN JETT – Indian Giver
SHONEN KNIFE – Rock N Roll High School

Go buy their records!