[patteeu]

I just finished Johnny Ramone's story of the Ramones (Commando) and I'm currently reading Dee Dee Ramone's story of the Ramones (Lobotomy).

It's interesting to see the difference in their perspectives and how much inner turmoil there was in the Ramones "family". Johnny was a no-hard-drug, business-oriented, Limbaugh-and-baseball-loving, image-conscious guy who was driven by a desire to build up a retirement nest egg. Dee Dee was a musically-prolific, drug-and-drink-abusing, rebellious, troubled guy who was driven by a need to make music and an all too frequent need to score his next hit. Neither book is a threat to win an award, but the two together are an interesting contrast that's interesting to a Ramones fan like myself.