GRAMMY Museum ,HEY! HO! LET'S GO: RAMONES AND THE BIRTH OF PUNK

Published: Feb. 3, 2017, 10 p.m.

b'Co-curated by the GRAMMY Museum and the Queens Museum, in collaboration with Ramones Productions Inc., the exhibit commemorates the 40th anniversary of the release of the Ramones\' 1976 self-titled debut album and contextualizes the band in the larger pantheon of music history and pop culture. On display through February 2017, the exhibit is organized under a sequence of themes \\u2014 places, events, songs, and artists.Hey! Ho! Let\'s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk\\xa0is organized by the GRAMMY Museum and Queens Museum, in collaboration with Ramones Productions Inc., JAM Inc., and Silent Partner Management. The exhibit is co-curated by Queens Museum guest curator Marc H. Miller and Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum. Delta is proud to be the official airline of both the GRAMMY Museum and the Queens Museum.The Ramones were loud and fast \\u2014 and gloriously so, from the moment of their inception in Forest Hills, New York, in 1974, until their final concert, 2,263, in Los Angeles on Aug. 6, 1996.\\n\\n\\n\\t"The Ramones\\xa0not only\\xa0set a precedent for a\\xa0new\\xa0sound\\xa0that influenced\\xa0generations\\xa0of musicians, they became synonymous with a lifestyle\\xa0that inspired fans to be different," said Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum. "We are so excited to tell the story of these four punk rockers from Queens in a way that has never been done before .In their time, in their brilliantly specialized way, the Ramones\\xa0\\u2014the founding four of Johnny (guitar), Joey (vocals), Tommy (drums), and Dee\\xa0Dee\\xa0(bass),\\xa0were the sharpest band on the planet. Fully evolved as musicians and songwriters, they wereconfident in their power and the importance of what they had.Road to Ruin\\xa0was the first album with\\xa0a\\xa0new drummer (Marky), followed by CJ (bass), and Richie (drums).T'