Finished Mo 7/28/14
Legs McNeil claims to have invented the term 'punk' as it applies to a musical genre. He founded PUNK MAGAZINE and now writes for VICE.
The book is well written, but does not provide a chronological of Dee Dee or the band, but is more of a lyrical snapshot of his life. It circles back and forth through time, but the style is compelling.
He has a wide ranging taste in music and much more varied than I expected.
He was definitely the most drug addled Ramone, the most 'dangerous/street', and the most psychologically damaged. Born in 1951 in Fort Lee Virginia and the family relocated to Germany. His father was an American soldier and his mother was a German citizen. The family moved numerous times when he was growing up. Obviously, this had a negative effect on Douglas Glenn Colvin.
In 1987 he began a rap career under the name 'Dee Dee King'.
The band's name derives from false names the Beatles took when they were on the road. John Lennon called himself 'Johnny Silver', George Harrison was 'George Perkins', and Paul McCartney was 'Paul Ramone'.
The book was written in 2000 and Dee Dee Ramone died of a heroin overdose in 2002.
LInk to Amazon books-
http://www.amazon.com/Lobotomy-Surviving-Ramones-Dee-Ramone/dp/1560252529
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