Today is the 6th year anniversary of the first The Ramone gig. It was at the Underpass and there were many things that went wrong, including my flight almost getting cancelled that day as I was flying home from Florida
Thanks to everyone who has stuck with me
When we left off, I had destroyed my toy drums and was drawing pictures of ridiculously large drumsets & hanging them on my wall
My parents knew that I was ready to play an actual instrument so, on Xmas day 1981 at 13 years old, I was given REAL DRUMS!
The set consisted of a 20″ bass drum (w/pedal), a snare (w/stand), a 12″ mounted tom and a 14″ cymbal that was stamped “KRUT”
It was red sparkle and came from a department store like Sears, JC Penny and Montgome...
Read MoreMy earliest memories of having toys was that I gravitated toward two things
One was a toy Penguin called Sammy Sound that had different sound effects on it like a clicking wing, a squeaking nose and a tom tom tummy
There was a record that went along with it and you were supposed to play the appropriate body part
I played that thing over and over until I had it memorized
Sammy broke and ended up in the trash
My other toy was a set of bongos which I called “Babalus” because I saw Ricky Ricardo sing “Babalu” on TV
Those soon ended in the trash after I broke the heads
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My next memory was visiting my relatives in Georgia and being at someone’s house who had a country band rehearsing there
I can remember heading straight for the drums and they let me hit them with a stick
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