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Back in December 2020 two writers (Anthony Neil Smith and Matthew Gomez) were shooting the shit on Twitter when one of them suggested that what the world really needed was an anthology of short-stories based around The Ramones - what a dream it'd be if only they could persuade a publisher to take a risk and green-light the project.

It literally took them a couple of tweets and one direct message to convince us that Fahrenheit Press was where this anthology was meant to live.

We got literally hundreds of submissions and from them we've chosen 24 stories to make up what might just be the greatest rock-n-roll anthology ever assembled.

Seriously, look at this track-listing...

Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio by David NoonanIt's Not My Place by Philip CharterI Wanna Be Well by Christopher BondSomebody Put Something in My Drink by CW BlackwellI Wanna Live by Clark BoydPinhead by Kelly RobinsonSuzy Is A Headbanger by Derek FarrellCretin Hopp by Mike BurrRockaway Beach by Lex VranickThe KKK Took My Baby Away by Kevin David AndersonThe Crusher by Shaun Avery  7/11 by Amanda CrumI Wanna Be Your Boyfriend by Vinnie HansenS.L.U.G. by Thomas PluckDanny Says by Hannah O'DoomMy Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) by Bret NelsonBaby I Love You by Tina JacksonChainsaw by Gregory NicollHere Today, Gone Tomorrow by James RyanMerry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) by Joshua L. JamesSheena Is a Punk Rocker by Wendy DavisI Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement by Christina DeliaMain Man by Joseph S. WalkerToo Tough To Die by Jon ParkThe stories are as varied as the songs themselves ranging through the Crime, Horror and Music genres from writers from all across the USA and Europe - some of whom knew or met or even played with The Ramones.  For example the anthology kicks off with a first-hand account written by David Noonan (DT Graves - drummer & founder member of punk stalwarts The Cryptkeeper Five) where he recounts the night he backed up Joey Ramones on the drums - from there the anthology blasts off into a world of Ramones tales & stories that just keep building and building with an intensity that mirrors the songs themselves.

Add to that an Introduction written by Fahrenheit founder and life long Ramones fanatic Chris McVeigh + a preface written by author & LA Punk Queen BRENDA PERLIN (LosAngelesPunkRocker on Instagram) and it's fair to say that this book really is something special and a must have for any Ramones fan.