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by Luke Slater
Remember 2008? No, me either, but it happened, apparently. Some time in 2008 (possibly around this time last year, I'm led to believe) the BBC, lead by Steve 'Lammo' Lamacq launched "Wear Your Old Band Shirt To Work" day was launched, for the very first time. We are also told it was a raving success and that it returns for 2009, hurrah!»
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by Kev Kharas
Punk rock mecca CBGBs is set to finally close after months of legal wrangling on September 30th. After that, it's to Vegas; where it will join the other trashy replicas in an orgy of neon post-modernism. Or something.»
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by Mike Diver
Former Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone is NOT dying of prostate cancer, according to his wife Lydia.»
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by Ollie Appleby
Legendary record producer Phil Spector has been charged with first degree murder after a woman was found dead in his LA mansion.
The charges came after 62-year-old Phil Spector was arrested at his home in LA's Alhambra suburb after police were called at 5am local time (1pm GMT) on the morni»
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by Sean Adams
Dee Dee Ramone, of the Ramones (real name: Douglas Glenn Colvin) died in June, and yesterday the post-mortem revealed that his death was caused by a "lethal amount" of heroin in his body causing him to overdose.
His autobiography 'Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones' tells his story of struggle with dr»
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by Christopher Lloyd
Dee Dee Ramone has been found dead in his L.A. home.
It is believed that Bassist of The Ramones, Douglas Glenn Colvin aka Dee Dee, aged 50, has passed away. He was found by his wife at his hollywood home on Wednesday June 5th. He was pronounced dead at 8.40pm by paramedics and the Los »
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by Ollie Appleby
The corner of East Second Street and the Bowery in the East Village, just a few steps from legendary punk haven CBGB, will be known as Joey Ramone Place.
Twenty-year-old Staten Island resident Maureen Wojciechowski brought the proposal to Community Board 3's attention in October and was asked to come bac»
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by Ben Haggar
Joey Ramone, lead singer of legendary punk band the Ramones, passed away Sunday at the age of 49.
The towering frontman, born Jeffrey Hyman, did not respond to treatment for lymphatic cancer, a disease that attacks the body's ability to fight infection. U2's "In a Little While" was playing in his room at New York»
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by James Moore
Joey Ramone has apparently been diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of cancer.
According to The New York Daily News, Joey Ramone, the 49 year-old singer of legendary New York punk act The Ramones is suffering from lymphoma. A band spokesperson suggested that the singer may be on a path to recovery: "Joey»