The Ramones

Ramones family row puts the skids on US punk pioneers’ biopic

Removal of director from band’s parent company threatens to derail Netflix adaptation of divisive memoir

Edward Helmore

22, Dec, 2024 @10:00 AM

I wanna be top-rated: Ramones’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Fifty years on from their first gig at New York’s CBGB, we rate the best work by the punk pioneers – even the hidden 1980s gems. Let’s go!

Michael Hann

15, Aug, 2024 @12:00 PM

‘Then a woman with a bullwhip walked into the lift’: my 17 years painting the demimonde of New York’s Chelsea hotel

Hull’s David Remfry was ‘artist in residence’ at the legendary hotel, portraying dominatrixes, drag acts and rock stars – including an annoyingly twitchy Dee Dee Ramone in a room smelling of glue. He relives a ‘magic time’

Stevie Chick

23, Jul, 2024 @2:36 PM

Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC review – where the party started

The scuzziness, excitement and history-making music of 70s club Max’s Kansas City thunders through Danny Garcia’s nostalgic documentary

Peter Bradshaw

04, Aug, 2022 @6:00 AM

David Lasley obituary

Singer-songwriter whose four-octave vocal range made him one of the most sought after backing singers in American music

Adam Sweeting

15, Dec, 2021 @5:35 PM

RIP skinnies. What’s next for jeans?

With denim returning to our wardrobes, the jury is out as to which style will win out. Make the ‘anything goes’ moment work for you by looking to vintage inspiration for these 10 styles

Lauren Cochrane

30, Apr, 2021 @10:13 AM

Phil Spector defined the toxic music svengali – a figure that persists today

Spector, who has died aged 81, created a culture of cruelty that was seen by the music industry as a symptom of genius. It’s a scenario that has played out again and again

Laura Snapes

18, Jan, 2021 @4:03 PM

The 50 greatest Christmas songs – ranked!

From John Fahey, the Sonics and the Waitresses to Slade, Wizzard and Mariah Carey, we count down the best festive numbers

Michael Hann

05, Dec, 2019 @12:00 PM

Music gave me something to believe in – and kept me alive

From the Ramones to Kate Bush and Kiss, music’s healing power has been a constant for Guardian Australia’s Andrew Stafford

Andrew Stafford

27, Jun, 2019 @6:00 PM

Seymour Stein, the man who signed Madonna: 'My ears got me through'

His Sire label gave careers to Madonna, Talking Heads and the Ramones, while he was stuck in the closet and a tumultuous marriage. ‘Who’s to say what’s normal?’ he wonders

Michael Hann

01, Aug, 2018 @9:00 AM