Being jetlagged and lacking energy, I have sat in front of the iMac most of the evening and caught up on loads of DVDs. I watched a great documentary about the Ramones. I'm embarrassed to say I knew so little about this band, I can't imagine why they passed me by. I didn't know they were together so long. I also didn't realise that most of them had died recently. The above pic is of Dee Dee Ramone, bass player in the band. I thought he came over as such a nice, funny guy in the movie, then one of the final things in the movie is a caption to say he died in 2002.
It may be that it's because my first instrument was the bass guitar, but I always find I identify with bass players in bands. I think Arthur Kane's story is the saddest. The guy gets his dream come true of his band (The New York Dolls) reforming, then he dies a matter of weeks later, having only played one gig. Sad that the music we love has such a high death toll, the flipside of the rock 'n roll dream.
I also watched a BBC 4 documentary about Hawkwind. Lemmy's interviews were great, he is such a character, however did he fit in, in Hawkwind?
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