Gaines, Donna

Lebanon. 2018. October 2018. University Press of New England/ForeEdge. Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781512601794. Part of the Music Matters series announced by University Press of New England, but never actually released by them due to the fact that UPNE went out of business just before the titles were released. The series was picked up by University of Texas Press who eventually released them in a slightly different format and with different covers . 150 pages. paperback. keywords: Music Ramones. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The central experience of the Ramones and their music is of being an outsider, an outcast, a person who's somehow defective, and the revolt against shame and self-loathing. The fans, argues Donna Gaines, got it right away, from their own experience of alienation at home, at school, on the streets, and from themselves. This sense of estrangement and marginality permeates everything the Ramones still offer us as artists, and as people. Why the Ramones Matter compellingly makes the case that the Ramones gave us everything; they saved rock and roll, modeled DIY ethics, and addressed our deepest collective traumas, from the personal to the historical. In songs like I'm against It and I Don't Care, the Ramones offered up an anthem a day, a soundtrack for everyday life in a ridiculous, punishing, amusing world. inventory #45545 ISBN: 9781512601794.