Dee Dee Ramone of the Ramones
Photography by Mitchell Kearney
“Before Hilly Krystal moved the stage back and installed his state-of-the-art sound system and recording board, CBGB’s felt more like a “clubhouse” for two handfuls of bands than the “Home of Underground Rock.” And yet the intensity and seriousness to which each and every band committed themselves to is all I think can about every time I see my close up of Dee Dee on stage playing 180+ beats a minute at 120+ decibels. A twenty-minute set of 1976 Ramones was… Extremely Exhilarating!”
Dee Dee Ramone performs at CBGB's in New York, 1976.