Infamous stop-and-frisk judge Shira Scheindlin overstepped her bounds in legal saga with the Ramones, ex-manager claims
The infamous Manhattan judge turned the arbitrator and crossed her boundaries in a long legal battle over the Ramones, argued by the former business manager of the iconic punk band. Shira Scheindlin – in 2013, Stop and Frisk was unconstitutional and was later kicked out of the case by the Court of Appeals for fairness […]
Alt-rock Indiana Jones uncovers long-lost Ramones guitar case in NYC home
Brian Gorsegner may seem like an average punk rocker-turned-New Jersey dad, but he's actually the Indiana Jones of alternative rock, bent on retrieving the long-lost relics of rock 'n' roll that changed his life. He is an urban archaeologist working on. A music booking agent by day, Mr. Gorsegner has spent nights and weekends for […]
How the Ramones rocked CBGB 50 years ago and became the poster punks of a music movement
True to the wild, anarchic spirit of punk rock, the Ramones played a gig as filthy as the notoriously filthy CBGB bathrooms in New York’s hallowed underground in 1975 when they accepted a spontaneous offer from their first manager. “They wanted to be in my column in the SoHo Weekly News, but I kept saying, […]
Ramones relatives’ legal feud threatens to derail Pete Davidson-led Netflix movie
The Ramones are locked in a lawsuit between the punk legends’ relatives. A long-simmering feud threatens to derail a Netflix movie scheduled to star Pete Davidson as the band’s iconic singer. Linda Cummings-Ramone, widow of guitarist Johnny Ramone, sued singer Joey Ramone’s brother Mitchell Hyman and his manager David Frye in January for allegedly trying […]