On the Road with the Ramones

By Monte A. Melnick, Frank Meyer,

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This is a new updated edition of "On The Road With The Ramones", with new pages, photos and info on what's been happening to the legacy of the Ramones. This is a must-have book for all Ramones fans. It is based around the story of Monte A. Melnick who was…

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1 author picked On the Road with the Ramones as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Monte Melnick was the band's tour manager for a staggering 22 years, but his book is not the first-person, behind-the-scenes account you might be expecting.

Oh, it does look behind the scenes – pulling only few punches in the process – and is written in the first person, or rather persons. See, Monte collected accounts and anecdotes from a great many people, not just band members. It makes for a very lively, fast-paced, and effortless read, like all the best oral-history books do.

Of course Monte nicked the concept from Please Kill Me (which in turn stole it from the…

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