HEY KIDS!!
WE ARE THE HAMBURG RAMÖNES AND WE HAVE COME TO KEEP THE SPIRIT ALIVE!!!
IF YOU HAVE LOVED "DA BRUDDAS" AND IF YOU MISS THEIR MUSICAL POWER SAME AS WE DO - CHECK US OUT!! HAMBURG RAMONES ARE NOT JUST ANOTHER RAMONES COVER BAND, WE ARE WRITING, RECORDING AND PERFORMING BRAND "NEW" RAMONES SONGS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO CARRY ON THE MUSICAL FIRE OF OUR NYC LEGENDS. PROVE CAN BE FOUND ON "LONG BLACK HAIR", OUR LATEST ALBUM, WHICH FEATURES 10 BRAND NEW RAMONES CLASSICS. IF YOU AR A RAMONIAC, YOU CAN'T FAIL AND WILL LOVE THE ALBUM , IT'S ABOUT THE BEST RAMONES ALBUM IN 30 YEARS!!
ABOUT US - HISTORY
IN 2001 HAMBURG RAMÖNES STARTED THEIR CARREER AS A COVER BAND ON WEDDING PARTIES. THE ORIGINAL LINEUP CONSISTED OF TOMMY & ECKI RAMÖNE ON VOCALS AND GUITAR AS WELL AS AXEL 'WINNETOU' RAMÖNE ON BASS AND HANSI RAMÖNE ON DRUMS. WHEN COVER SONGS GOT BORING IN 2004, TOMMY AND ECKI DISCOVERED THAT IT IS ACTUALLY MUCH MORE FUN TO PLAY SELF PENNED NEW RAMONES SONGS, WHICH WERE GRADUALLY INCLUDED INTO THE Z-LISTS. IN 2005 THIS LINE UP RECORDED "FREE PHIL SPECTOR", HAMBO RAMBO'S MUCH ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM.
IN 2007 TOMMY AND ECKI DECIDED TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. THEY TEAMED UP WITH JENZZI RAMÖNE (AKA JENS GALLMEYER, FORMER MEMBER OF GERMAN UNDERGROUND LEGENDS PHOSPHOR AND DER MODERNE MAN AND PRESENT MEMBER OF GIGANTOR AND TERRY HOAX) ON BASS/GUITAR. THEY ALSO RECRUITED MARKY RAMÖNE (AKA MARKY HONK, FORMERLY HITTING HARD FOR ROTZKOTZ AND THE HONKS) ON DRUMS.
WITH THIS LINEUP, THE SAME AS TODAY, THEY STARTED RECORDING THEIR SECOND ALBUM "LONG BLACK HAIR" WITH JENZZZ GALLMEYER PRODUCING.
DISCOGRAPHY
IN 2005 HAMBURG RAMÖNES RELEASED THEIR STUNNING DEBUT ALBUM "FREE PHIL SPECTOR" ON RIFF RANDELL RECORDS, GERMANY.
THE ALBUM IS DEDICATED TO THE WEIRED GENIUS OF PHIL SPECTOR WHO INVENTED THE WALL OF SOUND AND FUCK-OFF-OVER-PRODUCED THE RAMONES' "END OF THE CENTURY" ALBUM IN 1979. DESPITE THE SUCCESS OF THE "FREE PHILS SPECTOR" ALBUM, PHIL WAS SENT TO PRISON IN 2009 FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING KILLED A B-MOVIE ACTRESS. THAT IS THE OFFICIAL VERSION BUT HAMBURG RAMONES HAVE DISCLOSED THE TRUE REASON BEHIND IT: SPECTOR WAS FRAMED BY SECRET AGENTS OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY! THE "FREE PHIL SPECTOR" MOVEMENT IS STILL ACTIVE AND THE MORE NEEDED TODAY. WE WILL NOT REST BEFORE JUSTICE IS DONE AND THE MIGHTY PHIL SPECTOR IS BACK IN THE L.A. RECORDING STUDIOS.
"FREE PHIL SPECTOR" IS A RATHER RAW JEWEL WHICH MADE BIG WAVES IN GLOBAL RAMONES CIRCLES. THE CD COMES IN A FONDLY DESIGNED DIGI-PACK AND INCLUDES A 16 PAGE FOUR COLOUR BOOKLET FULL OF RAMONES MEMORABILIA. THE FOREWORD IS WRITTEN BY RAMONES BIOGRAPHER JARI-PEKKA LAITIO-RAMONE. FINAL STOCKS OF THE CD ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR SHOP.
IN August 2008 HAMBURG RAMÖNES RELEASED THEIR MILESTONE ALBUM TO DATE"LONG BLACK HAIR" ON NICOTINE RECORDS AND TORNADO RIDE RECORDS, ITALY, ON VINYL AND CD FORMAT.
"LONG BLACK HAIR" IS DEDICATED TO THE KING OF PUNK, MR. JOEY RAMONE, AND THE NEW POWERFULL LINEUP EASILY DELIVERS THE GOODS: SHORT, FAST AND MELODIC SONGS WITH GREAT HOOK LINES THAT KICKS ASS AS MUCH AS ANYTHING THE RAMONES EVER DID. STANDOUT TRACKS INCLUDE THE SMASH HITS "ROCK'N'ROLLER COASTER", LONG BLACK HAIR", "SURFPUNK'S BACK IN TOWN" AS WELL AS HAM RAM'S FASTEST SONG TO DATE, "BÖMBER IN YOUR HEART", DEDICATED TO LEMMY.
"LONG BLACK HAIR" RECEIVED SEVERAL ***** REVIEWS IN MUSIC MAGAZINES AROUND THE GLOBE AND IT MUST BE COUNTED AMONGST THE TOP 10 POP-PUNK RECORDS RELEASED IN THIS MILLENIUM. DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED DEMAND, THE CD IS PRESENTLY SOLD OUT WITH NICOTINE RECORDS AND ONLY AVAILABLE ON VINYL. REMAINING STOCKS MIGHT BE FOUND AT INTERPUNK.COM. A SECOND AND EXPANDED SPECIAL EDITION OF "LONG BLACK HAIR" IS IN THE MAKING RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE RELEASED BEFORE SUMMER.
SOFAR, "LONG BLACK HAIR" HAS BEEN SHIPPED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:
ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BRASIL, BELGIUM, CANADA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIK, DANMARK, ENGLAND, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, ITALY, JAPAN, KROATIA, KOREA, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NORTHERN IRELAND, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, RUSSIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND AND THE USA.
IN DECEMBER 2008 the HAMBURG RAMÖNES - IN A TRULY RAMONES LIKE FASHION - RELEASED A CLASSIC WALL OF SOUND CHRISTMAS SONG WITH TONS OF BELLS ON IT CALLED, WELL."MERRY CHRISTMAS!".
THE SINGLE WAS RELEASED BY NICOTINE AND TORNADO RIDE RECORDS IN EARLY 2009. THE SONG RECEIVED POWER PLAY STATUS ON MANY INTERNET RADIO STATIONS AND IS COMPLETELY SOLD. THE SONG MERRY CHREISTMAS WILL RE-APPEAR ON THE SEPCIAL EDITION OF "LONG BLACK HAIR" TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR.
IN 2009 A SPECIAL FUZZY VERSION OF THE HIT "LONG BLACK HAIR APPEARED ON RUDI POTRUDI'S FUZZTONES TRIBUTE DOUBLE CD "ILLIGITIMATE SPAWN 2".
THE ALBUM FEATURES ABOUT 40 BANDS, INTER ALIA IAN ASTBURY AND GONN, AND IT CONTAINS A VERY NICE BOOKLET DESIGNED BY RUDI, HIMSELF. FIND IT AT STORES AROUND THE GLOBE.
DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE!
2010 PROMISSES TO BECOME AN ACTIVE YEAR FOR HAMBURG RAMONES". WE HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN 14 NEW SONGS AND WE WILL RE-ENTERING THE RECORDING STUDIOS IN MARCH 2010. SAME AS "LONG BLACK HAIR" THE 3RD ALBUM WILL BE RECORDED AT INSTITUT FUER WOHLKLANGFORSCHUNG" IN HANNOVER, GERMANY WITH WILLI DAMMEIER MIXING AND JENZZZ GALLMEYER PRODUCING. GREAT THINGS MIGHT BE EXPECTED AND WE ARE PRESENTLY ALSO WORKING LASO ON 1 OR 2 SURPRISE GUESTS, THE NAMES OF WHICH WILL BE DISCLOSED TO THE PUNK ROCKIN' PUBLIC NEARER THE RELEASE DATE, PRESENTYL SET FOR OCTOBER 2010.
STAY TUNED!!
CHECK OUT HAMBURG RAMÖNES ON VIDEO:
HERE COMES A NEW TRASH VERSION OF THE "RETURN OF RAMONA" VIDEO. THIS FORMAT IS ALSO INCLUDED ON THE DVD OF THE "VIDEOKINGS" MOVIE, RELEASED BY SPV IN FEBRUARY, 2008. THE ORIGINAL SONG IS TAKEN FROM "FREE PHIL SPECTOR".
ENJOY MORE NO BUDGET STUFF WITH OUR "GREETINGS FROM HEAVEN" VIDEO. SAME DOCUMENTS OUR FIRST TRIP TO A NEW YORK CITY BIRTHDAY BASH IN 2004. ANOTHER SONG FROM "FREE PHIL SPECTOR". DON'T WORRY ABOUT JOEY!
