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JOEY RAMONE'S BIRTHDAY BASH AT CONEY ISLAND HIGH JUNE 16, 1999
(Photo taken by Mister Schmidt)
I arrived @ 10:30 to catch the last tune in Ronnie's set (Be my Baby). As
far as I know, Joey did not perform during her set. After her were two
bands that didn't sound all that cool. They received a few "You suck's"
and "Fuck you's" from the crowd. Between bands their were Go Go dancers,
which made the time move along a little easier. After that, The
Independents went on and did a great set as usual. Joey did "SLUG" &
"Garden Of Serenity" with them. The Dictators played after that and they
were awesome. Murphy's Law did a decent set of about five tunes. They
were very fun to watch. Finally the Toilet Boys came on and did a Kiss
cover and three of their shitty originals. After the guitarist lit his
instrument on fire, Joey came out and sung "Psycho Therapy, Blitzkrieg
Bop, I Just Wanna Have Something To Do, and I Wanna Be Sedated." The band
didn't play very well but, Joey sounded good. He dedicated Blitzkrieg Bop
to his doctor, and a few others. He also announced the in-store signing
on the 20th. All in all, it was a fun night but $15 dollars was too much
to hear Joey perform only six songs, four of which was with a lousy
back-up band.
(Thanks: Tommy Rinaldo)