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Product Identifiers
PublisherTouchstone
ISBN-101439159750
ISBN-139781439159750
eBay Product ID (ePID)84608907
Product Key Features
Book TitleI Slept with Joey Ramone : a Punk Rock Family Memoir
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGenres & Styles / Punk, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year2010
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMickey Leigh
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight15 oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Mickey Leigh's story makes for compelling reading. I Slept With Joey Ramone is funny, sad, shocking and surprising and best of all, brutally honest." -- John Holmstrom, Co-founder of PUNK Magazine
Dewey Decimal782.42166092
SynopsisFast and frenetic in their leather jackets and ripped jeans, the Ramones were hugely influential in the birth of American punk. With his signature sunglasses, mop of hair and towering height, Joey Ramone was their quirky, extraordinary lead singer. His brother, Mickey Leigh, here tells their story with honesty, humour and grace. A page-turning read and an essential chapter in music and culture today., "A powerful story of punk-rock inspiration and a great rock bio" ( Rolling Stone ), now in paperback. When the Ramones recorded their debut album in 1976, it heralded the true birth of punk rock. Unforgettable front man Joey Ramone gave voice to the disaffected youth of the seventies and eighties, and the band influenced the counterculture for decades to come. With honesty, humor, and grace, Joey's brother, Mickey Leigh, shares a fascinating, intimate look at the turbulent life of one of America's greatest--and unlikeliest--music icons. While the music lives on for new generations to discover, I Slept with Joey Ramone is the enduring portrait of a man who struggled to find his voice and of the brother who loved him.