Fishbone, Supersuckers, Death, unreleased solo recordings at 2009 Joey Ramone Birthday Bash

Contributed by aubin. Posted by adam on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM (EDT)

The 9th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will take place this Tuesday, May the 19th at the Fillmore in New York's Irving Plaza. The event, which would have been the late Ramones' frontman's 58th birthday, will preview new unreleased Joey Ramone solo recordings for guests. Rough mixes of the tracks, slated for a posthumous album release later this year, are being worked on by a number of producers, including long time Ramones collaborator Ed Stasium.

The night will feature headlining sets by Fishbone and the Supersuckers. Once again the night will be headlined by supergroup The Friends Of Joey featuring Richie Ramone, Handsome Dick Manitoba (of the Dictators), Jean Beauvoir, Ivan Julian (of Richard Hell and The Voidoids), George Tabb, Al Maddy and Joey's brother Mickey Leigh. The event will also see sets from Death, Rough Francis, Uncle Monk (featuring Tommy Ramone), Bebe Buell, and Tom Clark & The High Action Boys. Musician Tracy Thornton will greet guests with renditions of Ramones tunes on the steel drum, and Sean O'Sullivan's Punk Pipers will wrap up the night. This year's MCs will be Matt Pinfield and Peter Aschner.

Joey Ramone passed away in April of 2001 after a seven-year battle with lymphoma.

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the_other_scott (May 17, 2009)

onetime i was at a show at Spaceland and I took a piss and I looked over and Matt Pinfield was pissing next to me.

having spent 99% of my life in LA and NYC i've had a lot of celebrity sightings, but that was definitely the best of all of them.

avodrocyelir (May 17, 2009)

i totally saw matt pinfield in this weird sealed off tv studio in the middle of austin during sxsw last year.

we totally stopped and waved.

DrGunn (May 17, 2009)

was he pissing gold?

Cheesetits (May 17, 2009)

I drank next to Drew Carey before a Seattle Sounders game a little bit ago. It was at a bar close to the stadium, he's part owner and a total sweetheart/rad dude.

MilesQToast (May 17, 2009)

haha. total sweetheart you say.

Salvation (May 17, 2009)

i saw matt pinfield once in new york city. he was walking down the street screaming at someone on his cell phone. he sounded like a dick.

Holy_Balls (May 17, 2009)

i saw matt pinfield at SXSW in '04.

rebeccaa (May 17, 2009)

i sat in the row next to matt pinfield on an airplane once.

HairySteve (May 17, 2009)

Hey maybe when they're done milking the corpse they can make it dance for money.

RAMBUNCTOID (May 17, 2009)

Does some of the money go to charity?

MilesQToast (May 17, 2009)

Don't worry, don't worry, the great Batley is on his way!

spoon_of_grimbo (May 17, 2009)

they'll do well to have Death playing there, what with Chuck Schuldiner being dead and all...

HairySteve (May 17, 2009)

They meant Death as in the grim reaper. It's Tommy's turn.

SkolarX (May 17, 2009)

i think they are talking about the protopunk band from detroit in the 70's. strange but their singer is also dead so i'm not sure how that's going to work. i think its actually going to be the other guys' kids band playing their songs

rsplatpc (May 18, 2009)

Naw, the band themselves says Death AND Rought Francis

Hello Brothers and Sisters!

Death and Rough Francis will be playing Joey Ramone's Birthday Bash tomorrow night (5/19) @ the Irving Plaza ( in NYC) with; Fishbone, the Supersuckers, Uncle Monk (Featuring Tommy Ramone) and many many others.

Its gonna be a great show!
... and it supports a great cause!

Hope to see you there!
-the Hackneys-

Dante3000 (rich) (May 17, 2009)

Man, Joey is going to be so excited that all these people got together for his birthday.
-Dante

ffwoodycooks (May 17, 2009)

dude, keep it on the down low. its a surprise party.

Dante3000 (rich) (May 17, 2009)

Dude the internets almost ruined. Good job punk news.
-Dante

ChadReligion (May 17, 2009)

Damn, are they going to be doing this every year now??
Hell, I remember 22 jacks playing his party in like 97 or 98.
And What The Fuck? Why is the party in New York, and his statue is in L.A.??

Well, fuck this noise... I'm off to Martin Macs(since rising from the ashes) for a pint and then to Amoeba to look for some records.
Getting buzzed and shopping for records is so awesome!
What records should I get???

HairySteve (May 17, 2009)

I don't know if you heard, but Green Day put out a new album this week.

ChadReligion (May 17, 2009)

fuck that noise.... that album sucks!

I was thinking maybe the newest Aphex Twin or if any Green Day, maybe The Kerplunk! reissue

HairySteve (May 17, 2009)

The Tranzmitors have a singles collection just out that's aces.

spoon_of_grimbo (May 17, 2009)

random recommendations -

obits - "i blame you" (new-ish)
bluetip - "join us" (old, but i've been listening to it this week and it's awesome)

Cos (May 17, 2009)

Johnny's statue is in LA. Joey was buried in NY

AndyPonch (May 17, 2009)

Johnny and Dee Dee are buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Santa Monica Blvd. in the "nice" part of town.

Cos (May 17, 2009)

it ain't that nice.

bradc930 (May 17, 2009)

Most of what I've heard of the Gaslight Anthem sounds a lot like the Killers. I don't get it.

Cheesetits (May 17, 2009)

Listen better.

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

I think you were listening to Agony and Irony by accidient.

Scarysmurf (May 17, 2009)

..then you dont deseve to get it.

TraumaSponge (May 17, 2009)

Is your little brother playing a keyboard behind you while you listen to it?

thatsyouth (May 17, 2009)

Expect a mob with flaming torches at your house shortly.

acris (May 17, 2009)

how is this even possible?

SkolarX (May 18, 2009)

gaslight has been one of my favorites for the past year or so, but yeah there is a definate killers influence on the newest album

wonton (May 17, 2009)

When i die, show no pity, send my soul to the juggalo city, dig my grave six feet deep, put two matches between my feet, put two hatches on my chest, tell my homies i did my best.

shrapnel (May 17, 2009)

Well, that's a shame.

wonton (May 17, 2009)

u not DOWN with tha CLOWN homie?

Dante3000 (rich) (May 17, 2009)

Take me down to the juggalo city where the hair is green and the dude's have titties.
Oh won't you please take me home woah-yeah!
-Dante

HairySteve (May 17, 2009)

Don't forget the dead babies!

ffwoodycooks (May 17, 2009)

that new supersuckers ep is really good.

joemomma420666 (May 17, 2009)

no it super sux lol

ffwoodycooks (May 17, 2009)

wait, i was thinking of superchunk. my bad.

joemomma420666 (May 17, 2009)

mxpxs cover of that 500 miles song with the surrender breakdown is one of the best covers i ever did hear bo's

carnivoroustree (May 17, 2009)

I love that song! and the cover sounds pretty cool too

joemomma420666 (May 17, 2009)

ALLKALINE TERIO LEFT THE MEJOR LEBLES SO FUC U HATERZ

oh shit man i saw this homeless dude riding his bike downtown yesterday and then as he passed me i realized it joaquin pheonix.

HairySteve (May 17, 2009)

Joey is stoked for his BRITHday.

Scarysmurf (May 17, 2009)

Joey is dead.
He cannot be stoked, you inconsiderate asshole.

HairySteve (May 17, 2009)

But Sloppy Seconds said you can't kill Joey Ramone. I take them at face value.

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

They wanna fuck your sister, too, apparently.

SloaneDaley (May 17, 2009)

I'm half expecting to see that person who would always spam about that Ramones book to show up.

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

Other than Please Kill Me (which doesn't really count) I've never read a book that does the Ramones justice. It seems to me almost every retrospective about them that wasn't the documentary is some shoddy cash-in by some hanger on.

ffwoodycooks (May 17, 2009)

all the Ramones books ive read are really short and pretty much the same

Wentz_Equals_Death (May 17, 2009)

haha and they come in leather jackets

Wentz_Equals_Death (May 17, 2009)

i'm just gonna go ahead and compliment myself for that one

ffwoodycooks (May 17, 2009)

you should. im pissed i didnt think of that one.

kneel (May 17, 2009)

bravo!

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

10/10

fox82 (May 17, 2009)

They should get Dre or Eminem to produce this upcoming record.

drunkmouthkitchensmile (May 17, 2009)

anyone ever had any luck with scratch-offs. Just bought two today for maybe only the third time in my life and won $100 think i'm going to keep this trend rolling.

thatsyouth (May 17, 2009)

I won $20 the first time I ever tried it. But that was the worst thing to ever happen because the following 6 months after that I just kept trying and trying and trying and never any luck.

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

I lose more often than I win. (Orgcore song title to the max.)

Scarysmurf (May 17, 2009)

Everybody here should take time out of their day and dedicate it to watching the Blackhawks rape the Red Wings.
That is all.

leecorsoisapenis (May 17, 2009)

If by that you mean watch the Wings dominate in every facet of the game, you would be correct. If Kahbibulin didn't play so well, the Wings would have scored double digits. I Lol'd a lot watching the Blackhawks choke on a giant dick the entire game.

thatsyouth (May 17, 2009)

Gimper! You need to focus out there on Navel Gazing tonight. I know it's fast paced but you can do it. Better see a solid A game. No more fucking up when your posting comments!

Scarysmurf (May 17, 2009)

HAHAHAHahahahahah.
This.
Even though I will probably end up missing it tonight.

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

Me too. baseball's bachelor party was last night and the eight of us started off at Fogo De Chao. I didn't know it was possible to have a meat hangover.

Scarysmurf (May 17, 2009)

Who in the world would ever want to miss out on that and be a vegetarian?
I never understood this.

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

I kept threatening to take a picture of badbrain's plate and send it to veganboyjosh with the subject line "it might as well be human meat but it's delicious."

Wentz_Equals_Death (May 17, 2009)

if you tell me that mattramone has never had a meat hang over [his face] then i will tell you that you are a liar

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

Hey man, college is a time for learning.

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

Maybe he should use the beta wheels at first.

acris (May 17, 2009)

good job, sir.

Wentz_Equals_Death (May 17, 2009)

one major upside of american idiot 2 is that i can walk outside to get my laundry when a song starts and come back and it's still going and i haven't missed much.

that comment was supposed to be sarcastic but then i realized that i listen to boris and sunnO))) so nevermind

the second half is better but i think i'm still going to skip buying it. 10 year old me hates 24 year old me. or maybe just doesn't like green day anymore.

Cos (May 17, 2009)

I tried watching sunn0)))) at a festival once and just couldn't do it.

drunkmouthkitchensmile (May 17, 2009)

When can I expect to have an actual copy of some sandwiches music in my hands?? I want something on my ipod damnit!

MattRamone (May 17, 2009)

Scotty sent me some demos a while ago that I'm still working on. It will happen one day.

wonton (May 17, 2009)

did you download the RSH single?