It was more nuts than fun. Very polarized environment. Small core fan base against a skeptical Public. Crowds got very crazy after 1976, especially in London. Lots of fights and objects flying toward the stage. Not for the Meek or Weak. But the music was real.
I had a 11 year old son when the next wave of bands hit in the mid 1990s, bands like the Offspring, Rancid and Green Day. We had some great conversations about the good old days. I told him I felt we lost the battle by 1983, when most of bands were done and gone, but won the war a decade later. Much more connected community was there to embrace his bands. And it was great to see sales in the tens of millions. The Vans Warped Tour did a great job at breaking new bands.
Sadly, The Ramones never had a real pay day for their innovative work.
I had a 11 year old son when the next wave of bands hit in the mid 1990s, bands like the Offspring, Rancid and Green Day. We had some great conversations about the good old days. I told him I felt we lost the battle by 1983, when most of bands were done and gone, but won the war a decade later. Much more connected community was there to embrace his bands. And it was great to see sales in the tens of millions. The Vans Warped Tour did a great job at breaking new bands.
Sadly, The Ramones never had a real pay day for their innovative work.