IN PICTURES: RAMONES AT THE ROUNDHOUSE
Danny Fields was the manager of the Ramones during their first European tour and brought them to the Roundhouse in July 1976. He shares his personal collection of photographs which gives a rare insight into life on the road.
Danny Fields remembers: "Within weeks of the release of the first Ramones album, in April 1976, Seymour Stein, who’d signed the band to Sire Records, told me that the Ramones had been booked to play at the Roundhouse in London (capacity 3,300 people; distance from CBGB’s about 3,400 miles) on the weekend of July 4th."
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
"This was an astonishing thing to comprehend; suddenly, everything was ten times more than it had ever been."
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
"We went to London, with no idea whatsoever as to what we’d find. The city seemed near the boiling point for many reasons, not least of all because of the weather itself, one of the hottest summers on record."
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Paul Simon of the Clash, Dee Dee, Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, Johnny Ramone.
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Linda and Seymour Stein pose in front of a sign. "By the time this picture was taken, this sign was obsolete: the show had sold out. Tickets were £2.30.”
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"In the audience both nights were members of newly formed bands – some of which had never, or hardly ever, performed yet in public – including the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Damned, the Pretenders, and likely many others."
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Outside Dingwalls, where the Ramones also played that night. Chrissie Hynde, the Ramones and members of the Damned – (left to right) Rat Scabies Captain Sensible, Brian James.
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The show is on!
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Joey Ramone outside the Roundhouse.
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Joey Ramone mingels with fans outside the Roundhouse.
Credit: Danny Fields, under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Danny Fields’ photographs are taken from his book My Ramones available from First Third Books.
