On this day, 22 Jan 1980, the legendary New York punk band The Ramones played Cardiff University, supported by The Boys.
The band was about to release their fifth album, End Of The Century, the band’s first album to be produced by Phil Spector.
Spector used more advanced standards of engineering, such as high-quality overdubbing and echo chambers. These painstaking methods caused conflict between the band and Spector, since the Ramones were accustomed to a quicker recording process.
Formed in 1974, the band is often cited as the first true punk rock group.
All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", although none of them were biologically related.
They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the Ramones played a farewell concert in Los Angeles and disbanded.
By 2014, all four of the band's original members had died – lead singer Joey Ramone (1951–2001), bassist Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002), guitarist Johnny Ramone (1948–2004) and drummer Tommy Ramone (1949–2014).
SET LIST
Blitzkrieg Bop
Teenage Lobotomy
Rockaway Beach
I Don't Want You
Go Mental
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Rock 'n' Roll High School
I Wanna Be Sedated
Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
She's the One
I'm Against It
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
This Ain't Havana
Commando
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
I'm Affected
Surfin' Bird
(The Trashmen cover)
Cretin Hop
All the Way
Judy Is a Punk
California Sun
(Joe Jones cover)
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
Pinhead
Encore:
Do You Wanna Dance?
(Bobby Freeman cover)
Suzy Is a Headbanger
Let's Dance
(Chris Montez cover)
Encore 2:
Chinese Rocks
(The Heartbreakers cover)
Beat on the Brat
We're a Happy Family
