Date/Time:
01/26/2015 | Monday | 8:00 pm
Location:
The Long Center
701 W. Riverside Drive
Austin,TX
78704
Categories
The Long Center Presents Rock N’ Roll High School with Marky Ramone Live & In Person, January 26 at the Long Center.
“Gabba gabba hey!” The Ramones had been innovating pioneers of the punk rock scene from their earliest days of playing Max’s Kansas City and CBGB, but it was the release of Roger Corman’s ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL that really made the band a household name in America.
Now, almost 41 years after The Ramones first formed in New York City, Marky Ramone is showing no signs of slowing down. He continues to tour the world with his band, Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, featuring various lead vocalists – including Andrew W.K. – and this winter Simon & Schuster is releasing his memoir PUNK ROCK BLITZKRIEG: MY LIFE AS A RAMONE.
To celebrate, the Alamo Drafthouse has partnered with the publisher and the Long Center to create this once-in-a-lifetime event pairing one of punk rock’s most iconic drummers with the classic film that helped thrust his band into the national spotlight. Before the film we’ll have a live introduction from Marky himself, and afterward there will be an extended conversation and Q&A about his entire life story, from playing with Dust when he was just a teenager to accepting the Ramones’ Grammy for Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
Join us for this incredible evening of rock and roll, and then continue enjoying the story with your own signed copy of his memoir included with your ticket!
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock ‘n’ roll high school!
About Rock N Roll High School
“The second greatest rock and roll movie ever made.” – Jeffrey M. Anderson, COMBUSTIBLE CELLULOID Vince Lombardi High School continues to lose its school principals. The students are more concerned with rock ‘n’ roll than their education until the new principal, Miss Evelyn Togar is hired. She promises to set Vince Lombardi High School straight, and get the students focus back on education. However, a Ramones concert is coming to town, and Riff Randall, the biggest Ramones fan at the high school, plans on getting tickets to the concert in order to give them a song that she wrote entitled “Rock N’ Roll High School”. A series of events including Miss Togar taking away Riff’s tickets, a record burning and a taking over of the high school by Vince Lombardi High students and the Ramones, leads to a school evacuation by the police and an even more surprising ending!
About Marky Ramone
Marky Ramone is best known for the 15 years he spent drumming for the legendary rock group, The Ramones. Prior to joining The Ramones, Marky played with an array of influential musicians dating back to his high school years. Marky is currently in his tenth year as a D.J. on SiriusXM Satellite Radio, hosting ‘Marky Ramone’s Punk Rock Blitzkrieg.’ Marky has also appeared on numerous TV shows, including ‘Late Night with David Letterman,’ ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,’ ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations,’ and ‘ZRock.’
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