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The Ramonas at Underground Plymouth | 16/03/16 | Plymouth Live Music Photography

The Ramonas at Underground Plymouth | 16/03/16 |Rocket to Ruin Tour | UK Punk Rock Music Photography

 The Ramonas Band UK Singer Cloey jumping on stage at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : The Ramonas UK, tribute band to The Ramones, at Underground Music Venue in Plymouth. Cloey Ramone frozen mid jump.

Imagine if the Ramones were still alive and kicking ten bells of crap out of their set today. Meet the Ramonas.

Desire, effort, discipline, practice, attitude and a determination to hone their skills have made the Ramonas what they are today, and what they are is one hell of a band. The idea is a simple one. Tunes by The Ramones, played blisteringly fast by an all female tribute band.

 UK Punk Rock Photography of Ramonas Guitar player on stage at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : Rohnny Ramone Guitar player from The Ramonas UK live in Plymouth

There is so much energy and fun present that when Cloey, Rohnny, Pee Pee and Cammy hit the stage the audience cannot help but be sucked in by the vortex of noise-sum melody. You can be cynical and fail to enjoy many a gig, but most people would be hard pressed to suppress a smile when a band with this much commitment and intensity strut their stuff.

 UK Punk Rock Photograph of The Ramonas UK at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : The Ramonas (Band) UK Punk Rock Music Photograph by Greenbeanz Photography

 The Ramonas Rohnny Ramona on stage toungue out at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : Rohnny Ramone from The Ramonas lapping up the atmosphere at Underground

Strip away the extraneous material and you are left with the fundamentals. The warm fuzzy succinct garage Punk that catapulted The Ramones onto the scene back in the 1970's, when The Eagles and a hundred and One middle of the road AOR bands dominated the airwaves, has lost none of it's potency when left in the capable hands of this band.

 The Ramonas UK Gabba Gabba Hey Ramonas Bass Player Pee Pee and pinhead dancing on stage at UndergroundABOVE : Pee Pee Ramone from The Ramonas with Gabba Gabba Hey board dancing Pinhead

Their enthusiasm and attention to detail bonds them as a unit but never dictates their dynamics into becoming a uniform soulless reproduction, in fact it makes you feel as an audience member, less of an innocent bystander, and more a part of their mission.

 The Ramonas Band with Punk Rock fans at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : UK Punk Rock fans and The Ramonas 'Cloey' by Devon Music Photographer

The Ramones always sounded like a young band and that may go some way to explaining the enthusiastic way so many people (some of whom you have to assume may never of even heard the band and only heard 'of ' them) have co-opted the ethos or tried to appropriate some of that cool by buying the T-Shirt.

 UK Punk Rock Music Photograph Ramonas guitar player Rohnny on stage at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : UK Punk Rock Music Photograph Rohnny Ramone from The Ramonas in Plymouth

The Ramonas are also purveyors of that same relentless bubblegum energy where an economy of style never detracts from the hooks, chants and melodies that awaken so much affection in the fans.

Ramonas UK Punk Rock Photograph of Ramonas Singer Cloey and fans at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : Devon Punk Rock fans and Cloey Ramone from The Ramonas UK Underground

Joey Ramone once said

"For me, Punk is about real feelings.It's not about, 'Yeah, I am a punk and I'm angry.' That's a lot of crap. It's about loving the things that really matter: passion, heart and soul"

If that is any barometer of intent then you have to say that The Ramonas have lived up to the storm that blew out of America all those years ago.

 Plymouth UK Punk Rock Photography The Ramonas Bass Player Pee pee on stage at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : Plymouth Punk Rock Music Photograph of Pee Pee Ramone from The Ramonas

 The Ramonas UK Punk Rock Photography Cloey Rohnny and Pee Pee at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : Cloey, Rohnny and Pee Pee Ramone from UK Punk Band The Ramonas live photo

 Music Photo UK Punk Rock The Ramonas Guitarist and Drummer on stage at Underground Plymouth  VenueABOVE : Music Photo of The Ramonas Rohnny Ramone and Drummer at Devon Punk Venue

 The Ramonas UK Punk Rock Photograph on stage at Underground Plymouth Music VenueABOVE : The Ramonas UK Punk Rock Band Photographed in Plymouth Underground Venue

 

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