Tuesday, May 19, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY RAMONE!

We want to wish a very happy birthday to Jeffrey Ross Hyman - better known as Joey Ramone who was "the heart and soul" of one of the most influential punk bands of the 1970s. Joey would have turned 58 on Tuesday but this battle with Lymphoma came to an end in April 2001. Over the course of 22years the Ramones toured virtually non-stop and played music that inspired everyone from the Sex Pistols to the Clash to Green Day and Blink-182.

Joey Ramone was the perfect visual centerpiece for the band. Their power-drill hooks, delivered with relentless simplicity, gave the band a stripped-down-less-is-more attitude an immediate impact in a NYC music scene already brimming with talent. And along with Talking Heads, Blondie, the New York Dolls and others, were responsible for the club CBGBs being identified as the lightning rod of the punk movement. Formed in March 1974, by (Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, and Tommy) they promoted an adolescent attitude not only in their song-writing, but in their trademark outfits.

Luckily, Worn Free has recreated some of those famous T-shirts once worn by Joey Ramone and includes everything from the humorous I'm Not Joey Ramone shirt he donned in 1977, to the ever famous London, England tee he sported on stage in 1976, to the well-known Capitol Theatre one..
Worn Free's Joey Ramone T-shirts are fully licensed, officially endorsed and made from the softest, prewashed and shrunk cotton jesery. Worn Free faithfully reproduces the original article as tracked down by Worn Free from archive images. Checkout other Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny Ramones T-Shirts on the site as well.

Worn Free - be part of the story.

Worn Free is offering 20% off on ALL Joey Ramone T-shirts
until May 31st.
Make sure to include the Coupon Code: NOTJOEY

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