Hey Ho, Let's Go
for the world's GREATEST
Ramones tribute band!!
Pass the Carbona, dust off that leather jacket and get ready to do
some serious Cretin Hopping to THE ROMANES! Coming at you from Portland,
Oregon, the Romanes are four happening young lads who have taken hero worship
to a whole new level. And,with their leather jackets, moptop haircuts and
a sonic arsenal of dozens of Ramones tunes, THE ROMANES make no bones about
where their loyalties lie. These guys are playing the music they love by
the greatest rock-n-roll band of all time!
But how does such a band come about? While the true
identities of the Romanes are a closely guarded secret, it is rumored that
the boys have all been a part of the Northwest music scene for years. And,
with music in the Northwest taking a turn for the unexciting, the boys decided
the time was right to help put the fun back in rock...just as their idols
had over 20 years before.
And so it was that Frankie, Sammy, Petey and Dino Romane decided to
don leather jackets and ripped jeans, sling their guitars low (dig that
white Mosrite!) and re-learn how to count to four. They've stolen liberally
from the Ramones stage show (including that dramatic entrance to the strains
of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly") and have learned dozens
of tunes from the Ramones Songbook.
Now, less than a year into their existence, the Romanes have played
to packed houses around the Northwest, including a headlining gig at Portland's
famous Crystal Ballroom. They've opened shows for Mojo Nixon, Los Straitjackets
and the fabulous Smugglers. Screaming fans have turned out in droves, and
the boys are already working on their first album, a collection of revved-up
Beach Boys tunes called "Pet Sematary Sounds."
If you want to see some full-color pics of THE ROMANES
in action, CLICK HERE!