As we blaze ahead with Blitzkrieg Boppin' speed toward the May 9th publication date of my new book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones, I want to share the prerelease blurbs Rare Bird Books received from pundits who've already had an opportunity to read the book.
Hey-Ho...!
"When I first heard the Ramones’ debut album sometime in late 1976, I thought it was the worst music I’d ever heard. I made a point of playing it for all my friends so they too could hear the worst band ever. But each time I played it, I found that I liked it a little more. I was starting to get it. And then I loved it, so much so that I went on to see the Ramones live at least 25 times. They totally rearranged my ideas about music. Reading Carl Cafarelli’s Gabba Gabba Hey, I’m reminded of the excitement and uniqueness of this band that saved rock ’n’ roll. There was never anyone else like them, and all of the joy and bedlam and fire and dedication that fueled the Ramones can be found in these pages. All that’s missing is a Dee Dee-shouted '1-2-3-4' intro."
—Jeff Tamarkin, Editor, BestClassicBands.com
"Ramones books? I've just about read them all. If there's one I've been waiting for, it's Carl Cafarelli's ode to the band he calls 'the American Beatles.' These four 1994 interviews with Joey, Johnny, Marky and C.J. were conducted separately, but Cafarelli pieces them together as only a lifelong fan could to create an intimate oral history of the legendary Queens quartet up to that point. Gabba Gabba Hey! is as short and sharp as any of the band's best songs. A must read for Ramones fans."
—S.W. Lauden, Forbidden Beat: Perspectives on Punk Drumming
"A veritable treasure trove of valuable information and first-person reminiscences from America's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band, Carl Cafarelli's Gabba Gabba Hey is an engaging, fascinating and often humorous look at what made the Ramones tick, as recalled by the ones who made the magic happen."
—John M. Borack, Contributing Editor, Goldmine Magazine
"Gabba Gabba Hey and tell Tchaikovsky the news, Carl Cafarelli’s new book on The Ramones is an insightful, intelligent and most of all rip roaring fun read as it beautifully chronicles the exploits of one of music’s most groundbreaking bands through an exhaustive series of candid conversations. Don’t be a cretin, give it a read. You’d have to have had a lobotomy not to love it!"
—Ken Sharp
"A comprehensive and insightful look at one of the most important bands ever - from the Ramones themselves. Gabba Gabba Hey feels like sitting down with old friends. Comfortable, engaging, and hard to forget."
—Alex Segura, bestselling author of Archie Meets Ramones
Thank you all! This particular road to ruin is looking better all the time. May 9th can't come quickly enough to sedate this boy.
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Carl's new book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is now available for preorder, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. Gabba Gabba YAY!!
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