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Fuzztones Do Ramones - 53rd & 3rd --- 2004

"For me, the Ramones came along right in the nick of time. I was stranded in Harrisburg, PA. where the only thing you ever heard was Styx or Kansas. Their back-to-basics approach helped inspire me to form Tina Peel in 1976. That same year I played a gig at CBGB with The Dead Boys and Joey Ramone lent us his apartment to hang out in before the show. I moved to NYC the following year. I formed The Fuzztones in 1980. The Village Voice called us "fourth rate Ramones clones." In 1984 we did a video for our song "Ward 81," which inspired the Ramones to copy scenes directly from it for their video "Psychotherapy." In 1986 we replaced our drummer with Marky Ramone. At the very same time, The Ramones asked future Fuzztones drummer "Mad" Mike Czekaj to become a Ramone. Marky didn't work out and "Mad" Mike joined us instead. Marky rejoined the Ramones and they released "Acid Eaters," which contain several tunes we covered at the time Marky played with us. The album artwork could've passed for a Fuzztones cover as well. In 1996 I moved to Venlo, Holland. I had a tour booked and Dee Dee moved in to town and my agency gave him my tour. When he returned he asked me to produce a solo album he was planning to record, but for various reasons it didn't happen." - Rudi Protrudi (from the liner notes) PREVIEW COPY 53rd & 3rd (Ramones- Bleu Disque -ASCAP) from the upcoming compilation TODOS SOMOS RAMONES