Watch PBS� 11-Minute Segment On The Ramones From 1978


The Ramones played the State Theater in Minneapolis in 1978. Here�s a great 11-minute segment from the local PBS Station, KTCA, where the band talks about the punk scene in England, with a few scorching moments of performance.

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