Synopses & Reviews
Lobotomy is the most lurid and unlikely temperance tract yet from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. On a wild roller-coaster ride from his fucked-up childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely, methadone-quaffing stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and newfound peace on the straight and narrow, Dee Dee Ramone catapults us into the raw world of sex, addiction, and two-minute songs. It isn't pretty. With the velocity of a Ramones song, Lobotomy rockets through headlining days at CBGB's to the breakup of the Ramones' happy family with an unrelenting backbeat of hate and squalor: His girlfriend ODs; running buddy Johnny Thunders strals his ode to heroin, "Chinese Rocks;&auot; Sid Vicious shoots up using toilet water; and a pistol-wielding Phil Spector hold the band hostage in Beverly Hills. Hey! Ho! Let's Go!
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"This is the true, pathetic, awesome voice of the Ramones." Paul Sutcliffe, Q
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"[Lobotomy] is like a Richard Price novel: full of delinquency, violence, addiction, brutality, and ear-splitting rock 'n' roll." Scott Rowley, The Band
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"There's no one in a better position to write a definitive work on the New York punk scene....[Lobotomy] is a compelling, raw nerve rampage through the frazzled brain of one of rock's most tragic heroes." Ian Fortnam, Vox
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"Kerouac he ain't, but Dee Dee's style has a certain rough-hewn charm, and his story knee deep in sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll is too incident-packed to be anything less than gripping." James McNair, Mojo Filter
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"To describe them as a haphazard, hazily recalled series of mostly gory episodes is more than fair, but to thousands of fans they will take on higher meaning, as this is the only Ramones story by a Ramone." Library Journal
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"[Lobotomy] is the quintessential punk-rock survival story...drug addled lows, gig-fueled highs, and financial woe induced bitterness." Dennis Cooper, Art & Culture
Synopsis
Highlighted by 50 b&w photos, Dee Dee Ramone takes fans down into the Ramones' world of sex, drugs, and more drugs, and rock 'n' roll. It isn't pretty, but it's all true.