Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Andrea Shettler LA's Neighborhood Brats make quick punchy blasts of garage punk that have them sounding like a female-fronted Ramones or a more lo-fi Sahara Hotnights. The songs are fast, the melodies are familiar, and... more info

Stereogum — Mary Timony, formerly of Autoclave and Helium and Wild Flag, now leads Ex Hex, a D.C.-based power trio whose sound is a badass, dizzily fun fusion of punk rock and power-pop, equal parts Ramones and Cheap Trick. We’ve posted their songs “Hot And ... more info

NME — Stein describes the drummer an "amazing asset" to The Ramones more info

Metalsucks — "No Ramones = No Lamb of God," says vocalist. The post Randy Blythe Pays Homage to the Late Tommy Ramone appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Time — From "Blitzkrieg Bop" to "Swallow My Pride" more info

Chicago Tribune — Tommy Ramone, who died Friday of cancer at 65, was the last surviving original member of the Ramones, and also perhaps the most low key and least-known. But he was essential to shaping the pioneering punk quartet’s sound and image. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — If it's true, as punk band the Slits have argued, that "in the beginning there was rhythm," then Tommy Ramone's drum pound marked a new day rising. The original drummer for seminal New York punk band the Ramones, Tommy, born Tommy Erdelyi, died Frida... more info

Mercury News, California — With the death of Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, 65, all four original members of the seminal punk rock band are gone. more info

KEXP Seattle — #108872981 / gettyimages.com The last of the Ramones has passed, as drummer Tommy Ramone succumbed to cancer yesterday at age 62. Tommy Ramone – born Tamás Erdélyi in Budapest, Hungary – was part of the band’s original lineup and helped defin... more info

TMZ — The last surviving original member of legendary punk rock group "The Ramones" is dead.Tommy Ramone -- the group's drummer on the first 3 albums -- died Friday at his home in Queens, New York. He'd been in a hospice following bile duct cancer… more info