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I bought this on a whim and loved it. Dee Dee's versions of the classic Ramones songs rock out harder than the originals. Also the new bonus tracks, especially when Dee Dee's wife, Barbara, sings are a welcome treat. Highly recommended.

As a big fan of Chris Spedding and Dee Dee, this is a match made in heaven for me. Chris comes very alive, and Dee Dee sounds his sinister best. Recommended for baby boomers and ordinary citizens of planet earth alike.

This album was basically recorded as a lark, when Dee Dee Ramone decided to record some old Ramones songs with himself on lead vocals. It actually turned out pretty good. The band plays the songs well, and Dee Dee sounds good on vocals, if not as good as Joey Ramone. On a few of the songs, Dee Dee lets his wife Barbara sing lead, and she sounds pretty good, too. She has a cute accent! Although most of the songs are old Ramones songs, there are a few songs that are not. "Shakin' All Over" is a Guess Who song, "Motorbikin'" is an original, "Cathy's Clown" is an Everly Brothers song, "Fix Yourself Up" is an original and "Sidewalk Surfin'" is an original (it's not the Jan and Dean song). This is a fun album that most of Dee Dee's fans should enjoy.

the cd is a lot of ramones covers, I'm some diappointed with Dee Dee because he showed little creativity. I think maybe he wanted to show he could sung some more tracks on the Ramones era...and that's right, not bad vocals...but the girl (on "sheena is a punk rocker") sings awful. doesn't matter, anyway I enjoy to hear "blitzkrieg bop" and all others, even "sheena....". there are a couple of Dee Dee's own songs and rockin' too.
for ramones fans as document.

C'mon this is awful. How many times can Dee Dee cover the old Ramones catalogue? Any creativity had left him by this point.
Barbara cant sing either. Utterly pointless just like the Ramainz live thing.Sad epitaph for one of the greats.

Dee Dee, Barbara and the cameo by Spedding are all great.
The cover versions are sub-standard.
The drummer (Chase Manhattan?) KILLS the record and make it impossible to listen to with the VERY annoying phantom stare drum beat.
Daniel Rey is VERY missed in the production.
It sounds like Dee Dee signing backed-up by a bunch of teenagers (both on the instruments and control room).
You can tell the man was in need of some cash to throw something like that on the market.
Want a Dee Dee solo album? Get yourself "I hate freaks like you" or "Zonked!"
I cannot stress how bad the drummer is. He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a drum kit. He's a total disgrace. He really KILLS the record, by the way.
Oh, before I forget, the drummer is really horrible.

Hearing Dee Dee do these songs is a lot of fun...the production is great: very loud, warm, uncluttered...nicely recorded but still raw due to the subject matter. Anyone that is sore at Dee Dee for revisiting these songs is taking things a bit too seriously. It's a great listen if you like snotty punk rock done old-school so just dig it!

I bought this album about 5 months after my first Ramones' album. I'm a new fan of them, and when I saw Dee Dee's name on the cover I got curious and bought it without knowing what would be in it. I now have the entire Ramones' collection, and this album still surprises me with its fast beat and new guitars. Not to mention Dee Dee's and Barbara's voices, which I think were made for singing this songs. Buy iy now!!!!

C'mon this is awful. How many times can Dee Dee cover the old Ramones catalogue? Any creativity had left him by this point.
Barbara cant sing either. Utterly pointless just like the Ramainz live thing.Sad epitaph for one of the greats.

This is a mostly pointless CD. The Ramones covers are second rate re-runs and the other covers are just lifeless. Sidewalk Surfin is passable-he should have released that one as a single and left it at that.
The only decent solo CD he did was I Hate Freaks Like You.