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city: camden town

roundhouse

from the ramones posted in music by donkeyoti

On July 4, 1976, the Ramones played a show at Camden's Roundhouse in London. The Ramones first album had become an underground hit in London, and the show was packed with an enthusiastic crowd.

In the film "End of the Century", Joe Strummer recalls how members of the Clash and the Sex Pistols were helped in through a window by Johnny Ramone. The show had a profound effect on the burgeoning UK punk scene.

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