Stigmata Promotions present a storming double bill with Glasgow’s very own RAMONES tribute RAMOANERS who are taking the UK by storm with their faithful rendition of Ramones songs including all the favourites including I Wanna Be Sedated, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, Brat On The Beat and the anthemic Blitzkrieg Bop etc.
On this show they are supported by THE WAGES OF SIN with a full set of Clash classics authenticity is the hallmark of this powerful quintet.This appearance at Ivory Blacks is set to be the best yet.
RAMOANERS BIOGRAPHY: Hailing from Glasgow Ramoaners formed in 2014, after a problem with finding a Ramones tribute for a benefit gig in Glasgow and exhausting all avenues trying to find one that was great and available.
A throwaway comment by now bassist CC Ramoaner “Why don’t we do it?” was met with “We haven’t played for 25 years”. What they had though was a love for the NY seminal pre punk 4 piece from Queens (New York). The date for this was looming and a rehearsal was arranged where Tony (vox) and CC were joined by Jimmy (guitar ) and Rico and the rehearsal went remarkably well and Ramoaners were quickly born. The Show went to plan with an entire Roller Derby team joining the band on stage at the old Barfly gig in Glasgow’s centre .Immediately at the end of the show the band were asked when the next show would likely be and rehearsals continued with the bands next performance being on at the legendary Barrowland ballroom! A dream come true for any band let alone one in their second coming playing one of the finest and historic venues in Scotland.The gigs continued to be offered in theatres and Glasgow venues and the band were approached about headlining King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, another iconic Glasgow venue. They also travelled to Stornoway to play the arts centre An Lanntair.
A session drummer had to be found and the band performed 24 songs with just a 30 minute rehearsal with the new drummer at the sound check! As the gig offers rolled in including an offer of touring Argentina with an Argentinian punk band it was noticed that some personnel changes mayHave to be made as the band were striving to play better shows and expand a set and cover every part of the vast back catalogue of the Seminal US punk outfit. Gordy was found to replace Jimmy a Ramones fanatic and really made a huge difference to the live sound and look of Ramoaners who were now being offered shows both UK wide and overseas.
But there was still one link missing which was the commitment of then drummer Rico who by now was finding the going tough and the look a struggle, the band embarked on finding the missing piece of the jigsaw. Step forward Drummer Jay Jay, who had answered an ad in a local music shop and was a massive fan of the New York Punks. Jay Jay had plenty of experience playing arena tours and large shows with Scottish band Ultrasonic and others .
The look and sound for Ramoaners was now complete and the band continued to add as many as 56 songs to the set, covering every aspect of the Ramones and the band continued to rehearse playing more and more shows, honing the sound and look of the band at their peak in 1978.
From older punks who had seen the original shows to youngsters who had never seen a Ramones show ,the verdicts were always the same very close, brilliant likeness and comments of kids who hadn’t been old enough to hear them but now felt they had an idea of what they were like.
Ramoaners played another Barrowland show, the Iconic Hope and Anchor and Joiners in Southampton where they supported the Dead Boys, Vice Squad and many more and they play the Clapham Grand for Rockaway Beach Festival Organisers, and recently 2 packed out shows at iconic London venue The Dublin Castle as well as supporting the awesome Lizzie & The Banshees in Glasgow and Manchester…so the story continues…..
Ramoaners are:
Tony Ramoaner Vox
CC Ramoaner Bass/B/vox
Gordy Ramoaner Guitar
Jason Ramoaner Drums
WAGES OF SIN BIOGRAPHY: Formed in the afterglow of the punk explosion of 1977 Wages of Sin were the archetypal garage band annoying the neighbours with a punk rock electric guitar. Influenced by the Ramones, the Stranglers and the Clash they evolved an original style of pop punk and featured at classic Glasgow venues such as the Garage as well as touring Scotland before being overcome by geography.A chance meeting led to a reunion in 2014 followed by an invite to appear at King Tutsannual (sold out ) tribute to Joe Strummer.
After a run of eight successive years they have received critical acclaim and are hard on the heels of the headline act. Now venturing out alone with a full set of Clash classics authenticity is the hallmark of this powerful quintet.
Their next appearance at Ivory Blacks is set to be the best yet.
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