Fuel 2000
2006
Start Of The Century
About This Album
With Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee gone and lounging at the great CBGB's in the sky, it has fallen to Marky Ramone to hold up the legacy of the most influential punk band of all time, and while as second drummer with the Ramones he had only so much to do with the band's sound, he's been making a game effort at keeping the old-school punk flag flying, and some of the fruits of his efforts so far are collected on Start of the Century. This two-CD set features one studio disc and another recorded live, with the studio set including all the material from two previous albums, 1997's Marky Ramone & the Intruders and 1999's The Answer to Your Problems? (the two albums have been resequenced so the material has been shuffled together along with a pair of new tunes). The tracks from Marky Ramone & the Intruders find Ramone backed by Skinny Bones and Mark Neuman, who trade off on guitar, bass, and vocal duties while also helping Marky with songwriting and production. Lars Frederiksen of Rancid produced The Answer to Your Problems?, with Ramone assisted by a new pair of Intruders, Ben Trokan (lead vocals, guitar) and Johnny Pisano (bass, vocals). With Marky in the producer's chair, the results sound a lot like classic-era Ramones stuff (with Bones even adopting a Joey-esque vocal affect), and the cuts with Frederiksen behind the board boast snappier tempos and a more ragged vocal attack, sounding not entirely unlike (surprise!) Rancid.
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