Brain Drain is the Ramones at a crossroads, Dee Dee on his way out the door, the band pushing into cleaner production territory that still somehow sounds like nothing else on earth. Released in 1989, it's not the album purists start with, which is exactly why it's worth your time.There's Pet Sematary on here, the Stephen King tie-in that put them in front of a whole new audience of horror kids who'd never heard I Wanna Be Sedated. There's also Don't Bust My Chops, Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight), and the kind of two-minute blasts that remind you punk rock was never really about complexity, it was about conviction. This 2004 reissue includes a bonus track, so you're getting the full picture. The Ramones invented a template that literally hundreds of bands have spent forty years trying to replicate, and most of them are still not there.CD. Full length album, 2004 reissue of the 1989 original. Includes bonus track. USA pressing.Fans of: Iggy Pop, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Social Distortion, Dead Kennedys.
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