A supergroup featuring members of Green Day, Blink-182, Rancid and Ramones performed an official 50th anniversary Ramones tribute show in Los Angeles. Watch below.
The Cretin Family formed specially for the performance, with Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and former Ramones bassist CJ Ramone joining forces for the celebration.
The group came together last night (August 30) for the first time at The Official Ramones 50th Anniversary Tribute, which took place at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.
It marked 50 years since the release of Ramones’ self-titled 1976 debut album, the record that helped ignite the punk revolution with songs including ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’, ‘Judy Is A Punk’ and ‘Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue’.
As well as the previously announced line-up, the gig saw appearances from some surprise guests, including Fred Armisen, who joined for ‘Danny Says’, Jason Freese who came out during ‘Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?’ and The Linda Lindas, who joined for ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ and a cover of Joe Jones’ ‘California Sun’.
As the show came to an end, Billy Idol came out as the final surprise act, performing ‘Beat on the Brat’, ‘Ready Steady Go’ by Generation X and the show closer ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’.
The entire set was introduced by John Travolta, with the event also including a double feature screening of the 50th anniversary deluxe edition of Carrie and Travolta’s new film Propeller One-Way Night Coach.
While on stage, Armstrong told the crowd it was the “first time in my entire life” he had performed with Barker. “And I actually get to play with the goddamn Ramone,” he continued, introducing CJ.
