Nearly 60 years after getting his start as a chart researcher at Billboard, Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein has a lot of accomplishments -- and a few regrets -- under his belt By Billboard Staff ...

This article originally appeared in the August 1986 issue of SPIN. It was one of those humid summer days in 1979 when the air on the Bowery was filled with the foul odor of week-old garbage. A ...

Seymour Stein is the kind of legend the music industry hadn't seen before and will no doubt ever see again. Driven by his entrepreneurial spirit and above all his love of a great song, the Sire… By ...

It’s been 40 years since the Ramones released their legendary self-titled debut. With it, they kicked the doors right off the hinge to grab their seat at the table as a must hear punk rock act with a ...

Thurston Moore, Napalm Death's Mark Greenway, Ramones' Joey Ramone. Credits: Martyn Goodacre/Redferns, Per Ole Hagen/Redferns and John Atashian/Getty Images The collaboration – which has reportedly ...

“It’s just pictures. The pictures were taken in 1976-77 and the words were written in the last two years.” Danny Fields is looking back through the photographs he took of the Ramones, which have been ...

When The Beatles were just starting out they were extremely popular. Although their fame had only taken hold of Great Britain during the early 1960s, they were still being chased down by their rabid ...

Don't let her short stature fool you: Linda Ramone is a force of nature. The petite widow of Johnny Ramone greets me decked out in a bubblegum pink minidress and bright red cape, accessorized with a ...

At 2:40 p.m. on April 15th, Easter Sunday, Joey Ramone – the singer and spindly frontman of the world’s greatest punk band, the Ramones – died at New York Presbyterian Hospital after a six-year battle ...