10/09/2026
This beauty, a poster created by Shepard Fairey to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Ramones’ first album release (produced by our friend Craig Leon) has just arrived from and is due for framing in the next few days. Shepard tells us that it “is based on Danny Fields’ photo for the third Ramones album “Rocket to Russia”, released in late 1977. Th photo captures their iconic essence as leather-jacket-and-jeans-clad punk pioneers in grimy mid-70s Lower Manhattan. The first album cover is BXW, “Leave Home” is primarily blue, and “Rocket to Russia” is black and pink, so in this poster I combined those colors to represent the incredible blast of the first three Ramones albums. I saw The Ramones live in 1988 and 1989, and the shows were non-stop high-intensity action. The Ramones show I saw in 1988 at the Living Room in Providence, Rhode Island should have held 500, but there were probably 1,000 people in the venue. Jane’s Addiction opened up and raised the energy level. When the Ramones came on, the crowd was ready to go nuts. I was near the stage, and the crowd surged forward, compressing everyone so tightly that I thought my ribs would be crushed. The Ramones played non-stop, no breaks between songs for about two hours. The band was super tight. At certain points I felt like I was going to suffocate or be crushed, but I refused to give up my spot right at the front. It may seem weird to say you are having the time of your life fighting for your life, but that’s the only way I can describe that show later in life.” -Shepard
PRINT DETAILS: Ramones 50th. 24” H x 18” W. Screen print on 80 # cream Speckletone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 600. #1234