false 52810 0 0 91846 1560252529 9781560252528 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236193m/91846.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236193s/91846.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91846.Lobotomy_Surviving_the_Ramones 3.77 131 Lobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and newfound peace on the straight and narrow, Dee Dee Ramone catapults readers into the raw world of sex, addiction, and two-minute songs. It isn't pretty. With the velocity of a Ramones song, Lobotomy rockets from nights at CBGB's to the breakup of the Ramones' happy family with an unrelenting backbeat of hate and squalor: his girlfriend ODs; drug buddy Johnny Thunders steals his ode to heroin, "Chinese Rock"; Sid Vicious shoots up using toilet water; and a pistol-wielding Phil Spector holds the band hostage in Beverly Hills. Hey! Ho! Let's go!]]> 52811 3.55 262 52 52810 3.83 155 31 9097 4.19 2942 440 1998