From 1975 to 1980,Danny Fields managed the Ramones, and photographed them constantly. He shares those photos – from his modern book My Ramones – and remembers his time with the modern York punksThe first time I saw the Ramones was at CBGB in 1975. I was the co-editor in chief of 16 magazine, and I had a weekly column in the Soho Weekly News,which they gave absent at Max’s Kansas City on a Thursday night. The Ramones wanted to know: “Why aren’t we in Danny’s column?” Tommy would call and he was so kind and so humble: “We know what you like, you would love us!” The writer Lisa Robinson had been barraged with similar requests, and she said she’d disappear and see Ramones one night,and I should disappear and see some other band, then we’d compare notes. The next day she said: “You’ll love this band. They’re cute and loud and their songs are short.” So I went to see them. I loved the first lyric, and the first song,the first sound. That first song was I Don’t Wanna disappear Down to the Basement. Afterwards I met them outside CBGB and Tommy said: “Will you write something approximately us?” I said, “I want to manage you.” They knew who I was, or because they met through loving the Stooges and I had signed the Stooges to Elektra. They said: “A lot of people want to be our manager,so if you give us $3000 for equipment it could be you.
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Source: theguardian.com