Such animosity and discord are gleefully ignored by the 25 comic artists whose interpretations of the Ramones are the heart and soul of this set. It’s the antidote to the blunt, honest, wholly depressing feature-length documentary End of the Century, which made no secret of the bandmembers’ disdain for each other and their business-like approach to being in a band. And make no mistake, this is all about myths and comic book heroes, what fans wanted the Ramones to be - what the band seemed to be, on their first four albums - rather than what they actually were. Although the three discs do a good job of tracing the band’s career, hitting nearly all of the high points along with more lows than necessary - there is a palpable, unavoidable dip in quality that arrives midway through the second disc that no amount polishing or selective editing can save - the music is nearly beside the point: the discs function as the soundtrack to the myth the entire set sells. It will not fit neatly next to the other box sets in your collection, which is appropriate, since Weird Tales of the Ramones is not like other box sets. More precisely, it’s a 54-page comic book hidden inside a hardcover book that’s designed like an oversized comic. These should satisfy every different audience the band has, so why bother with a box set? The answer to the question is that Weird Tales of the Ramones isn’t really a CD box set, even though it contains three career-spanning CDs compiled by the late Johnny Ramone - it’s a collectable, an object of art, one that’s closer to being a book augmented by three CDs and a DVD than a conventional CD box set. ![]() ![]() After all, there are albums for Ramones fans of all stripes: a single disc of hits for the casual fan, a double-disc set for those who love the Ramones but don’t want all the albums, then, of course, the original records - all of the prime Sire albums from the ’70s and early ’80s were recently reissued in expanded editions by Rhino - for all true rockers. ”Todella upea boxi!! VIIMEISEN PÄÄLLE HIENOSTI TEHTY!!! It’s easy to look at Rhino’s 2005 box set Weird Tales of the Ramones and wonder whether it’s necessary.
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