Jul 16, 2026 · 34 min · 14 segments
Monte A. Melnick, the man responsible for more than 2,000 Ramones shows checks in with the guys to talk about the Ramones, The NY Yankees, and the sport he lettered in during his high school days…
Monte A. MelnickGuest
Keith RothHost
Don JamiesonHost
My favorite thing about The Ramones, and I'd love for you to tell the story, is about having assigned seats in the van.
And Dee Dee was always in the back, 'cause he was trying to sneak, uh, cigarettes from the back there.
But if you wanted to really bust someone's balls in The Ramones, you would take their seat in the van.
Not that they had assigned seats, but you do get territorial, right, in a, when you're in a band?
Everybody likes to sit where they wanna sit and where they're used to sitting.
But we found out tour buses were a little too expensive, 'cause they didn't like sleeping on a tour bus.
My favorite thing about The Ramones, and I'd love for you to tell the story, is about having assigned seats in the van.
And Dee Dee was always in the back, 'cause he was trying to sneak, uh, cigarettes from the back there.
But if you wanted to really bust someone's balls in The Ramones, you would take their seat in the van.
Not that they had assigned seats, but you do get territorial, right, in a, when you're in a band?
Everybody likes to sit where they wanna sit and where they're used to sitting.
But we found out tour buses were a little too expensive, 'cause they didn't like sleeping on a tour bus.
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