On the eighth floor of Radio City Music Hall, there used to be (now defunct) a recording studio. This is where the Ramones recorded their first album in February of 1976. Put out by Sire Records, the Ramones self-titled debut was recorded in one week for $6,400. The producer was Craig Leon, and Tommy Ramone was listed as "associate producer."

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Max's Kansas City was a music venue and bar in NYC from 1961 to 1985. It was a hangout for artists and celebrities, and a venue that supported the emerging glam rock scene. The Velvet Underground played their last shows here in the summer of 1970. The New York Dolls played here frequently, and had a direct influence on the formation of the Ramones, who also played here.

According to wikipedia, the name stems from the following: "All the steakhouses had Kansas City on the menu because the best steak was Kansas City-cut, so I thought it should be 'something Kansas City'. 'Max' was chosen because it sounded "restauranty."

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Joey Ramone's mother, Charlotte, ran an art gallery called the Art Garden II adjacent to the old Trylon Cinema on Queens Blvd. The art gallery served as the practice space for the Ramones in their earliest days. "Mama Ramone" (as Charlotte was later called) was something of a matriarch for the Ramones and the fledging scene in those days, and was an advocate for the Ramones until her death in 2007.

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This is the subway stop nearest to where the Ramones grew up in Forest Hills, Queens.

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On March 18, 2002, the Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll of Fame. The ceremony was held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, and a newly-mohawked Eddie Vedder (with leather jacket and Ramones t-shirt) introduced Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy, and Marky. Joey had died the year earlier.

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