CJ Ramone - American Beauty LP

CJ RAMONE (New York, USA) - American Beauty (2019) Picture Disc - limited to 1,000 copies. On his last album, “Last Chance To Dance”, CJ Ramone stayed true to the sound of the Ramones while also adding more of his own personality to the mix. It made for an extremely enjoyable album and one that he has now followed up with the equally fun-filled “American Beauty”. Backed up by The Adolescents’ Steve Soto and Dan Root as well as Street Dogs’ Pete Sosa and with additional help from Big Eyes’ Kate Eldridge and the horn section of Mariachi El Bronx.  The album includes a fragile tribute song to the late original Ramones drummer, Tommy Ramone (“Tommy’s Gone”). Also included here is the punked-out and horn-infused cover of Tom Waits’ “Pony”, which takes you south of the border and is nothing but pure ear candy. With “American Beauty”, CJ Ramone has once again managed to make an album that is a helluva lot of fun to listen to and one that his former band mates can be proud of.  **album review originally published on punkrocktheory.com** Pirates Press Records ‎– PPR245