MARKY RAMONE
8 p.m., Revolution. $12-$18.
Yes, OK, Marky Ramone was not the Ramones’ original drummer, but it
wasn’t like he was at home ironing his hair, obsessively listening to
“Leave Home” and waiting for the day. He was busy drumming for kickass
first generation punk band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. When Tommy
Ramone (RIP) got tired of touring, the remaining Ramones (RIP) asked
Marky to come on board. Maybe he missed the band’s fertile period, but
he got to play on “Road to Ruin” and “End of the Century.” He appeared
in “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.” And even though he was replaced,
briefly, by Richie Ramone (later replaced by Elvis Ramone), Marky was
the longest-tenured Ramones drummer by more than a dozen years. Now the
most prominent living connection to the first and arguably greatest
punk band comes to Revolution, not with a band, but to DJ. Ramone hosts
a show on Sirius called “Punk Rock Blitzkrieg,” so that’s probably what
you should expect. Two of Little Rock’s best and most unpredictable DJs
open. Ettiem usually mixes old and new school and Bryan, who for years
owned the record store Anthro-Pop, can never be pinned down.