OK.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WRAP
THINGS UP HERE AND WE'RE GOING
TO DO THINGS A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY THIS MORNING
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO START
OFF >> REALLY ALL OF YOU HEAD
TO THE KITCHEN.
BUT WHILE YOU DO I'M GOING TO
HEAD ON OVER TO SEE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE OF COURSE A DAY
REMOVED FROM THE 80S PUNK ROCK
GROUP THE RAMONES.
YOU ARE A CELEBRITY GUEST, MY
MAN FOR POPKEN ANDY 20 TWENTY.
THAT'S GOT TO BE PRETTY COOL.
>> VERY COOL.
IT'S IT'S MY SECOND TIME DOING
INDIE POP.
FIRST ONE I DID WAS TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN IN CHICAGO
AND CHICAGO IS REAL REAL FUN SO
I IMAGINE THIS ONE WILL BE
EQUALLY AS FAR OUT AND
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE BIG BREAK
WE ALL HAD FOR THE LAST YEAR
PLUS >> A LITTLE LATER A NICE
>> WAY TO KIND OF RIP THE ROOF
OFF AND START OFF WHAT I HOPE
TO BE A YEAR OF TOURING AND
MORE CAN EXACTLY.
AND I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THAT.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE
A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS
IN TERMS OF YOUR MUSIC.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>>
OH, OH MY GOODNESS.
LOOK AT LOOK AT THAT.
THAT >> IS WHAT 30 YEARS ON THE
ROAD.
DUSTY WHAT DOES IT FEEL THOUGH
LOOKING BACK AT A CLIP LIKE
THAT, SEEING HERSELF DOES IT
ALL JUST KIND OF COME BACK TO
YOU?
>> YEAH, YEAH, IT WAS.
IT WAS OF COURSE A ONCE IN A
LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY
WITH A BAND THAT I GREW UP
IDOLIZING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN UP UNTIL THE
LAST SHOW I WOULD LOOK OVER TO
MY RIGHT AND SEE JOEY RAMONE
AND JOHNNY AND THINK TO MYSELF
LIKE >> YOU END UP HERE.
AND IT'S REALLY COOL BECAUSE
THEY ACTUALLY CREDIT YOU WITH
REINJURE SAYING THE BAND'S LIVE
SHOWS AND THEY SAY BRINGING A
BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO THE BAND
THAT'S GOING TO MAKE ANYBODY
FEEL GOOD >>.
YEAH, YEAH.
IT WAS YOU KNOW, THE LAST
COUPLE OF TIMES I SAW THE
RAMONES THEY REALLY HAD THEY
WERE REALLY STRUGGLING TO KEEP
IT TOGETHER.
THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF LEAN
YEARS IN THE 80S.
YOU KNOW, THEY STARTED IN 74 SO
BY THE MIDDLE OF THE 80S THEY
WERE KIND OF STRUGGLING TO KEEP
IT ALL GOING.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SUBSTANCE
ABUSE PROBLEMS AND ALL THAT
KIND OF STUFF >> ON SO THE
BEAT.
WHEN DID THE ORIGINAL BASS
PLAYER QUIT?
AND I CAME IN THEY WERE KIND OF
READY FOR A NEW A NEW STAR AND
WAS >> THAT DIFFICULT FOR YOU?
DID YOU THINK OK, I WANT TO BE
ACCEPTED.
I WANT TO FILL THIS POSITION?
I MEAN THAT'S PRESSURE >>.
YEAH, BUT THIS IS THE THING.
I WAS COMING RIGHT OUT OF THE
MARINE CORPS.
I WAS LITERALLY COMING RIGHT
OUT OF THE MARINE CORPS INTO
THE RAMONES.
SO WHEN WHEN I GOT THERE I
DIDN'T LOOK AT IT AS REPLACING
DI.
DI WAS THE ORIGINAL.
HE INVENTED THE WHOLE PUNK ROCK
PERSONA AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I KNEW I COULDN'T REPLACE DIDI
SO I JUST LOOKED AT IT AS LIKE
A
HIRED TO DO A JOB.
I'M GOING TO DO IT THE BEST
THAT I ABSOLUTELY CAN AND
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I DID.
I JUST GOT ONSTAGE AND CUT
LOOSE EVERY NIGHT AND GAVE THE
GUYS A LITTLE BIT BOOST.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WERE LIKE
OH WAIT.
YEAH, WE GOT TO YOU KNOW, WE
GOT TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S SO
IT WAS IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THAT
FROM THEM.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEING ABLE TO
MAKE THAT YOUR OWN.
WHAT ABOUT NOW?
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO
LATELY?
WHAT'S NEXT IN THE FUTURE FOR
YOU?
WHAT >> CAN WE EXPECT?
SO >> I'M HOPING LIKE I SAID
THIS YEAR.
WELL, I ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED MY
RETIREMENT 2019.
I RETIRED FROM TOURING WHICH
GIVES ME MORE TIME TO DO >>
LOOK LIKE INDIE BANDS CATCHING
PINK AND BUT I'M ALSO PLAYING
WITH ANOTHER BAND CALLED ME
FIRST THE GIMME GIMMES.
IT'S A BUNCH OF OTHER FAMOUS
PUNK ROCKERS.
WE GO OUT WE DO COVERS FROM
EVERYTHING FROM THE FIFTIES TO
THE DISCO ERA ALL THE WAY UP TO
MADONNA AND ELTON JOHN.
THAT IS SO HUMBLE.
WE DO PUNK ROCK VERSIONS OF IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TOUR FROM
SEPTEMBER 8TH TO OCTOBER TWENTY
THIRD THROUGH THE STATES.
I THINK WE'LL ACTUALLY BE
COMING THROUGH THE AREA.
YEAH SO PARK ON THIS WEEKEND
FRIDAY NIGHT TO >> THE ELEVEN
THIRTY ELEVEN INDIANA
CONVENTION.
THERE YOU GO.
ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHEN PEOPLE COME SEE YOU AND
MEET YOU AND GREET YOU.
WHAT'S >> THE NUMBER ONE
QUESTION YOU GET?
HOW DID IT FEEL >> TO BE IN THE
BUT I ALWAYS TELL THEM I'M LIKE
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU GOT
INTO THE BAND?
THAT'S HOW I FELT.
I WAS A FAN, YOU KNOW.
YEAH, IT'S A DREAM >>.
COME JUST LIVE IN A DREAM.
WELL SOME DAY WE >> ARE SO
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU IN
INDY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
AND GOSH I HOPE YOU COME BACK.
MAN I HOPE SO TOO.
BACK AGAIN >>.
SAME SPORT THAT YANKEES HAD
RIGHT THERE IN SPORT.
YANKEES HEAD ON OVER TO YOU
READY >>?
I LOVE YOU.
I HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT IN ALL
THOSE YEARS.