Rarely does a rock autobiography offer unflinching access into its subject's personal metaphysics. More often than not, such tomes are compiled by co-authors from miles of interview tape, and ...

Throughout the brisk "Commando," the late Johnny Ramone expresses his admiration for John Wayne, baseball, old horror movies, the New York Police Department, American beer and American cars, ...

This article originally appeared in the August 1986 issue of SPIN. It was one of those humid summer days in 1979 when the air on the Bowery was filled with the foul odor of week-old garbage. A ...