Monte A. Melnick, 'Little' Matt Lolya - The Ramones to U2!

Monte A. Melnick worked as the Ramones road manager for 22 years. He did over 2200 shows with the band.

Matthew 'Little Matt' Lolya worked for the Ramones from 1976 to 1988. In addition, he toured with Chubby Checker and was the very first guitar/bass tech for both the Edge and Adam Clayton while touring with U2.

00:00 Intro
1:50 Ramones Origins
3:50 Performance Studios
5:45 Playing in Europe VS USA
6:40 Matt Leaving for U2
7:47 Frank Gallagher
7:57 Chubby Checker
8:07 “I Will Follow”
9:32 Milton Keynes Festival
11:15 Monte took a lot of Sh-t!
14:00 Joey & Johnny Ramone
15:50 Getting Paid
16:45 Dee Dee Ramone’s Knife
16:55 SIR – Marky Ramone & Dee Dee Ramone
17:47 D Generation & Jesse Malin
18:04 Ronnie Spector
18:09 Phil Spector, Ritchie Cordell
20:25 1977 The Whiskey
21:30 Dee Dee OD’s
22:10 Phil Spector in Studio
23:00 Al Lewis at Phil Spector’s house
23:58 Matt telling Johnny Goodbye
25:50 Club Bene
28:35 Linda Ramone
29:49 Ronald Regan
31:04 Hollywood Forever
33:09 Big Matt & Little Matt
33:20 Monte’s Book
35:40 Blue Oyster Cult at Nassau Coliseum
37:04 Doug Carrion
39:30 Soundchecks
40:28 U2 Stadium Tour
40:42 Matt Playing on “We Want the Airwaves” & “Time Has Come Today”
41:57 Johnny Rotten interview w/ Marky Ramone
42:41 Johnny Rotten drinking Ramones Piss
43:40 Sid Vicious
45:30 No Melnicks!
46:55 Frank Meyer
47:50 “What a Wonderful World”
48:07 Andy Shernoff – City Garden, Trenton
49:33 Poor Man Interview
50:50 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame – Green Day
53:24 Parasitic Twin
54:37 Firing Clem
57:30 Who hired Marky?
58:09 Sammy Hagar
58:26 Living Next door to Richie & Mark Ramone
59:00 Auditioning Billy from the Heartbreakers
59:09 Richie Ramone

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