We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones
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| We're a Happy Family - A Tribute To Ramones | ||||
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| Studio album by Various Artists | ||||
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| Released | 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Punk | |||
| Length | 49:14 | |||
| Label | Columbia SK 87321 |
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| Producer | Johnny Ramone and Rob Zombie | |||
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| Various Artists chronology | ||||
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We're a Happy Family - A Tribute to Ramones is a tribute album by various artists as a tribute to the Ramones. It started when Johnny Ramone was confronted with the idea of a tribute album and was asked if he wanted to participate, to which he agreed, as long as he would have full control over the project. He was able to get Rob Zombie as a co-producer, and call upon different bands to participate. Rob Zombie also did the cover artwork, and Stephen King, a Ramones fan, wrote the liner notes.
One of the last things Johnny Ramone did was oversee the album. He told all the chosen bands to do a version totally unlike the Ramones originals. Johnny liked the Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover of "Havana Affair" so much that he chose to open the album with it.
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- "Havana Affair" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- This song was later released as a bonus track on the iTunes version of Stadium Arcadium
- "Blitzkrieg Bop" - Rob Zombie
- The cover of the song would also appear on Rob Zombie's greatest hits album Past, Present & Future.
- "I Believe in Miracles" - Eddie Vedder & Zeke
- "53rd & 3rd" - Metallica
- "Beat on the Brat" - U2
- "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" - KISS
- "The KKK Took My Baby Away" - Marilyn Manson
- "I Just Wanna Have Something To Do" - Garbage
- "Outsider" - Green Day
- The cover also appeared in the single for "Warning" and later on the b-sides album Shenanigans
- "Something to Believe In" - The Pretenders
- "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" - Rancid
- "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" - Pete Yorn
- "I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Offspring
- "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" - Rooney
- "Return of Jackie & Judy" - Tom Waits
- "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" - Eddie Vedder & Zeke
Tracks 17-19 each contain 10 seconds of silence
- "Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World" - John Frusciante (hidden track)*
* Track 20 is a bonus track, and not available on all editions.
It's worth noting that Johnny Ramone chose "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" for Lisa Marie Presley, he was to play on the track and died the day of the recording. The track appears on Lisa Marie Presley's Now What, Steve Jones plays lead guitar on the track.
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