Road to Ruin (The Mr. T Experience album)

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Road to Ruin
Tribute album by The Mr. T Experience
Released	1998
Genre	Punk rock, pop punk
Label	Clearview
The Mr. T Experience chronology
Revenge is Sweet, and So Are You (1997) Road to Ruin (1998) Alcatraz (1999)

Road to Ruin is the eighth album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1998 by Clearview Records. It is a complete cover of the Ramones' 1978 album Road to Ruin. It is one of several covers of Ramones albums released by punk rock bands in the 1990s. Contemporaries of The Mr. T Experience who also released Ramones cover albums during this period include Screeching Weasel (Ramones) and The Queers (Rocket to Russia).

The Mr. T Experience are heavily influenced by the Ramones and had previously released a song about them called "The End of the Ramones" on their 1989 EP Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood. Later, in 2000, their EP The Miracle of Shame would include another Ramones homage entitled "Mr. Ramones."

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by the Ramones except where indicated

1. "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" (Joey Ramone)
2. "I Wanted Everything" (Dee Dee Ramone)
3. "Don't Come Close"
4. "I Don't Want You"
5. "Needles and Pins" (Sonny Bono/Jack Nitzsche)
6. "I'm Against It"
7. "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Joey Ramone)
8. "Go Mental"
9. "Questioningly" (Dee Dee Ramone)
10. "She's the One"
11. "Bad Brain"
12. "It's a Long Way Back" (Dee Dee Ramone)

[edit] Performers

• Dr. Frank - vocals, guitar
• Joel Reader - bass
• Jim "Jym" Ruzicka - drums

[edit] Album information

• Record label: Clearview Records

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