The Ramainz are Marky Ramone on drums, Dee Dee Ramone singing and playing guitar, and Dee Dee's wife Barbara Zampini rounding out the trio with bass and vocals. They mostly played Ramones songs but played the a few of Dee Dee's post Ramones songs. In a way, The Ramainz represent a Ramones that could have been. Dee Dee originally sang for The Ramones, with Joey on drums, although they changed that lineup pretty early.
Live in N.Y.C. starts out with one of Dee Dee's best, Rockaway Beach, and it sounds great. Barbara sings on a few songs, like Teenage Lobotomy, Sheena is a Punk rocker, and I Just Wanna Have Something To Do. Her vocals are good, too, but I can't help wanting to hear Dee Dee sing on these. The set goes through some of the most obvious early Ramones hits, for the most part avoiding later work. Chinese Rocks, Wart Hog, 53rd and 3rd, Loudmouth. There are a lot of Ramones songs I would have liked to hear from this lineup, but it's hard to argue with this setlist.
Dee Dee does a great job on vocals with these songs, although the songs do suffer without Johnny on the guitar, but this is great live album for Dee Dee fans.
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