“Taking Dope” Ramones Fanzine. [First Two Issues]

New York City: self-published, 1996. Two stapled packets, each with about twenty 8 ½ x 11 photocopied pages. Near Fine.. The first two issues of Dee Dee Ramone’s fanzine “Taking Dope”, from the collection of Ramones collaborator Daniel Rey. The zine was authored by Ramone, his partner Barbara Zampini, and cartoonist John Holmstrom, who illustrated the covers for the Ramones’ Rocket to Russia (1977) and Road to Ruin (1978). The zines contain letters from Dee Dee, lyrics, descriptions of concerts and new bands that Dee Dee and Barbara were excited about, and notes about Dee Dee’s intense dislike for Marky Ramone who—unlike the other Ramones—is always called by his real name, Marc Bell; alongside doodles and photos of various figures in the scene.