Ramones in Chicago

Early Chicago Shows

Joey Ramone and Robin Zander before the Ramones' June 30, 1977 show in Rockford. Photo by "FNN"

June 21, 1977 at B'Ginnings
June 29, 1977 - Waukegan
June 30, 1977 - Stardust Lounge, Rockford. Cheap Trick's Robin Zander was one of the 7 people in the audience.
July 6, 1977 - At the Ivanhoe Theater with the Dictators. Two songs from this show have been released on the Ramones live DVD "It's Alive"
October 22, 1977 - at the Aragon Ballroom, opening for Iggy Pop and Leslie West
January 20, 1978 - at the Aragon, with Runaways
October 1979 at B'Ginnings
October 13, 1979 at Northwestern. This show circulates as a bootleg called "Rock'n'Roll College"
October 20, 1979 at Old Chicago

Aragon show in 1978