{"id":9243,"date":"2023-02-14T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=9243"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T14:59:39","slug":"kepi-ghouli-sends-a-timely-love-letter-to-the-ramones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=9243","title":{"rendered":"Kepi Ghouli sends a timely love letter to the Ramones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ALBUM REVIEW: Kepi Ghouli – Ramones In Love (Pirates Press Records)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kepi Ghouli is best-known as frontman of US garage rockers Groovies Ghoulies, and he’s also a massive Ramones fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot on the heels of his recent covers album Full Moon Forever<\/em> (reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>) he’s back with a very personal collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seed of the idea was sewn began years ago when Kepi made a compilation tape of all the Ramones love songs in chronological order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He loved their ballads, but after seeing the Ramones live several times, realised it was unlikely he would ever hear these songs live.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kepi Ghouli has been a lifelong Ramones fan.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For the last dozen years or so he’s released a love song or two every Valentine’s Day, and last year’s included the Ramones\u2019 I Want You Around<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From that one track the idea of a full album was conceived, and now we have before us 13 cuts of prime Ramones love songs, as interpreted by Kepi and various talented friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under-rated<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

And although the Ramones are best known for their pedal-to-the-metal punk rock, they couldn’t half pen a romantic tune too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kicking off with the stone-cold classic I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend<\/em> from their debut album, Kepi will soon have you (and your loved one) singing along to some truly under-rated love songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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