Rocket to Russia is a Ramones

Ramones

The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...

 cover album

Cover Album

-Tracklisting:#Misono to Utaou! Animedley I # #...

 by pop punk

Pop punk

Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...

 band The Queers

The Queers

The Queers are a punk band formed in 1981 by Portsmouth, New Hampshire native Joe King . The band originally broke up in 1984, but reformed with Joe Queer and a new line-up in 1986. In 1990, the band signed with Shakin' Street Records and released their first album Grow Up...

. This one of a series of full-length Ramones cover albums (which also included Ramones

Ramones (Screeching Weasel album)

Ramones is a cover album by the American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It covers the Ramones' debut album Ramones in its entirety. The band was approached to cover the album at a party for the completion of their fourth album, Wiggle...

by Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1986 by Ben Weasel and John Jughead.Since their formation, Screeching Weasel have broken up and reformed numerous times with numerous line-up changes. Ben Weasel has been the only constant...

, Leave Home

Leave Home (Vindictives album)

Leave Home is an album recorded by The Vindictives that is a cover of the Ramones album of the same name.-Track listing:# "Pinhead" – 1:54# "California Sun" – 2:05...

by The Vindictives

The Vindictives

The Vindictives were a Chicago-based punk rock underground group during the 1990s. They were peers with Screeching Weasel and other bands from the era, they were also heavily-influenced by the Ramones. Joey Vindicitive's characteristic nasal melodies often told the story of alienation, psychosis,...

, Road to Ruin

Road to Ruin (The Mr. T Experience album)

Road to Ruin is the eighth album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1998 on Clearview Records. The album is a cover of the Ramones' 1978 album Road to Ruin in its entirety.-Background:...

by The Mr. T Experience

The Mr. T Experience

The Mr. T Experience is an American punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California and currently recording for Lookout! Records. They have released ten full-length albums along with numerous EPs and singles and have toured internationally...

) released by Selfless Records

Selfless Records

Selfless Records is a record label that releases punk rock music. The label was notable for putting out a number of albums that were covers of entire Ramones albums, including Leave Home, Ramones and Rocket to Russia.-Artists:*Antischism*Big Boys*Dag Nasty...

 in the mid-1990s.

Queers vocalist and guitarist, Joe King

The Queers

The Queers are a punk band formed in 1981 by Portsmouth, New Hampshire native Joe King . The band originally broke up in 1984, but reformed with Joe Queer and a new line-up in 1986. In 1990, the band signed with Shakin' Street Records and released their first album Grow Up...

, has repeatedly stated that the Ramones are one of the biggest influences on the band. He wanted the Queers to sound "in between the Ramones and the Beach Boys." However, he was not thrilled about recording a Ramones album, stating that "they're usually perfect to begin with." At the time, the band did not have anything released except Love Songs for the Retarded

Love Songs for the Retarded

Love Songs for the Retarded is the second full length album by pop punk band The Queers. Released in 1993 by Lookout! Records, this would be a big step toward music structure from their last album Grow Up, making it sound more Pop Punk than raw Punk Rock....

and making the album helped them get by financially.

This album has been praised for faithfully reproducing the sound of the original Rocket to Russia

Rocket to Russia

Rocket to Russia is the third studio album by the American punk rock band The Ramones. It was released on November 4, 1977 through Sire Records. It was their last with original drummer Tommy Ramone. The album incorporates surf rock and other influences. It includes some of the Ramones' best-known...

. It was called "an impressive feat of mimicry" and "a nice tribute to the [Queers'] obvious heroes." However, this quality is also the album's weak point because it is redundant.

Joe King has regretted making this album and expressed outrage at Clearview Records for unpaid royalties from reissues. In 2006, the band would have similar troubles with Lookout! Records

Lookout! Records

-History:Larry Livermore and David Hayes formed the label in 1987. From the start, Lookout released punk rock records, but over time expanded its scope to include various types of pop rock, reggae fusion, acoustic rock, pop punk, and indie rock...

 and rescind their master rights from the label.

Track listing

1. "Cretin Hop"
2. "Rockaway Beach"
3. "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"
4. "Locket Love"
5. "I Don't Care"
6. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
   Sheena is a Punk Rocker
   "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is a song by the punk rock group The Ramones. It first appeared on their third LP, Rocket to Russia, in 1977, and was also included on later pressings of the group's second album, Leave Home...
   
   "
7. "We're a Happy Family"
8. "Teenage Lobotomy"
9. "Do You Wanna Dance?"
10. "I Wanna Be Well"
11. "I Can't Give You Anything"
12. "Ramona"
13. "Surfin' Bird"
14. "Why Is It Always This Way?"
15. "Blabbermouth" (Liberation Records
    Liberation Records
    Liberation Records is a Southern California record company. It was formed by 16-year-old David Taba in 1994. The label notably discovered and released the debut album of Home Grown and, in 1994, released the classic Punk Sucks compilation...
    
    reissue only)

Personnel

• Joe King - Guitar, Vocals
• B-Face - Bass, Vocals
• Jay - Drums
• Ben Weasel - Vocals on "Surfin Bird"