This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Pop Quiz! 1) What classic punk song contains the line, “Hey, is Dee Dee home?” 2) Who first recorded it? 3) Who wrote it?
If your answers were 1) Chinese Rocks; 2) Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers, and; 3) Dee Dee Ramone, give yourself a gold safety pin. And treat yourself to a copy of Hey, Is Dee Dee Home? This hour-long 1992 doc — mostly interview footage originally shot for a Thunders documentary — captures the late, great Ramones bassist as he discusses drugs, penning his immortal junkie anthem and how he shoulda been rich, but ended up digging a Chinese ditch.
