Following the release of their final record, 1995’s Adios Amigos! New York’s punk legends, the Ramones decided to hang up their leather and jackets and call it day – but not without an awe-inspiring send off, of course! And for Pearl Jam frontman/massive Ramones fan, Eddie Vedder, it was the perfect opportunity to make a childhood dream come true. 

Ramones’ long goodbye tour culminated with  a very special show at The Palace in Hollywood for which the band invited a invited a stack of friends – including Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong and former Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone – to join in celebrating the punk pioneer’s storied career. 

For the final encore of the colossal 32-song set, the band, staying true to their punk ethos to the end, chose to sign off in a cover of the 1965 Dave Clark Five hit, “Anyway You Want It” instead of one of their own, joined by an ecstatic Eddie Vedder. Enjoy below. 

Ramones w/ Eddie Vedder | “Any Way You Want It” [The Palace, Hollywood] [6/8/1996]

In 2002, Eddie Vedder had the honour of inducting the Ramones into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, describing the band as a “beacon for anyone who eve wanted to be in a band… those disenfranchised by the dynasties of giant rock bands. They obliterated the mystique of what it was to play in a band.”

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