Members of Green Day, blink-182, and Rancid to form supergroup for Ramones anniversary event

A new supergroup has formed to perform at an official 50th anniversary tribute to the Ramones, which will take place on August 30 at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Cretin Family (named after the 1977 Ramones song “Cretin Hop”) will be made up of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, and former Ramones bassist CJ Ramone, plus special surprise guests. 

The event will mark half a century since the release of Ramones, a record that sparked a global punk revolution with all-time classics like “Judy Is a Punk,” “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue,” and “Blitzkrieg Bop.” It’s set to be hosted by actor John Travolta and feature the first live performance from the Cretin Family supergroup, as well as a double-feature screening of the 50th-anniversary edition of classic horror film Carrie, Travolta’s new film Propeller One-Way Night Coach, and a guest DJ set from Shepard Fairey. Proceeds from the event will go to the David Agus, MD, Cancer Research at the Ellison Institute. 

“This is gonna be the biggest celebration of the Ramones anyone has seen for a long time,” CJ Ramone said of the event.

“The spirit of the Ramones is alive in every backyard punk show, punk club and festival,” said Billie Joe Armstrong in a statement. “Generation after generation of cretins and weirdos become Ramones lovers. Kids are influenced by the Ramones and they don’t even know it yet. ¡Viva Ramones!” 

Tim Armstrong went on to add, “From the moment I first heard the Ramones, music was never the same. They are my favorite band of all time! I can’t wait to play those great and perfect Ramones songs with my friends CJ, Travis and Billie. It’s gonna be wild!” 

Barker also paid tribute, calling the Ramones “the blueprint. Punk rock wouldn’t be what it is today without them.”

Read our oral history of Ramones here.

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