Watch Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and more lead all-star Ramones tribute band The Cretin Family for official 50th anniversary show

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A supergroup featuring members of Green Day, Blink-182, Rancid and Ramones performed an official 50th anniversary Ramones tribute show in Los Angeles. Watch below. READ MORE: Green Day – ‘Saviors’ review: their best work since ‘American Idiot’ The Cretin Family formed specially for the performance, with Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and former Ramones bassist CJ Ramone joining forces for the celebration. The group came together last night (August 30) for the first time at The Official Ramones 50th Anniversary Tribute, which took place at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. It marked 50 years since the release of Ramones’ self-titled 1976 debut album, the record that helped ignite the punk revolution with songs including ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’, ‘Judy Is A Punk’ and ‘Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue’. As well as the previously announced line-up, the gig saw appearances from some surprise guests, including Fred Armisen, who joined for ‘Danny Says’, Jason Freese who came out during ‘Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?’ and The Linda Lindas, who joined for ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ and a cover of Joe Jones’ ‘California Sun’. As the sho...

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