Mikey Ramone: "The Autobiography" CHAPTER I: “WHEN I WAS YOUNG – EVERYTHING WAS SO HARD FOR ME TO DEAL WITH. I GREW UP IN A SHITHOLE, AND I SURVIVED.” Top: Mom and Dad exchanging their engagement rings on July 17, 1983 from the Tea Party and Wedding Ceremony. Photo courtesy of Mikey Ramone Archives. All rights reserved. So, how am I gonna start at this point? Oh, let’s just get started this way. I was born on November 5, 1991, in Saigon, southern Vietnam. Previously, it was South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) spanning from 1955 until April 30, 1975 when the communists from the North (or Democratic Republic of Vietnam) annexed the South and merged it all over together and renamed it to “Socialist Republic of Vietnam.” And they renamed the capital as well – “Ho Chi Minh city.” Anyway, politics never has been my favorite topic to talk about. Let’s go further to my story. Again, I was born at the time rock and roll and punk rock were going all down, all the fucking hits. This w...