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Living Things are about to portray one of their hero bands, the Ramones, in a cameo in the upcoming film The Runaways, the biopic about the groundbreaking 70’s all-girl hard rock group led by Joan Jett. Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays Jett, with Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie and Michael Shannon as the band’s “Svengali” Kim Fowley. In the scene, which is shooting this month, the Ramones are playing at Rodney Bingenheimer’s notorious English Disco nightclub in Los Angeles circa 1975. Living Things have also recorded a cover of “We’re A Happy Family” for the scene. In addition to resembling the legendary Ramones, the band has another connection: lead singer Lillian Berlin is the husband of the film’s writer and director Floria Sigismondi. “I love Joey Ramone,” said Berlin. “He is like the Elvis of punk. It’s a mystical, exotic vacation to step into his shoes for a moment.”
Living Things are on tour right now promoting their latest album Habeas Corpus. They also released an iTunes exclusive EP on June 16th featuring their latest single “Oxygen” which is currently impacting at Alternative radio. Listen to it here. Living Things are set to Lollapalooza on August 8th. The Runaways will be in theaters next year. For more on Living Things go to livingthingsmusic.com and http://www.myspace.com/livingthings .
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