Chinese Rocks
"
Chinese Rocks" is a
punk rock song written by
Dee Dee Ramone and
Johnny Thunders and recorded by the bands of both;
The Ramones and The Heartbreakers. It first appeared on the Heartbreakers' debut album,
L.A.M.F. in
1977 and later on The Ramones'
End Of The Century album in
1980. This anthem about drug abuse reflects the fact that
Chinese rocks is a
slang term for far-eastern heroin.
The song has been covered by a number of bands and singers, most notably by Sid Vicious, on the album Sid Sings, during his brief solo career after the Sex Pistols broke up.