We all followed the progress of Patti Smith, Joey Ramone and Debbie Harry. But what have some of the other veterans of that era been up to over the years?

Jimmy Destri: I had a serious drug issue. A lot of us did in our group, I mean, there’s a lot of dead people associated with that scene… I figured there’s two things I always was an expert on. One is music, and the other’s drugs. And I really felt that I had to give something back. [So] I went into training and went back to school and became a therapist. I’m a substance abuse therapist.

I don’t believe in the disease concept of alcohol or drugs. I believe it’s a choice… Leukemia is a disease! I mean, it can’t be ended with a choice. This can. I believe it’s an affliction brought on by choice, and I think [the word] “disease” is something [addicts] hang their hat on. So I’m pretty tough with them. It actually helps me realize what I have and how hard I worked to get it. If you ask me what I’m proud of, it’s not the 70 million records and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and all that. It’s getting clean and saving my family.

Tom Wynbrandt: I live with my wife on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. We have an advertising and marketing firm, dealing mostly with financial services companies. Very few of our clients have any idea that I was ever involved in music. Even though it was a lot of fun, I have no real desire to tell them.

Carter Cathcart: By 1997, I had been doing voice work: commercials, some character voice work. I was doing some music for Anime. We got a call about this unknown show coming in from Japan and they wanted to know if we could dub it from Japanese to English. We said of course, and it turned out to be Pokemon. So I’ve been involved with Pokemon since like the first episode, doing voices for the show. And I’ve been writing the English script for Pokemon since 2002.

I’m doing a lot of classical piano as well. I did some benefit recitals last year, trying to raise money for different soup kitchens around the City. I did one in Indiana. I’m gonna go to Florida and do one in February. ‘Cause I started playing piano when I was five, and my greatest love is probably playing classical piano.

Jimmi Accardi: I do a radio show every Monday in California, on KVMR-FM. It’s basically the history of rock and roll…. I don’t get paid for doing it, I just do it because I want to, and that gives me the freedom to just play whatever I want to. It’s just a show where I play a lot of things that people have never heard, or original versions of songs that people have never heard. I’ve got it all stored up in my head [and] I’ve got to dump it somewhere.

Marky Ramone: I have a beer coming out that’ll be in the United States very shortly. I’ll put some of the proceeds towards charity, for Musicians Without Borders. I have a pasta sauce, and I donate part of the proceeds to Autism Speaks. I’m glad to be in a position to help other people. And also, the radio show on Sirius XM. It’s going on its tenth year. All I play is punk rock because I feel most of the time, punk rock bands are overlooked. So I passionately push old school and new school bands on my show.