Time to talk about the gods of punk rock, yes I am talking about The Ramones people and if you dont know who they are then go out and buy their cd right now!!!!!
The Ramones revolutionived punk rock they are like how Jimi Hendrix was with guitar but with punk rock with out the ramones there would have been no Sex Pistols and then that would be horrible because then the 70's wouldn't have been that punk,I mean sure the Clash were there but they were really into politics and they weren't very punk themselves
back to the Ramones, they formed in Forest Hills,Queens NewYork in 1974
they were non stop for 22 years untell they broke up in 1996
Time to meet the members
Joey Ramone(r.n. Jeffry Ross Hyman) vocals from 1974-1996 died on April 15,2001
Johnny Ramone(r.n. John Cummings) guitar from 1974-1996 died on September 15,2004
Dee Dee Ramone(r.n. Douglas Glenn Colvin) bass guitar from 1974-1998 died on June 5,2002
Tommy Ramone(r.n. Tamas Erelyi,Hungarian)drums from 1974-1978 still alive
Later band memebers:::
Marky Ramone(r.n. Marc Bell)replaced tommy and later elvis on drums
Richie Ramone(r.n.Richard Reihardt)replaced marky on drums
Elvis Ramone(r.n. Clem Burke) replaced richi on drums for two gigs
C.J. Ramone(r.n. Christopher James Ward) replaced Dee Dee on bass
they used the name Ramone after the fact that Paul McCartney esed the name Paul Ramone when he signed into hotels
Dee Dee was originally the lead singer but then he relived that he couldnt sing and play bass at the same time so Joey took over on lead vocals
They played their first show at Proformance Studios in NewYork on March 30,1974 their songs were short ususally 2 minutes long
in autum 195 they recorded their deut album Ramones
in 1977 they recorded Leave Home and Rocket To Russia after they didn't become big hits Tommy left the band and Marky Ramone replaced him
Road to Ruin failed to chart highly
they made their movie debut in Rock 'n Roll High School
in 1980 they produced the album End of the Century
Albums Pleasant Dreams (1981) and Subterranean Jungle(1983)werent that great either
personally if youare going to buy a cd by the Ramones buy one with their greatest hits or something like that because that basicall is a good starting base
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Marky Ramone was fired in 1983 due to alcoholism and was replaced by Richi Ramone
they recorded Too Tough To Die, Animal Boy and Halfway to Sanitiy woth him then he left and was replaced by Elvis Ramone in 1987 he lasted two shows before Marky Ramone returned now sober
Dee Dee left after 1989's Brain Drain and was replaced by C.J. Ramone but Dee Dee let the Ramones use his lyrics for use in songs Dee Dee prusuded a short solo career as a rapper with the name DeeDee King (ha ha stupid Dee Dee)
The Ramones recorded thier next album(Mondo Bizarro) with a totally diffrent label Radioactive Records
Johnny and Joey werent getting along very well with Joey being librel and Johnny being right wing conservitive,Johnny was accused by Joey to have stolen his girlfriend away from him, The KKK Took My Baby Away is thought to have come from this expereance
After a spot in the 1996 Lollapalooza the ramones broke up due to personalty clashes and it was said that Joey had drug problems
Joey was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1995
in 2002 the band was inducted into the Rock'n Roll hall of fame
in 2004 End of the century:the story of the ramonmes was released in theaters'
DEATHS
Joey Ramone died of lymphoma on April 15,2001 in New York
Dee Dee Ramone was found dead in his home on June5, 2002 from a herion overdose
Johnny Ramone died of Prostate cancer on September 15,2004 in L.A. California
Okay well thats all I have on the Ramones so go out and buy the RamonesMania it has all their greatest hits on it
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