Andrew W.K. joins The Ramones (sort of)
... 06-30 Helsinki, Finland - The Circus 07-05 Barcelona, Spain - Sala Razzmatazz 07-07 Attica, Greece - Rockwave Festival 07-19 Altes Lager, Germany - Motorcycle Jamboree 10-02 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 10-03 New York, NY - Irving Plaza 10-04 Boston, MA - Paradise 10-06 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts 10-08 Chicago, IL - Metro 10-10 Seattle, WA - Neumo's 10-12 San Francisco, CA - Independent 10-15 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre 10-23 London, England - Electric Ballroom 10-24 Manchester, England - Academy 10-25 Glasgow, Scotland - Garage Andrew W.K. joins
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[ read more ]The Library of Congress Just Got Into the Ramones, Pink Floyd
... Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson, et al. (1960-1962) Hoodoo Man Blues, Junior Wells (1965) Sounds of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel (1966) Cheap Thrills, Big Brother and the Holding Company (1968) The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (1973) Music Time in Africa, Leo Sarkisian, host (July 29, 1973) Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976)
Ramones, The Ramones (1976) Saturday Night Fever, The Bee Gees, et al (1977) "Einstein on the Beach," Philip Glass and Robert Wilson (1979) The Audience with Betty Carter, Betty Carter (1980) The Library of Congress Just Got Into
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[ read more ]Watch Divine Fits And Bradford Cox Cover The Ramones
... to hold it down in that regard. But I don't care if you're CSNY, the Traveling Wilburys, or Twilight -- when you're in Atlanta and Deerhunter/Atlas Sound mainman Bradford Cox is hanging around, there's no reason not to shove a mic in the guy's face and rip through a version of
the Ramones' "53rd and 3rd." Indeed, Cox joined Divine Fits on stage for precisely that purpose on 10/29 at ATL's Terminal West -- dude is eerily reminiscent of Joey Ramone. And, for that matter, Boeckner could pass for pretty much any other Ramone. Check out the fan-filmed video of this more-stars-than-the-sky coupling below. Watch Divine Fits And Bradford Cox Cover
The Ramones ...
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Ramones
(1976-1996)
Joey Ramone (Jeffry Hyman) (vocals)
Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) (guitar)
Dee Dee Ramone (Doug Colvin) (bass) 1976-1989
Tommy Ramone (Tom Erdelyi) (drums) 1976-1978
Marky Ramone (Marc Bell) (drums) 1978-
CJ Ramone (Chris Ward) (bass) 1989-
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Most of their songs are about 2 minutes long - partly because they didn't do guitar solos. In concert, when a song ended, they did a 1,2,3,4 count-in and went right into the next one.
Joey Ramone died of lymphatic cancer in 2001. He was 49.
They were one of the first successful and influential Punk Rock bands. They were regulars at the club CBGB's in New York City. CBGB stands for Country, Bluegrass, Blues.
In 1979, they starred in the movie Rock And Roll High School. In the film, students try to get tickets to a Ramones show and end up taking over the school.
Joey was an avid online stock trader in the late '90s. He was a big fan of cable network CNBC, and wrote a song named after his favorite anchor, Maria Bartiromo. There were plans to have him sing it on her show, but he never recovered from his cancer.
In 2002, they became the first Punk band inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Some Punk bands that were eligible that year but did not get in include The Clash and The Sex Pistols.
When Joey Ramone died, the surviving members vowed to never perform together again.
Most, if not all of the Ramones' songs were hugely inspired by the '60s girl group The Ronettes. Joey Ramone even did a duet with Ronnie Spector for a solo album. (thanks, Jeff - Kendall Park, NJ)
Dee Dee died of a heroin overdose in 2002. Johnny Ramone died of prostate cancer in 2004.
They appeared on an episode of The Simpsons where they perform at Mr. Burns' birthday party. They sing Happy Birthday to him and afterwards, Mr. burns says to Smithers: "Have the Rolling Stones killed!" (thanks, Tom - Trowbridge, England)
One of the reasons The Ramones ended was because Johnny said that he didn't want to be one of those bad old bands. He loved The Rolling Stones but said that in their older days, The Stones failed to play as they once did in a land filled with LSD and hippies. (thanks, Josh - Rockaway, NJ)
Marky Ramone was fired in 1983, shortly before completion of Subterranean Jungle album. He was replaced by Richie Ramone until 1987. Richie wanted T-shirt sales money, and Johnny refused. He was replaced for a few disastrous shows by Clem Burke of Blondie (as Elvis Ramone), before Marky rejoined. (thanks, Glen - Hollywood, CA)
In 1997 four species of trilobites were named after members of the band: Mackenziurus johnnyi, Mackenziurus joeyi, Mackenziurus deedeei, and Mackenziurus ceejayi.
When Joey died, The Misfits removed their own content from their website and replaced it with a picture of Joey. Social Distortion did likewise, displaying a photograph of Mike Ness and Joey Ramone as tribute. (thanks, Katie - NSW, Australia, for above 2)
When Dee Dee quit the band, he released a few rap albums under the name "Dee Dee King." He raped in German on one song. (thanks, Josh - Rockaway, NJ)
The band name came from Paul Ramon, which was a fake name Paul McCartney used. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
Joey Ramone suffered from Marfan Syndrome, which results in elongated limbs. (thanks, Jordan - Brooklyn, NY)
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With the band in danger of being dropped from their label, Alice Cooper drummer Neal Smith co-wrote the song that started their trek from horror show curiosity to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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i've watched Rock And Roll High School at least a million times..and plan on watching it a million more ... demerit demerit!
THE RAMONES LIVE AND ALWAYS WILL
Joey Johnny Marky Dee Dee Tommy Richie i love yas.U r missed so much.
R.I.P luv Munch Ramone
I LOVE THE RAMONES
They're great. So funny. So catchy. So lovable. So... untalented? But that's just part of their charm.
They were all from Queens, NY. Dee Dee moved there after getting back from Germany, I think.
Yeah, Paul McCartney used the alias "Paul Ramon".
RIP Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny.
I thought maybe there was another Ramones song playing when you first see the truck but I am not sure. The end credits only list Sheena and Pet Semetary.