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Ramone
The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first punk rock group. more...
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After forming in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974, they performed and played 2,263 concerts, touring virtually non-stop for 22 years until disbanding in 1996 after a final tour with the Lollapalooza music festival. Three of the original band members—Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee Ramone—died within a few years of the break up.
The Ramones never achieved much commercial success during the time they were touring. Their only album to reach certified gold status in the U.S. was Ramones Mania; while Mondo Bizarro went gold in Brazil. The band has seen somewhat of a renaissance during the early and mid-2000's, and their albums now regularly appear on "all-time greatest" lists in various rock magazines, such as Spin, Rolling Stone, and Mojo- an honor not often bestowed upon them during their playing days. In 2002, the Ramones were voted the second greatest rock and roll band ever in Rolling Stone and Spin magazines, trailing only to The Beatles in both polls. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked them #26 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
In 2002 they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
History
1970s
The pre-history of the band is centered in the middle-class neighborhood of Forest Hills in the New York City borough of Queens. The band members were drawn together by a mutual love of The New York Dolls, The Stooges, MC5 and '60s garage rock. Most of the members had been in various bands since the late 1960s--Johnny and Tommy had both been in a high school garage band circa 1966-'67 known as the Tangerine Puppets, and Joey was in a brief, early 1970s glam rock outfit called Sniper.
The initial version of the Ramones included Jeffrey Hyman (Joey Ramone) on drums, John Cummings (Johnny Ramone) on guitar, Douglas Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, and Richie Stern on bass. Colvin was the first to use the name Ramone, calling himself Dee Dee Ramone. He was inspired by the fact that Paul McCartney used the pseudonym Paul Ramone—although some accounts say Paul Ramon— when he checked into hotels. The other members followed suit and adopted new stage names; Hyman became Joey Ramone, reportedly after bubblegum pop music vocalist Joey Levine, Cummings became Johnny Ramone, and the group itself became known as the Ramones.
Soon after the band was formed, Dee Dee realized that he couldn't sing and play rhythm guitar at the same time, so he switched to bass.(he would continue, however, to count off each song's tempo with his trademark rapid-fire shout of "1-2-3-4!"). Joey became the lead vocalist, but could not sing and play drums at the same time, which left the drummer's seat vacant. The band auditioned new drummers at Performance Studio, where they rehearsed.
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