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 cjjeepercreeper
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Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:08 am Post subject: Tommy Ramone, last original member of the Ramones, dies |
 
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RIP Tommy, and RIP the band, they're all gone. I remember seeing these guys live back in the 70s, seems like yesterday.
Tommy Ramone, a co-founder of the seminal punk band the Ramones and the last surviving member of the original group, has died, a business associated said Saturday.
Dave Frey, who works for Ramones Productions and Silent Partner Management, said Ramone's wife called to tell him he died on Friday. Frey didn't have additional details. Ramone was 62.
Tommy Ramone, a drummer, co-founded the Ramones in 1974 in New York along with singer Joey Ramone, bassist DeeDee Ramone and guitarist Johnny Ramone. All four band members had different last names, but took the common name Ramone.
The band influenced a generation of rockers, and their hit songs "I wanna be sedated" and "Blitzkrieg Bop," among others, earned them an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
Clad in leather jackets and long black mops of hair, the group started out in legendary New York clubs like CBGB and Max's Kansas City, where they blasted their rapid-fire songs.
Since its debut album in 1976, the band struggled for commercial success, but they left a formidable imprint on the rock genre. Though they never had a Top 40 song, the Ramones influenced scores of followers, including bands such as Green Day and Nirvana.
Even Bruce Springsteen was moved. After seeing the Ramones in Asbury Park, N.J., Springsteen wrote "Hungry Heart" for the band. His manager, however, swayed him to keep the song for himself and it became a hit single.
Johnny Ramone, whose birth name was John Cummings, died in 2004 of prostate cancer. Joey Ramone, whose real name is Jeff Hyman, died in 2001 of lymphatic cancer. Dee Dee Ramone, whose real name is Douglas Colvin, died from a drug overdose in 2002. Tommy Ramone was born Erdelyi Tamas in Budapest, Hungary.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/07/12/tommy-ramone-last-founding-member-ramones-dies-at-62/?cmpid=cmty_twitter_fn
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I had the great pleasure of seeing the Ramones play at the Hammersmith Palais (as I recall) in 1986. Good times!
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