Inventor of the down stroke guitar style that defined the groundbreaking sound of the legendary Ramones. This account is managed by the Johnny Ramone Army.
47 years ago today,
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released their debut album. “I saw our first album for the first time at Alexander’s, probably the day it was released, April 23, 1976. There it was. It was cool, sort of like the first time I heard myself on the radio.” Johnny Ramone
“There was no more Ramones without Joey. He was irreplaceable,” Johnny Ramone.
Remembering Joey Ramone, who left us 20 years ago today. May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001.
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“Dee Dee was a punk. He had the look, he was a great songwriter. And he was the most influential punk rock bassist of all time. No one else even comes close.” - Johnny Ramone
Happy Birthday, Dee Dee, from the Johnny Ramone Army!
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44 years ago this week, the Ramones made their first appearance at CBGB in New York City. CBGB would become the mecca of NYC punk & helped launch the Ramones career, making them one of the most influential punk bands of all time.
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“Paul was practising bass to reggae songs and the first
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album, which was seminal. Paul and I spent hours, days, weeks playing along to the record.” The Clash’s
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The Johnny Ramone Army wishes a very Happy Birthday to Paul Simonon of
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Joey Ramone: May 19, 1951 - Apr 15, 2001.
"To me, punk is about being an individual; and going against the grain; and standing up & saying, 'This is who I am.'" - Joey
Today we remember the greatest singer in punk rock history, Joey Ramone.
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“Dee Dee was a very unique character, the most influential punk rock bassist. He set the standard that all punk rock bassists look to.“ Johnny Ramone
Remembering Dee Dee Ramone 9/18/1951 - 6/5/2002
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“IT’S ALIVE is not just the best
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album, it is easily the best live
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album of all time.” -Amazon
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in '79, Ramones dropped IT’S ALIVE. The album was recorded at a 1977 New Year’s Eve show. Watch this performance of “Glad To See You Go” from the set.
“I always thought that if I were doing something, I should be fully serious about it and do whatever I can to make it good. As the first album was being mixed and readied for release, we were still playing any show we could get.” Johnny Ramone in his autobiography COMMANDO.
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"Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it.“ Johnny Ramone
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Happy Birthday to the greatest punk vocalist of all time: Joey Ramone.
"I mean, as long as Joey was still there, there was always the feeling like […] I'm not doing anything without him. He's my partner. Me and him.” - Johnny Ramone, 2004.
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“The father of punk-rock guitar and a huge influence on riff-driven modern metal, Johnny Ramone is one of the instrument's great anti-heroes.”
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in naming Johnny in its 100 Greatest Guitarists.
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“I bought my guitar at Manny’s, on Forty-eighth Street and Broadway, on January 23, 1974… I stuck it in a bag because I didn’t have enough for the case. Later I would be photographed carrying it in a shopping bag. I never planned that to be an image.” Johnny Ramone in his
“We play rock’n’roll. We don’t do solos. Our only harmonies are in the overtones from the guitar chords” - Tommy Ramone.
Remembering Tommy, 1/29/1949 - 7/11/2014. Legends never die.
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“I never liked long guitar solos and over-indulgence. Our songs just came from a space of pure rock influence. They had to be simple.” Johnny Ramone in his autobiography COMMANDO.
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in 1974, the
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gave their debut public performance (& only second show ever) at the now-legendary
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music club in NYC. Watch this clip from a month later when Johnny & the gang performed “I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement.”
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“No one hated guitar solos more than Johnny Ramone, so it's not surprising he perfected the punk style, packing chords together tightly and leaving no space for freelancing.” -
@TIME
Magazine naming Johnny as one of “The 10 Greatest Electric-Guitar Players” of all-time.
“Dee Dee was a punk. He had the look, he was a great songwriter. And he was the most influential punk rock bassist of all time. No one else even comes close.” - Johnny Ramone
Happy Birthday to legendary
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bassist & band brother, Dee Dee Ramone.
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Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! Happy birthday, Dee Dee Ramone!
“He set the standard that all punk rock bassists look to." Johnny Ramone
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“The Ramones never ever lost their image, their aura of being the ultimate underdog, the voice of the angry young man,” Arturo Vega, the band's longtime artistic director, told the New York Times.
Photo by Chalkie Davies.
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“Joey’s a member of the
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... If someone did something to him I’d want to defend him. If someone throws something at him, I’d want to go get the person. I cared. So in that way, we were in it together.” -
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Happy Birthday to the legendary
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Happy Birthday, Johnny Ramone! Legends never die!
Wish Johnny a happy birthday and join in this year’s Tribute to Johnny Ramone by sharing your favorite memories of past Tribute events using the hashtag
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“When we took the pictures for End of the Century, at first every photo was taken with our jackets on. Then someone said, ‘Let’s take some pictures with the jackets off.’ … The jackets were part of the Ramones… I never thought they’d use these photos.“ Johnny Ramone
1, 2, 3, 4! “The original New York punk rockers, the Ramones seemed to have everything: a look, a sound, an attitude, a killer sense of humor and an aesthetic that was so original that it shocked everyone who heard it.” Time Magazine
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“We weren’t liking any of the music and we just decided to start a group. We knew CBGB, which no one was playing at, and we just went down and asked if we could play and they said ‘Yeah’ and we just played there. We worked a lot, playing there regularly – more or less as much as
On this day, November 4th, 1977, ‘Rocket To Russia’, Johnny Ramone’s favorite
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album, was released.
“Grade: A+. This was the best Ramones album, with the classics on it.” Johnny on ‘Rocket to Russia’ in COMMANDO.
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Johnny called Ramones’ New Year's Eve concert at The Rainbow in 1977, which was released as the album, ‘It's Alive’, “probably the best show that the Ramones ever did”. Start 2024 the right way and go here - - and ring it in with some
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Gabba Gabba Hey! 20-20-24 hours to go until we get to see the back of this year! Bye-bye 2020!
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Released on this day in 1977, ‘Rocket To Russia’, Johnny’s favorite Ramones album, was released. “This was the best Ramones album, with the classics on it. This one has one great song after another.” Johnny Ramone
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“I bought my guitar at Manny’s, on Forty-eighth Street and Broadway, on January 23, 1974… I stuck it in a bag because I didn’t have enough for the case. Later I would be photographed carrying it in a shopping bag. I never planned that to be an image.” Johnny Ramone
“I would never perform without Joey. He was our singer.” -Johnny Ramone
Today we remember the greatest frontmen in the history of music, Joey Ramone. Celebrate Joey today by listening to the Ramones Greatest Hits:
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On this day, Johnny married
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. “I paid $5 for someone to take a photo of us, with Linda holding a plastic bouquet of flowers... Linda started walking away with the plastic bouquet and a guy came running after her. I’d only rented them... That’s punk.” Johnny Ramone.
“I was out all the time. I would walk everywhere, stop and grab a pizza slice somewhere, and keep walking.” Johnny Ramone on living in New York in his autobiography COMMANDO.
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“I liked L.A. even back then and said in one interview that I wanted to move there. At the time, I wasn’t serious, but it turned out I was.” Johnny Ramone in his autobiography COMMANDO.
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Today, we remember
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(September 18, 1951 - June 05, 2002), the most influential punk rock bassist.
“Dee Dee set the standard that all punk rock bassists look to. [His songs] weren't like anything else... His songs were always my favorites” - Johnny Ramone
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