Ramones

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Queens, New York, United States (1974 – 1996)

Formed in 1974, the Ramones were the first punk rock band. The influence of their straightforward, stripped–down sound has been immeasurable. They formed in Queens, New York, United States and from there on they slogged & toured through an often unwelcoming rock music industry for 22 years, playing 2263 gigs before hanging up their trademark leather jackets.

Their sound was honed at the infamous CBGB’s venue in New York’s Bowery, where the band debuted short, sharp songs delivered with high volume intensity, eschewing guitar solos for simple, direct power chords. The Ramones’ first album “set the blueprint for punk.”

The band released 16 albums of mainly-original material until their split in 1996, starting with the eponymous release ‘Ramones’, and ending with ‘Adios Amigos’. Several live and compilation albums were released, mostly during the last few years of the group.

Sadly, the end of the century saw the deaths of founding members Joey Ramone (vocals), Johnny Ramone (guitarist) and Dee Dee Ramone (bass). Tommy Ramone (drums) is the last surviving member of the original line-up.

Singer Joey Ramone (aka Jeffry Ross Hyman) was the 1st band member to die, in 2001 at a New York hospital of Lymphoma, while fellow founding members Dee Dee (Douglas Colvin) passed next in 2002 of a heroin overdose in L.A. and guitarist Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) died in 2004 of prostate cancer.

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Top Tracks

1	Blitzkrieg Bop	5,921
2	I Wanna Be Sedated	4,322
3	Sheena Is a Punk Rocker	3,162
4	Judy Is a Punk	2,916
5	Beat on the Brat	2,814
6	I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend	2,328
7	Rockaway Beach	2,310
8	The KKK Took My Baby Away	2,159
9	Teenage Lobotomy	1,962
10	Cretin Hop	1,817
11	Commando	1,634
12	Pinhead	1,626
13	Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment	1,541
14	Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue	1,506
15	Surfin' Bird	1,386

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Saturday morning

Ho pubblicato un tributo a una delle migliori canzoni dei Ramones sul blog di musica Orangeskies http://orangeskies.wordpress.com dategli un'occhiata! I published a tribute to one of my favorite songs by the Ramones on the music blog Orangeskies http://orangeskies.wordpress.com Check it out!

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1,2,3,[ramones] 4-[ever]!

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Friday morning

belated happy b-day to johnny

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BeaLu_punk wrote:
last week

one of the best bands ever!!! PuNk RoCks!!! GABBA GABBA HEY!!

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A melhor

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Although I agree with what you said, xmr, you completely raped the English language.

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very disapointd nt 2 c ne do you remember rock 'n' roll radio on the top 15 :( Altho th band h8d it and phil spectors a douche it has sum prety gr8 sngs on it. BEST album definitely Ramones Viva los Ramones!

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uma lenda do punk rock

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There's now a Ramones google theme! http://awesomestart.com/ramones It's just like google.com, but it's got The Ramones on it and you can customize all the links and stuff.

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