RiPHRaPH
09-16-04, 07:57 AM
i just heard. which ramone was it again?
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Laggard
09-16-04, 08:00 AM
Guitarist.
Cool as hell, even though he was a Republican in it for the money only.
Cool as hell, even though he was a Republican in it for the money only.
Guest
09-16-04, 01:33 PM
Just heard the news myself. What a shame. :( I remember rockin' to the Ramones when I was growing up.
RIP Johnny!
Koffee
RIP Johnny!
Koffee
randya
09-16-04, 02:30 PM
Some links to the story. A shout out to the band...
http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=2786
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/arts/music/16CND-RAMO.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/altnews/040916_ramones.shtml
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6485034/theramones?pageid=rs.News&pageregion=double1&rnd=1095366859740&has-player=true&version=6.0.7.811
http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=2786
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/arts/music/16CND-RAMO.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/altnews/040916_ramones.shtml
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6485034/theramones?pageid=rs.News&pageregion=double1&rnd=1095366859740&has-player=true&version=6.0.7.811
Raiyn
09-16-04, 02:37 PM
That's a damn shame. Gabba Gabba hey! Here's a link to a (mostly) all Ramones web radio station. Gabba Gabba Radio (http://ramones.rootoon.com/)
randya
09-21-04, 12:05 PM
Obit from the hometown Village Voice:
"John Cummings went to military school; he was a construction worker, a nasty Queens hitter. He flirted with drugs and hippie regalia, but he knew that wasn't God's plan. Years later, in 2002, when his band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Johnny Ramone asked God to bless President Bush. If Joey was the heart and Dee Dee the soul of the Ramones, Johnny was the balls, the propellant for punk's most dysfunctional family, drilling through 22 years of hard touring, cross-addictions, personality crises, and bad breaks. In the recent documentary End of the Century, the feral guitarist comes off as a merciless taskmaster who browbeat his bandmates into a tight paramilitary organization. He stole Joey's girl, then refused to call his former bandmate in the hospital, even as the lead singer lay dying."
Punk love, ain't it wonderful?? ;)
More at:
http://villagevoice.com/issues/0438/gaines.php
I saw the band at the Paramount Theater in Seattle in 1978 and they were pretty awesome. I'm surprised at Johnny's politics though, 'cause I thought the band was fairly 'progressive' during the Reagan years - Bonzo Goes to Bitburg and all...
"John Cummings went to military school; he was a construction worker, a nasty Queens hitter. He flirted with drugs and hippie regalia, but he knew that wasn't God's plan. Years later, in 2002, when his band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Johnny Ramone asked God to bless President Bush. If Joey was the heart and Dee Dee the soul of the Ramones, Johnny was the balls, the propellant for punk's most dysfunctional family, drilling through 22 years of hard touring, cross-addictions, personality crises, and bad breaks. In the recent documentary End of the Century, the feral guitarist comes off as a merciless taskmaster who browbeat his bandmates into a tight paramilitary organization. He stole Joey's girl, then refused to call his former bandmate in the hospital, even as the lead singer lay dying."
Punk love, ain't it wonderful?? ;)
More at:
http://villagevoice.com/issues/0438/gaines.php
I saw the band at the Paramount Theater in Seattle in 1978 and they were pretty awesome. I'm surprised at Johnny's politics though, 'cause I thought the band was fairly 'progressive' during the Reagan years - Bonzo Goes to Bitburg and all...