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Tommy is the only original Ramone left

[Ian_H]

This sucks! Crappy day to start with and a crappy night to end. Johnny was supposedly shopping around for a book deal to publish a biography. I hope he finished it before he died. Sad sad day!!


-GABBBA GABBBA HEY!


--Ian

[Brendon]

Yep, this truly sucks. First Joey, then Dee Dee and now John ?!

Johnny may have been the tough, task-master one who basically bullied everyone else into getting the job done, but without him the group would have never made it past 1977.

One hell of a guitarist. The best live band I saw. Ever.

After reading Monte Melnick's book, I hope Johnny came to realise how many people loved his work, how influencial they were and just how important they were and still are to so many people.

The Ramones are still the most important thing musically between the Beatles and now.

RIP Johnny

Brendon

[Eric Peterson]

Truly depressing. It's hard to believe that only one Ramone is left standing.

I managed to see them twice before they split up and thank God. They were definitely one of the best live bands that I've ever witnessed and they blew Metallica off the stage at Lollapalooza in '96.

R.I.P.

[Rhett_Y]

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RIP...

Sad day indeed.....

R~

[Jeff Gatie]

Saw them 13 times through the 80's and 90's, including the last US solo show ever (NYC at the Academy, the one the live album was recorded at). I used to say they were like going to church, same beginning, a little different in the middle and the same ending everytime - but oh what good things they did for the soul.

Rest in peace my rebel/conservative friend, rest in peace.

[John Alvarez]

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The Ramones are still the most important thing musically between the Beatles and now.

I'm not trying to be an ass but seriously....tell me what contribution they made?

[Matt Butler]

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I'm not trying to be an ass but seriously....tell me what contribution they made?

Correect me if Im wrong but in a Ramones/RIP/Tribute thread this is a rude comment.

To answer the question though; The Ramones are pioneers in punk rock music. Kinda like Sabbath and Zeppelin to hard rock/metal.

RIP Johnny Ramone
You will be missed

[Brendon]

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I'm not trying to be an ass but seriously....tell me what contribution they made?

Trace the lines....No Ramones; no Sex Pistols, no Clash, no Husker Du, a much softer Guns n Roses, seriously different college rock and underground in the 80s. Quite probably no Nirvana, at least not in the form they were. Leave alone the current imitators Green Day and the like. Extrapolate in whichever direction you want - the band were a small pebble, their influence the ripples when the stone got dropped in the musical pond.

Until Punk broke, everything was an increasingly elaborate build on the likes of the Beatles and their ilk had started. The Ramones and punk was the first wiping clean of the musical slate since the 60s.

Feel free to disagree, I don't have a problem with that. I can only say why they were so important to me and others who hold the band in similar regard; me telling you all of this is not going to neccessarily convince you of the case I'm making.

I would ask though that if the Ramones and Johnny's work isn't quite you're thing, you leave us to the tributes at least for a few days; Johnny's death is something of serious concern and sadness to a good number of us.

Cheers,

Brendon

[Tony-B]

Very sad indeed, because The Ramones are one of my all-time favorite bands. You'll be missed Johnny.

[Jeff Gatie]

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I'm not trying to be an ass but seriously....tell me what contribution they made?

Here's an offshoot you may have heard of, a little band called Metallica. They list The Ramones as one of their #1 influences, play Ramones covers in concert and on albums and include in their live show the Motorhead song R.A.M.O.N.E.S. I can say without a doubt that without The Ramones, you have no Metallica.

July 4th, 1976. On stage at the Hammersmith in London, The Ramones headline. In the audience are future members of The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Jam and various other punk bands. All go on to revolutionize music in the late 70's. Without punk, you have no Hardcore, no New Wave, no Speed Metal, no Grunge, no Beastie Boys, no Nirvana, no 90's retro punk, and yes, no Metallica.

Rolling Stone once called Johnny Ramone the third most influential rhythm guitarist of all time, behind only Keith Richards and some guy named Lennon.