Heretic Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 RIP Tommy....RIP. Tommy Ramone, the original drummer and producer of the legendary punk quartet the Ramones, died at his home in Ridgewood, Queens on Friday after a long battle with bile duct cancer, Variety reported. The 62-year-old rocker was the last surviving original member of the band and played drums on the band’s first three albums, “Ramones,” “Leave Home,” and “Rocket to Russia,” including some of the band’s more influential singles: “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” and “Rockaway Beach.” He founded the band with original singer Joey Ramone, bassist/vocalist Dee Dee Ramon and guitarist Johnny Ramone in New York City in 1974. Ramone, whose real name was Thomas Erdelyi, was replaced in the band by drummer Marky Ramone. He continued to handle the band’s management for their fourth album, “Road to Ruin,” and produced their eighth album in 1984, “Too Tough to Die.” “It wasn’t just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music – it was a whole push outwards to say something new and different,” Tommy said in 1978. “Originally it was just an artistic type of thing; finally I felt it was something that was good enough for everybody.” http://nypost.com/2014/07/12/ramones-drummer-tommy-ramone-dead-at-62/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Just heard this , really bummed. Rock on Brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Sigh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 wow, what a drag. i love the ramones my favourite of theirs 1977, in the height of disco and wanky prog rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I'd rather not think of this. All of my favorite bands and musicians are dying off and being replaced with...You know what to do wit dat big fat butt...wiggle wiggle wiggle I weep for music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 RIP Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I'd rather not think of this. All of my favorite bands and musicians are dying off and being replaced with...You know what to do wit dat big fat butt...wiggle wiggle wiggle I weep for music Kick back watch it crumble See the drowning, watch the fall I feel just terrible about it That's sarcasm, let it burn I'm gonna make a toast when it falls apart I'm gonna raise my glass above my heart Then someone shouts "That's what they get!" For all the years of hit and run For all the piss broke bands on VH1 Where did all, their money go? Don't we all know Parasitic music industry As it destroys itself We'll show them how it's supposed to be Music written from devotion Not ambition, not for fame Zero people are exploited There are no tricks, up our sleeve Gonna fight against the mass appeal We're gonna kill the 7 record deal Make records that have more than one good song The dinosaurs will slowly die And I do believe no one will cry I'm just ???? glad I'm gonna be There to watch the fall Prehistoric music industry Three feet in la brea tar Extinction never felt so good If you think anyone would feel badly You are sadly, mistaken The time has come for evolution frack collusion, kill the five Whatever happened to the handshake? Whatever happened to deals no-one would break? What happened to integrity? It's still there it always was For playing music just because A million reasons why dinosaurs will die......Mikey B Seriously though WH there are a lot of good young musucians out there , i listen to JJJ at work on the farm , it plays a lot of artists that are just starting out or do not get a lot of airplay on the commercial stations. One of my fave new bands so far this year are the Bohicas , you should check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I'd rather not think of this. All of my favorite bands and musicians are dying off and being replaced with...You know what to do wit dat big fat butt...wiggle wiggle wiggle I weep for music New AC/DC, Queen, and Pink Floyd albums coming up though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 New AC/DC, Queen, and Pink Floyd albums coming up though... AC/DC has been making the same record since back in black , and thats coming from a guy that used to watch them play at the tin shed with lobby loyde and the coloured balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 New AC/DC, Queen, and Pink Floyd albums coming up though... rock on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICanucksfan5551 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'd rather not think of this. All of my favorite bands and musicians are dying off and being replaced with...You know what to do wit dat big fat butt...wiggle wiggle wiggle I weep for music Yup. Only clubbing music is being made now and there was no mindless pop at all in the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 My dad saw the Ramones play back in the early 80s in a Club on Hastings street. He was into that stuff. He also saw Iggy Pop around the same time at the same venue and said Iggy got knocked out by something, I cant remember what, and the band kept playing until he eventually came to....like 10 minutes later RIP Tommy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madness Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Wow loved the ramones. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 My dad saw the Ramones play back in the early 80s in a Club on Hastings street. He was into that stuff. He also saw Iggy Pop around the same time at the same venue and said Iggy got knocked out by something, I cant remember what, and the band kept playing until he eventually came to....like 10 minutes later RIP Tommy. doesn't surprise me. BC had a notoriously rough punk scene back then, Black Flag, or at least Henry Rollins, refused to play in Vancouver for the longest time because of how gnarly the fans were (stole equipment, violence, heroin use everywhere, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking mama Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Punk rock was aces. Simple message, rebel fun, best party tunes, ever! No judging how you dance..great work out. Love the Ramones. May the music live on & on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 New AC/DC, Queen, and Pink Floyd albums coming up though... One of the Young's from AC/DC has been diagnosed with a type of dementia Freddie Mercury is dead Roger Waters is not part of this Floyd album. But in their day these guys were great. In fact Pink Floyd is my favourite band and Queen is in my top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 One of the Young's from AC/DC has been diagnosed with a type of dementia Freddie Mercury is dead Roger Waters is not part of this Floyd album. But in their day these guys were great. In fact Pink Floyd is my favourite band and Queen is in my top 5. Malcom Young; I'm confident his nephew can fill in on rhythm guitar. True, but I'd rather the surviving members keep making music. A Momentary Lapse of Reason (No Waters) is in my top 5 Floyd albujms (alongside The Wall, DOSTM, Animals, and WYWH). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherwise Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ymeuOz0hZU 4567 All good cretins go to heaven. Sad all the original members are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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