The Ramones is a rock band from Queens, New York.
Founded in 1974, it was one of the first bands that gave rise to a new style of music characterized by its rebellion and speed in music, this movement was called punk rock.
The group was originally formed by John cummings (Johnny ramone) on guitar, Jeffry hyman (Joey ramone) on battery, Douglas glenn colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) on bass and lead vocals of the band.
They began to rehearse with that formation fast and short songs, which went totally against the wave of progressive rock that existed at the time of their formation.
After a while there was a change at the level of members in the group since Dee Dee he was uncomfortable playing and singing at the same time.
The new formation was with Johnny on guitar, Dee Dee in low, Joey in voice and Thomas Erdélyi (Tommy ramone), who until then had been the band’s manager, on drums.
The name of the Ramones is given after a suggestion from Dee Dee Ramone, big fan of Beatles and especially from Paul MCCARTNEY, because his idol sometimes signed in hotels with the pseudonym of Paul ramone.
His look was based on tight pants, his hair cut similar to that of the Beatles and the worn leather jackets that have long been his personal mark in terms of aesthetics.
They played for the first time at the CBGB in New York, a place that was then the meeting place of the nascent punk movement.
Their first show was on August 16, 1974 before half a dozen people, where they played an accelerated set of twenty songs in 17 minutes. This performance was not entirely successful, but this meant nothing to the Queens quartet, who followed with the same enthusiasm.
In 1976 The Ramones they recorded from their first album, which they simply called “Ramones”.
When the album was released, they were accused of being a national offense because of their lyrics, their facade and the speed with which they played.
The publication of the disc allowed them to travel to Great Britain to tour of promotion.
Their concerts in the summer of that same year would cause the birth of punk in the United Kingdom with groups such as The Clash, The Damned or Sex pistols.
In 1978 Tommy ramone decides to abandon his role as drummer in the group to take care of production tasks, working not only for the Ramones, but also for people like “The Replacements“or”The Rattlers “.
Instead he entered as a drummer Marky ramone, formerly known as Marc bell, a former component of “Voivod“, The group of Richard Hell.
In the 90’s Dee Dee Ramone left the group after the recording of the album “Brain drain“to begin a failed career as a rapper, and was replaced by Christopher John Ward, renamed CJ Ramone.
Your singer, Joey ramone He died on April 15, 2001, a victim of lymphatic cancer.
A year later it was the bass player’s turn Dee Dee Ramone who would do the same in June 2002 due to an overdose.
In 2002 they were included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2004 Johnny ramone dies of prostate cancer.
Ramones It is considered one of the most important rock bands in history, having influenced most of the bands after its formation, giving a more simplistic character to rock, also making it faster, and giving a greater place to distorted guitars already. the bass following them directly, without much arrangement.