All the original Ramones are no longer with us. While Dee Dee died of a heroin overdose, his three bandmates suffered from different forms of cancer. Joey died of lymphoma. Johnny? Prostate cancer.
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All the original Ramones are no longer with us. While Dee Dee died of a heroin overdose, his three bandmates suffered from different forms of cancer. Joey died of lymphoma. Johnny? Prostate cancer.
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One of the most influential groups in the history of new rock was the Ramones. By extension, the late Johnny Ramone was one of the most influential guitar players. Was it because he
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One of the most famous iconic symbols in all of rock is the logo of the Ramones. I mean, how many times have you seen that on a t-shirt? It was designed in
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Remember the Ramones movie Rock ‘n’ Roll High School from 1979? Part of the plot included mice that exploded when exposed to loud punk rock. That may not have been far from the
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Think you’re good at Super Mario? You’re not better than this guy. Let’s now try some music news for October 10, 2022. Primary Wave just secured US$2 billion to buy up more song
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Here is the next instalment of the evolution of the word “punk” from referring to a prostitute back in the 16th century to describing a specific musical aesthetic. In the early 70s, some
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There are some people who just can’t get along. The tension could be the result of politics, religion, philosophies, property, honour, a personal slight, a perceived insult or–well, a million things, really. The
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Sometimes it’s rather amusing when mainstream media tries to describe and report on what’s happening in pop culture. Newspapers are much, much better at covering rock music than they used to be. Here’s
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How long can Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox keep this up? Until there are no more songs like “Blitzkrieg Bop” like The Ramones.
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Before the Ramones, Jeff Hyman of Queens, New York–later known as Joey Ramone–was in a band called Sniper. Reader Adam wants to direct our attention to this bit of 1973 film of Sniper
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