Another Ramone Bites the Dust - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

MSD · 09-15-2004, 07:52 PM

Quote:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...mu/obit_ramone

Johnny Ramone, of 'The Ramones,' Dies at 55

12 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones," has died. He was 55.

Ramone died in his sleep Wednesday afternoon at his Los Angeles home surrounded by friends and family, his publicist said. He had battled prostate cancer for five years, and was hospitalized in June at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Ramone, born John Cummings, was one of the original members of the Ramones, whose hit songs "I Wanna be sedated" and "Blitzkrieg Bop," among others, earned the band induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

The band's singer, Joey Ramone, whose real name was Jeff Hyman, died in 2001 of lymphatic cancer. Bassist Dee Dee Ramone, who was born Douglas Colvin, died from a drug overdose in 2002.

Johnny Ramone founded "The Ramones" in 1974 with Joey Ramone, DeeDee Ramone and Tommy Ramone, the only surviving member of the original band.

A tribute concert and cancer research fund-raiser was held Sunday in Los Angeles to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary. It featured performances by Los Angeles punk band X, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Henry Rollins and others.

Along with his wife, Linda Cummings, Johnny Ramone was surrounded at his death by friends Eddie and Jill Vedder, and Rob and Sherrie Zombie. Other friends who gathered at his Los Angeles home included Lisa Marie Presley, Pete Yorn, Vincent Gallo and Talia Shire.

Three down, one to go.

Paradise Lost · 09-15-2004, 07:57 PM

With the type of band they were, you would have thought that they were all going to
die from drug overdoses or something... Not freakin cancer. It's kinda sad.

thesupermikey · 09-15-2004, 09:35 PM

Very sad. The Ramones are one of the most important bands in american music. They may not have been the best, but what they did for music is be as deeply felt as the Beatles.

absorbentishe · 09-16-2004, 05:32 AM

It's a sad sad day in deed. The punk band that started it all is almost completely gone. I'll raise a glass tonight and give 'em a toast.

Shizukana · 09-16-2004, 07:31 AM

How sad.

Pheer · 09-16-2004, 11:50 AM

LONG LIVE PUNK

R.I.P. Johnny

pedro padilla · 09-17-2004, 10:59 PM

......damn.

09-15-2004, 07:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Paradise Lost "Afternoon everybody." "NORM!" Location: Poland, Ohio // Clarion University of PA.	With the type of band they were, you would have thought that they were all going to die from drug overdoses or something... Not freakin cancer. It's kinda sad. __________________ "Marino could do it."

09-15-2004, 09:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
thesupermikey I got blisters on me fingers!!! Location: In my stressless expectation free zone.	Very sad. The Ramones are one of the most important bands in american music. They may not have been the best, but what they did for music is be as deeply felt as the Beatles. __________________ If you are not outraged than you are not paying attention! "Reality has a well-known liberal bias" - Steven Colbert

09-16-2004, 07:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
Shizukana Insane Location: Plano, TX	How sad. __________________ "The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it." - George Bernard Shaw

09-16-2004, 05:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	It's a sad sad day in deed. The punk band that started it all is almost completely gone. I'll raise a glass tonight and give 'em a toast.

09-16-2004, 11:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
Pheer Upright Location: Calgary	LONG LIVE PUNK R.I.P. Johnny

09-17-2004, 10:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
pedro padilla Insane	......damn.