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Tragic Story of Dee Dee Ramone
What’s going on my fellow rock n’ rollers don’t forget to hit the bell notification icon to be notified everytime i upload a new video on my channel. The Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone was only 50 when he died in 2002. He lived a pretty tragic life that was consumed by drugs, alcohol and rock n’ roll. This is his story.
Dee Dee ramone was a founding member, main songwriter as well as the bassist for the hugely influential punk rock group the Ramones. Dee Dee’s struggle with substance abuse was no secret as he would publish an autobiography in the late 90’s and documented his crippling addiction. The story of the ramones is one of great tragedy as dee dee would die within almost a year of when Ramone’s frontman joey ramone passed at the age of 49 from cancer.
Originally named Douglas Glenn Coven, Dee Dee was born in 1951 in Fort Lee Virginia. His father was in the military and his mother was a German a women. Given his Father’s profession he moved around a lot and Dee Dee by his own admission claimed his childhood was “lonely”. When he was an infant his family relocate to West Germany where he would stay until he was the age of 15. His father would struggle with alcohol and resulted in his parents splitting up. Dee Dee, his mother and sister would move back to the States finding a new home in Forest Hills, New York. It was in Forrest Hills he met two other guys named John Cummings and Thomas Erdelyi (erdalee)later dubbed Johnny and Tommy Ramone, who were playing in a band named Tangerine Puppets After some discussion the trio decided to start their own band. But They would add friend Jeffrey Hymann who was a drummer in another band named Sniper to cement the lineup. They would call themselves the Ramones. They would draw inspiration from the Beatles Paul McCartney who would use the alias Paul Ramon when staying at hotels. Each band member of the band would change their surname to Ramone as an act of solidarity. Douglas Coven would become Dee Dee Ramone, John Cummings would become Johnny Ramone, Thomas Erderly would become Tommy Ramone and Jeffrey Hymen would become Joey Ramone.
It was a struggle at first as the Ramones had revolving cast of members in different positions as Dee Dee originally was the vocalist, while Joey was a drummer. After some maneuvering Joey became the vocalist while Dee Dee would focus on bass as he found singing and playing bass at the same time difficult, but he’d still add vocals on a few Ramones tracks. A year later in 1974 the band made their live debut and soon made a name for themselves on the New York music scene.
Mixing pop with their hard rock influences including the Who, The MC5 and the Stooges they would soon become synonymous with the New York punk rock scene using just three chords to write songs. By 1976 the band released their self titled debut album which included the punk rock anthem Blitzkrieg Pop. Dee Dee would end up being one of the band’s most prolific lyricist and songwriters penning such tracks “poison heart,” “rockaway beach” and 53rd and 3rd that documented his life as a street hustler. Something that would hamper Dee Dee for much of his life starting in his teenage years was drug addiction especially as the musician took a liking to heroin.. In the intro to Dee Dee Ramone’s book Lobotomy, Legs McNeil would write, “Dee Dee was the archetypal f--k-up whose life was a living disaster. He was a male prostitute, a would-be mugger, a heroin user and dealer, an accomplice to armed robbery -- and a genius poet who was headed for an early grave, but was sidetracked by rock ‘n’ roll.”In addition to drug abuse Dee Dee would also suffer with mental illness and drug abuse put a strain on his marriage to his first wife Vera Boldis The couple would separate in 1990 before finalizing their divorce in 1995.
In the years that followed the Ramones would undergo numerous lineup changes with Dee Dee remaining intact until 1989 after playing on 11 records. It was during his time in rehab in 1987 he soon learned about rap music, which changed his career path following his exit from the Ramones. I always loved playing live with the ramones but I had to kind of like go my own way and stick up for myself and do what i wanted to do. There freaked you know at first they didn’t believe it. thought i was going through a midlife crisis, they thought i’d be back. He won’t be though. - Hudba
Put future topics below!
Marty Ballin from Jefferson Airplane had a tragic death. The hospital really messed him up. Big lawsuit.
For Squirrels baby!!
The police, why Sting left the band
s staners and the complete opposite political views of Joey and Johnny and marky
You gotta do a video on the really bad breakup of breaking Benjamin in 2011
I met Dee Dee Ramone in Lamours in Brooklyn. He was the nicest guy. He asked me once if I did dope. I told him no I was not on drugs but I did drink. He told me don't ever do dope. He was so nice.
He seems nice
I am pretty sure Dee Dee taught my kids how to count to 4
same .. mine was running around singing beat on the brat in kindergarten..
One two three fooo 😭👏🏻
Dang that's just sad really too bad
yes, Rom!!!
Now I wanna sniff some glue!!!♡ 😆 i love 💘 these guys
Finally something about the Ramones. It amazes me how much people downplay the Ramones importance to the music industry. Not just the punk scene, but alternative, grunge, rock, and most prominently, thrash metal. Their live shows were one of the impetuses of the high speed, thrash sound. Personally, I feel only the Beatles were more influential to modern music than the Ramones, and Dee Dee was a huge part of that.
ye, they really did save rock n roll like they always said they would ❤️
PUNK SCENE?
As if!!
They've got ZERO clues about PUNK!!
Christian Jackson ????? Who dont??
@@christianjackson9360 This fallacy of this comment makes me laugh. Stating the Ramones have no idea what "punk" is, when in fact, they created the genre.
Phil Spector should know...
First show was 1978 Hurricane Club ocean city md. Capacity around 200. Me and two friends, 16 years old. couldn't get in. hanging around the back door, van pulls up , Ramones jump out, file into the club, Dee Dee last. He looks at us , knows the story, kicks back the door. lets us in!!! Fucking awesome. Saw them 8 times over the years.
I met Dee Dee behind a show they did in Orlando, Florida, when the show ended my friend and I were leaving and I said hey, let's go out back and see if their bus is back there. It was. We met Dee Dee, Johnny, and Joey. Dee Dee was the friendliest, and we started talking like we were old friends, and Joey and Johnny were more reserved, but it was like standing among titans of rock.
I smoked a joint with Dee Dee and his girlfriend Barbra in 1999, they we're in a band called the Remains, I was working at the club at the time I was 16 and it was one of the greatest days ever!!!!
Oh yeah Marky was the drummer in that band
we should start a club for those of us that smoked with dee dee atleast once.
Wow!
Badass
That's fucking cool! any specific memories? he always seemed super chill to me, like a really laid back go with the flow type.
Dee Dee is the reason I started playing bass.
🤙🏼🤘🏼🤙🏼
same
definitely an inspiration
🤣😂🤣
Same here, greets from Argentina
This dude played in the best band ever, went on tours, inspired so many people. I wouldn't say he's life was just tragic. Dee Dee is a legend forever. Good video.
Totally. He's immortal in a way very few achieve. One of the greatest. I consider him the epitome of punk rock, and a lot of people do.
Fans are such losers! Pfff...
Dee Dee lived his life his way, and he had fun om sure. Yeah he did some things he may have regretted
Dee Dee Ramone was like a child, I mean that in a good way.
He never learned proper self discipline and stuck to what gave him pleasure.
Highs and lows, I'm sure half of his life he had a wonderful time.
He was funny, creative and sensitive, I'll love him until I die.
One of my favorite quotes from Dee Dee from End of the Century, something along the lines of "What would the Ramones have done without me? What would I have done without them? Probably be dead" it was just such an honest true moment that he recognized in himself and just a matter of fact, that the Ramones most likely wouldn't have gone anywhere without him, and vice versa. He was a poet and amazing song writer. And he had every right to recognize that and be proud of that.
That's one of the best band docs ever made. Considering how soon they would start leaving us, it's fortuitous that it was made with everyone being a part of it.
truth
We all know that Dee Dee was the soul of the Ramones!
Yep, my favorite Ramone.🖤
ONE, TWO, THREE ,, FOUR..
Johnny
Joey!
WRONG WRONG WRONG It was Elvis Ramone. Lol jk
“Then I took out my razor blade.
Then I did what God forbade.
Now the cops are after me.
But I proved that I am no sissy.”
53rd and 3rd
Standin’ on the street
53rd and 3rd
Fifty-third and third I'm tryin' to turn a trick
idk if y’all have ever heard the demo but look it up on youtube. the production is so much better than the album version
Dee dee was a victim of rock n roll
RIP Dee Dee, Tommy, Joey, and Johnny
Long live the Ramones 🎸
tommy died?
A victim? Dee Dee was blessed with rock n roll.
Victim of Rock&Roll ? the quantity of people that die of Drugs and they are not into Rock&Roll at and even play an instrument ? what you said is absolutely CRAP , SHIT .
victim and Ramones should not stand in the same phrase ! (though I just did it)
Long live one of the Only band that ever Mattered...
Long Live The Ramones.
Signed:
Grumpy Old Punk Rocker.
I've read a lot of rock n roll autobiographies, and Dee Dee's was hands down the most depressing. RIP to a true legend.
I just finished reading it myself. Poor guy... couldn't kick the habit for long.
An hour of happiness, 23 of misery. I've read Bon Scott was the same in that regard, i.e. happy on stage, unhappy off. Both seem to have died sad after accomplishing so much.
I thought you were gonna say it was fun. I just borrowed it from the library and now I'm lowkey scared to get into it. I didn't even know Dee Dee and Joey were dead. I'm not particularly a Ramone fan, I just like Rockstar and filmmakers biographies
@VixxKong2 I think the fact that he ultimately died of an overdose colored my read of it, the poor guy just kept going through a cycle of drug abuse and depression that never really seemed to resolve. It's such a shame when you consider that he is probably the single most important person in the development of punk rock, such a natural talent and presence.
@@VixxKong2 READ IT. It is really fascinating, his disfunctional childhood , Ramones, dealing with Johnny Ramone dictatorship, his self destruction, he created Punk in every way, Ramones brought Rock n roll back.
Dee Dee wrote A LOT of the Ramones best songs, and i think he was by far the closest to the kids that were actually listening to the Ramones and hanging out. meaning he was still kind of a kid at heart and of mind, he much more than the others really wanted to get a punk style haircut and go hang out and be in the scene. but he really didnt have the voice to be a singer or a rapper, and he always seemed sort of scatter brained and odd in interviews. i love him but think he would have been a difficult person to hang around, as would Johnny.
@@andchat6241 it is weird. seeing interviews with him through the years, the decades, i sort of never knew what he was even on about. like i couldnt answer something without sort of rambling and trailing off somewhere else. and i had an image of him in my head. then years later realizing how many of the songs i love that he wrote, it was sort of confusing to me how he was able to write all those songs. as i have tried to write songs from the mid 80s to the end of the 90s and i ve never been able to actually complete a single one LOL
Dee Dee Ramone is actually a Punk icon. He is the origin of it. True, honest, talented artist with very twisted, crazy imagination .Besides he was a soul of Ramones, main songwriter...
LOL DRUGS ARENT PUNK
@@ELVER_GALARGA__ aw yeah don’t do drugs kids, stay radical
@@ELVER_GALARGA__ drugs aren't punk but punks sure love their drugs
"I need to get away from drugs, so I'm gonna go play with GG", ok dude.
Haha he bailed after a bit of practice and bailed before he got to play,,, funniest music moment in history,,,, GG is God RIP
Dee Dee is a punk icon that never gets enough props for his contributions to the punk scene
Tragic. I met the Ramones in Raleigh, North Carolina when they appeared at The Pier. I talked with them after their first set. I found them to be very kind, nice and well-mannered gentlemen. Joey and I chatted about the recent deaths of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Putting it politely, Joey was not a big fan of Sid nor did he have that much complimentary to say about him. All of their lives were too short and too tragic.
One of the best and most underrated songwriters of the 20th century.
Thanks, DeeDee!
"Chewin' out a rhythm on my bubblegum..."
sun is out and I want some...
In my opinion , as an old punk rocker who has been into the Ramones since the late 70s , Dee Dee was the #1 punk rocker who ever existed
Iggy Pop was probably #1....and Jerry Lee Lewis was tied with D.D.
The energy and speed of the songs in The Ramones was something that made me instantly love this band. They would finish a song, and withouttakingabreathwould just LAUNCH into the next 1234 count - and voom ! they are in the next song. No breaks between songs, no posing, no sipping on water, no smoke breaks. It was a 45 minute non stop blitzkreig of PUNK. Fantastic in every way. Growing up on really crappy radio with endless slow drivel playing ( Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles ) made me love life so much more when I realized punk rock existed. Thanks DeeDee.
Damn that must have sucked having to hear all those bands on the radio that actually had talent and made real music. Well at least you got to see the Ramones sped up, half ass playing meaningless lyrics live right? GTFOH
@@beyondbeleef1013 why are you watching this video?
My older brother played hooky from school and left town to go to a Ramones concert back in the 80s. Mom and dad would have normally grounded him, but because they were so embarrassed at the fact they didn’t even notice him missing all that time they just lectured him about not leaving town without their permission. They didn’t even raise their voices at him.
I was a a Romoanes concert in the early 80's, up front jumping up and down like EVERYONE else. Well this white kid was being a ass to me not my friend's so I had to stop and scream ( head away from the stage and music really really LOUD) at the guy to "get the fu@/( away from me.
I got back into the fun groove i was having and noticed DeeDee playing the bass and talking to someone, that someone can and got the kid away from me.
I smiled at DeeDee and continued to enjoy the concert. True story.
Uh, it's Blitzkrieg BOP - not "Pop."
😂😂
Oh my... that is awkward. 😁
Add that to the list along with Quiet Riot's "Mental Health" and Pantera's "Reinventing Steel"
True true
@Berndt Öferring I'm not sure who or what you are referring to, but I guess it is a big deal because it happens so frequently.
He often makes mistakes when reading his script as well , but instead of doing a new take he'll just leave it in the video. Which is pretty lazy considering the donations he receives to make videos.
It's a shame he had such a sad life Dee dee was actually my favorite from the band. Please do more vids on The Ramones.
Rock N' Roll True Stories "ok I got to go now" that's great.
*Hey ho let's go!*
Fantastic
Death isn’t a tragedy , it’s a sacred transition , and this man lived his purpose fully and did what he came here to do
I was thinking an interesting topic for your channel would be to cover the complex relationship between Joey and Johnny Ramone. Especially the friction between them because Linda first dated Joey and left him for Johnny. I heard or read somewhere that Joey never really got over it and that she was the basis for a few songs like "KKK took my baby away". Anyway just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. Love your channel and thanks for listening.
That part of the gg allin documentary where dee dee is like "So that's the name....I thought it was the GG allin band" I broke out laughing that was hilarious lol.
'Hated' will always be permanently stuck in my head because of the "Banana" scene at the college show in NY.
@@eamonwright7488 I love that Todd Phillips went on to make The Hangover series, Joker, and, had a hand in Old School lol
@Sean Brennan much worse people out there
He said i thought it was the gg allin Dee Dee ramone band
He wanted to be in a band where he had no responsibly.
Excellent bass player.....complimented the guitar and made a big powerful sound. He was a BIG part of the band....very important.
"Dee Dee Ramone", Wow! Just the name alone tells you how badazz the man is! He had problems! No surprise in that industry of course! He is a punk rock God! Dee Dee Ramone a Legend! R.I.P.
Love the Ramones I saw End of the Century in the theater when it came out The scene where Dee Dee is walking down the hallway by himself after is Hall of Fame ceremony is an eerie foreshadowing of his fate Thanks Sydd RIP Joey, DeeDee, Johnny and Tommy🎆🌹
@Heath Palace Yeah it's sad 😔
I thought same thing.
@@alexrivera1161 Awesome documentary Loved it
That was so touching😭
@@Anna-loves-you Ikr... RIP Dee Dee🎆
Alot of people don't seem to realise that Punk Rock started in America, as the Ramones were the first.
R.I.P. Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy, and Johnny.
They were not the first....The Stooges were pretty much first and the MC5 on occasion. Also throw in a band called Death from Detroit.
In many ways Dee Dee is the personification of rock n roll. It is tragic that he died at 50 but his life was and is a tribute to to this most incredible music.
His last performance was at the Key Club in Hollywood CA. with Marky Ramone. I was there. They joined Members of The Misfits and another punk band that I forgot. They switch instruments and played Misfits and Ramones songs. That was a special show. He died a week later down the street from the Key Club which formally used to be Billboard Live and before that Gazzaries. R.I.P. DEE DEE
I think it was D.I. ("Richard Hung Himself).. The lead singer Casey killed himself like 2 weeks after that show. I'm 98% certain thats who it was.
Nice to see you do a video on my favorite musician. Wasn’t expecting it but thanks.
Dee Dee came to an interview my band did in 1992. We were backstage with the local magazine doing the interview and he was with them. He just sat in the background with sunglasses giggling about something, probably my band mate doing the interview. I didn’t even realize it was him until later on.
saw the Ramones every time they played London, @ the Electric ballroom, I bought a T shirt ,that I have to this day ,Dee Dee ripped it while I was @ the front of the stage ...priceless.....cannot underestimate their contribution to rock n roll
Dee Dee was the true spirit of the Ramones even tho I liked some of their releases after he left it was never the same without him.
1-2-3-4 !
Dee dee is legend, theres not many average people that would even know who he was. A true visionary
If anyone is new to the Ramones, Lobotomy and Chelsea Horror Hotel are really crazy books worth checking out
I got to see them on their last tour. They played so fast! Song into song into song... Total buzzsaw. Will always remember it.
Dee Dee was so nice to me at a concert in Danbury Ct. 1984. He threw me a pic and I missed it so he walked over and just handed me one. 💙💙
Sad Sad Sad
One of the greatest, influential, dysfunctional bands of all times.
Seeing them on stage was like seeing lightning strike for 30 minutes straight. RnRHF induction without Joey was heartbreaking. It didn't feel right did it?.
Months later Dee Dee "ok gotta go now". Then in a few months Johnny was gone.
Tommy left us in 2014
Marky is all that is left
Their music and their story is immortal.
-Too tough do die.
CJ and Richie are still alive
The Ramones are one of the most influential Band. Dee also wrote many of The Ramones classics
Ok I gotta go now❤
RIP DEE DEE RAMONE❤
Prayers to you and yours ❤
I know it was their most popular song and it's gotten perhaps too much exposure, but I still enjoy listening to Rockaway Beach from time to time. The Ramones were just plain fun to listen to and it's sad they're all gone now. Such a shame that drugs took their toll again.
they were such a dysfunctional band it's a miracle they lasted that long. all of them were characters but Dee Dee was ten times that and a genius and a legend.
Deedee and Lemmy are the reason I picked up a bass at a flea market and have been playing it everyday ever since
Man these videos are fantastic. They’re so addictive and you so prolific. Don’t stop, I love them. I just chain watch them. Top top quality content, I’m really grateful. It’s an absolute crime that you don’t have tens of millions of subscribers.
I met Dee Dee I think three times backstage whilst touring the UK, arranged by Arturo Vega much thanks.We were only kids and Dee Dee was a very polite guy and recognised us after our first meeting which was pretty impressive after high energy high powered gigs in the UK. All the Ramones were very dedicated and gave everything in those days.
Two days after Joey died the most well-known Ramones songs started appearing in tv commercials. That's just what I remember, I'm not saying that has anything to do with DeeDee. I really like him and I have a deep kind of empathy for anyone who's gone through heroin addiction. Most of us didn't survive it and it's a lonely retirement for we who have. That RHCP song "otherside", where Kiedis says - "...once you know you can never go back..." Yeah. If you don't know, don't find out. I can't tell you how fortunate you are to have not experienced it. And if you know someone who's in that grey area between - then say something before it's too late. There's things that can be done, just ask me. I'll talk to anyone who might need help with that.
Ah, those unforgettable Ramones songs such as Blitzkrieg pop. Swallow magpies, I wanna piece of paper and that’s classic album pheasant dreams
Dee Dee stayed in Ann Arbor Michigan in the summer of 93 with a mutual friend in an attempt to get away from NYC and kick his habits. We hosted a bbq at the rock and roll rental house I lived in with a bunch of friends and Dee Dee came by with the mutual friend and hung out for the entire day. Oh the stories I could tell. Nice guy and I was devastated when I heard the news in 2002.
The Ramones albums are essentially the soundtrack of my life. One of the best of all time.
Dee Dee was a sweet guy. Met him through Billy Rath bass player for The Hearrtbreakers. He was real
He was my favorite Ramone.
Did I hear you say blitzkrieg pop...uggggg
Yep, i heard that too.
How awkward... I was watching the captions (my teenager is in distance class) and saw "Blitzkreig Pop." I thought it might have been a correction of what he said. 😂
They're calling in the back seat. They're generating scream heat. Have faith in your flat feet. The Blitzkreig Pop. Yayy, Yo, let's throw, something in the back now. What do they haunt? My yo-yo. They all saved up and they're ready to know.
@@bbb462cid do you really think those are the lyrics?
@@BB.halo_heir the kids are choosing their lines, the Blitzkrieg Pop
And if Dee Dee were alive today he would be the best auto tuned rapper on the planet!🎤I’m a Funky Man!
FACTS!!! I STILL BUMP TO THAT SONG!!!
Mashed potato time slaps
His album was repressed, believe it or not
Love the topics you do your videos on..great storytelling.. keep up the great work my friend
Thx
No. Thank you
1967 Grateful Dead acid test would be a good topic
Dee Dee had a very cool stance and attitude. His stage presence was authenticity Rock n Roll. He will go down in the Bass players hall of fame.
Yancy Emerson
Bass Player.
Facts, Dee Dees attitude got me into Ramones.
Pretty much sad story form such great rocknroll legend. Rest in peace dear friend. You are the only reason why I fell in love in bass guitar 31 years ago.
Big inspiration for me too. His playing on Bonzo Goes to Bitburg is simple but epic ❤
They really didn't go through numerous line up changes. Tommy left the band to work at a recording studio and be their occasional producer. DeeDee's friend Mark Bell became Marky Ramone on their fourth album. He had problems with alcohol and Richie Reinhardt replaced him for a few years, wrote some songs, made the band play even harder and faster and did backup vocals. He left because of a dispute over not getting a cut of the merchandise sales. Marky came back after Blondie's drummer, Clem Burke played a few shows but couldn't play well enough to make them happy. DeeDee was replaced by Chris Ward, CJ Ramone. There was a point where DeeDee wanted to come back but Johnny wouldn't let him which drove a wedge between them. Neither Richie or CJ were inducted into the RnR Hall of Fame, only the other five were.
Richie Reinhardt was a very good drummer...Johnny should have parted with some of that Tee Shirt Money.....Johnny was known to be tight fisted, his wife said so....Johnny was quoted numerous times as saying.....you don't want to run out of money when your old. You have to save.
I suffer every time I read how he destroyed his life by drug addiction.
He has lived how he would live
Great artist
Well, you don't live forever no matter what you do.
It's a horrible way to go. Mental illness sucks, and addiction is a mental illness. Dee Dee actually had a "dual diagnosis" since he also had Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression). The majority of Bipolar people end up with substance abuse problems because they discover they can "self medicate" with those substances. It's very sad and difficult to really prevent or stop.
In my opinion mental illness can kill people just like cancer does. It's merely a different mechanism at work damaging the person's brain/body. If you can't control your brain chemistry then you really can't control your brain.
@@justso4509 thank for your opinion and Gentle Words and to complain my pain for dee dee .
I agree with every words you wrote
been listening to the ramones a lot lately. looking forward to this vid, thanks!
This man is the reason i play bass.
The one live band I still miss not being able to see anymore.
In a recent interview Marky Ramone said Dee Dee had a very child like imagination that led to him being both unpredictable and a great songwriter. The story goes that Dee Dee was a chicken hawk in New York City when he was younger and that's what inspired the song 53rd & 3rd. Whatever the truth may be one thing's for sure Dee Dee was ambitious and had a knack for writing catchy revved up pop tunes that spawned the 70s New York punk scene. Dee Dee was an original, Dee Dee is a legend but most of all Dee Dee was a Ramone. R.I.P Douglas Cloven aka Dee Dee Ramone.
What is a chicken hawk in this context?
Very said. Learned a lot from this. Thx
Great to see a Ramones story! For my money, more than any other band, they link most of the other bands you cover together.... in other words, the Ramones ARE rock 'n' roll. Hope to see another sometime in the future!
TIL that none of The Ramones we’re actually named Ramone and all of them took a nom-de-plume. That actually makes the whole thing cooler to me- proof that you can choose your family when the biological ones let you down
All good cretins go to heaven. RIP DeeDee
I seen the Ramones in 91 at a club in Virginia Beach, VA,, too fun,, what a great show
I got to see the Ramones and meet them after the show back in 96. Probably the best highlight of my misspent youth
Dee Dee was a genius!R.I.P.
RIP 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇💝💖💝
Loved the Ramones and still do WART HOG being one of my favourites listened to it only yesterday and it sent me straight back to 1985, I didn't know a lot of this history and it's sad but I thank the ramones for giving me a good punk upbringing and a good look on life!👊
Oh I miss the Ramones so much. My favorite band of all time.
DeeDee Ramone changed rock'roll. Amazing, but he did it.
best band ever (only by going to see them live would you know why)! though there was nothing "tragic" about his death.. he lived WAY longer than he should have honestly. one of my lifes crowning achievements was walking up to him while he was shopping with some black haired chick in the east village in the 90's and asking if he wanted to smoke a jay, he said sure and we had a great conversation (mostly about nyc bands). i walked around star struck for the rest of that weekend.
sounds like cool dude
Somehow Dee Dee came off as a lovable misfit. I saw him perform in The Ramones in about 87? They were GREAT! RIP guys.
Just finished it, good job! Good research. Dee Dee, Joey, and Johnny are all icons as far as I am concerned, each representing a different kind of, like, punk archetype. Dee Dee the very troubled "bad boy" poet, Joey the sensitive outcast that was empowered by his music to reinvent himself, and Johnny the mean "tough guy" (even though he looked like he weighed a bunk fifty when he was young). They are more than this, but these descriptions are a start. CJ Ramone (Dee Dee's replacement) has a neat solo song called "3 Angels" about this three, and his relationshjip with them. Good job on Dee Dee today.
broooo i actully liked his solo "rap" album it had a few catchy dope songs, if your a Ramones fan or a punk rocker U should check out these tracks . . . 2 Much 2 Drink - Emergency - Poor Little Rich Girl . . . I bet you'll dig em
You should do a video on the rise and fall of the Australian rock band The Vines
Wow. Didn't think anyone still cared about The Vines. Love'em! Craig's a legend.
@@musicallystoned7489 we don't care is just show off
What happened to them ???
He shall always be remembered on my back DEE and frontside DEE. Happy New Year 2021 Douglas Colvin!
Saw the Ramones, Tom Tom Club,and Deborah Harry in the early 90's. Great show. Great video as always
"All messed up in every way, I've always been on my own..im an outsider"
He was a rapper at one point. I could’ve died from embarrassment for him.
I saw them at CBs so many times! It was always a great show!! Two, three sets sometimes a night! You walked out there with your ears ringing! What energy!
We all know someone like this: creative, talented, kind hearted, tough....addict. Ive known more than one. its the needle and the damage done.
I will say the "Just three chords" thing is pretty untrue. Now they used the same several chords alot but it was more than three
Rest in peace you modern Day Edgar Allan Poe. Your lyrics were genius, tormented but genius nonetheless.
I never even knew what chicken vindaloo was before Ramones
I listened to standing in the spotlight because I read it would be the worst album ever made, but I really enjoyed it. Now I'm a huge Dee Dee fan
Love ur stories bro
Ramones were quite an outfit, sorry all the orig. members are gone
What a talent Dee Dee was. Marky Ramone said that Dee Dee wrote Pet Semetary 40 minutes after getting the book from Stephen King.
I'm glad you mentioned his rap album I remember when he CA on the Morton Downey jr show talking about it around 87 .
*Morton Downey Jr!
Robert Downey Jr is an actor.
@@adriennetisme yes you're right I will correct it