Ramones were a punk rock band that formed in Queens, New York, United State… Read Full Bio ↴Ramones were a punk rock band that formed in Queens, New York, United States, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom.
All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", though none of them were related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played a farewell concert and disbanded. By a little more than eight years after the breakup, the band's three founding members—lead singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone, and bassist Dee Dee Ramone—had died. Drummer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving original member, died in 2014.
Their only record with enough U.S. sales to be certified gold was the compilation album Ramones Mania. However, recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now cited in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone list of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by Spin magazine, trailing only The Beatles. On March 18, 2002, the Ramones—including the three founders and drummers Marky and Tommy Ramone—were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2011, the group was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Formation: 1974–1975
Forest Hills High School, attended by the four original members of the Ramones
The original members of the band met in and around the middle-class neighborhood of Forest Hills in the New York City borough of Queens. John Cummings and Tamás Erdélyi had both been in a high-school garage band from 1966 to 1967 known as the Tangerine Puppets. They became friends with Douglas Colvin, who had recently moved to the area from Germany, and Jeffry Hyman, who was the initial lead singer of the glam rock band Sniper, founded in 1972.
The Ramones began taking shape in early 1974, when Cummings and Colvin invited Hyman to join them in a band. The initial lineup featured Colvin on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Cummings on lead guitar, and Hyman on drums. Colvin, who soon switched from rhythm guitar to bass, was the first to adopt the name "Ramone", calling himself Dee Dee Ramone. He was inspired by Paul McCartney's use of the pseudonym Paul Ramon during his Silver Beatles days. Dee Dee convinced the other members to take on the name and came up with the idea of calling the band the Ramones. Hyman and Cummings became Joey Ramone and Johnny Ramone, respectively.
A friend of the band, Monte A. Melnick (later their tour manager), helped to arrange rehearsal time for them at Manhattan's Performance Studios, where he worked. Johnny's former bandmate Erdélyi was set to become their manager. Soon after the band was formed, Dee Dee realized that he could not sing and play his bass guitar simultaneously; with Erdélyi's encouragement, Joey became the band's new lead singer.
Dee Dee would continue, however, to count off each song's tempo with his signature rapid-fire shout of "1-2-3-4!" Joey soon similarly realized that he could not sing and play drums simultaneously and left the position of drummer. While auditioning prospective replacements, Erdélyi would often take to the drums and demonstrate how to play the songs. It became apparent that he was able to perform the group's music better than anyone else, and he joined the band as Tommy Ramone.
The Ramones played before an audience for the first time on March 30, 1974, at Performance Studios. The songs they played were very fast and very short; most clocked in at under two minutes. Around this time, a new music scene was emerging in New York centered around two clubs in downtown Manhattan—Max's Kansas City and, more famously, CBGB (usually referred to as CBGB's). The Ramones made their CBGB debut on August 16. Legs McNeil, who cofounded Punk magazine the following year, later described the impact of that performance: "They were all wearing these black leather jackets. And they counted off this song...and it was just this wall of noise.... They looked so striking. These guys were not hippies. This was something completely new."
The band swiftly became regulars at the club, playing there seventy-four times by the end of the year. After garnering considerable attention for their performances—which averaged about seventeen minutes from beginning to end—the group was signed to a recording contract in late 1975 by Seymour Stein of Sire Records. Stein's wife, Linda Stein, had seen the band play at CBGB; she would later co-manage them along with Danny Fields. By this time, the Ramones were recognized as leaders of the new scene that was increasingly being referred to as "punk". The group's unusual frontman had a lot to do with their impact. As Dee Dee explained, "All the other singers [in New York] were copying David Johansen [of The New York Dolls], who was copying Mick Jagger.... But Joey was unique, totally unique."
All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", though none of them were related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played a farewell concert and disbanded. By a little more than eight years after the breakup, the band's three founding members—lead singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone, and bassist Dee Dee Ramone—had died. Drummer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving original member, died in 2014.
Their only record with enough U.S. sales to be certified gold was the compilation album Ramones Mania. However, recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now cited in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone list of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by Spin magazine, trailing only The Beatles. On March 18, 2002, the Ramones—including the three founders and drummers Marky and Tommy Ramone—were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2011, the group was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Formation: 1974–1975
Forest Hills High School, attended by the four original members of the Ramones
The original members of the band met in and around the middle-class neighborhood of Forest Hills in the New York City borough of Queens. John Cummings and Tamás Erdélyi had both been in a high-school garage band from 1966 to 1967 known as the Tangerine Puppets. They became friends with Douglas Colvin, who had recently moved to the area from Germany, and Jeffry Hyman, who was the initial lead singer of the glam rock band Sniper, founded in 1972.
The Ramones began taking shape in early 1974, when Cummings and Colvin invited Hyman to join them in a band. The initial lineup featured Colvin on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Cummings on lead guitar, and Hyman on drums. Colvin, who soon switched from rhythm guitar to bass, was the first to adopt the name "Ramone", calling himself Dee Dee Ramone. He was inspired by Paul McCartney's use of the pseudonym Paul Ramon during his Silver Beatles days. Dee Dee convinced the other members to take on the name and came up with the idea of calling the band the Ramones. Hyman and Cummings became Joey Ramone and Johnny Ramone, respectively.
A friend of the band, Monte A. Melnick (later their tour manager), helped to arrange rehearsal time for them at Manhattan's Performance Studios, where he worked. Johnny's former bandmate Erdélyi was set to become their manager. Soon after the band was formed, Dee Dee realized that he could not sing and play his bass guitar simultaneously; with Erdélyi's encouragement, Joey became the band's new lead singer.
Dee Dee would continue, however, to count off each song's tempo with his signature rapid-fire shout of "1-2-3-4!" Joey soon similarly realized that he could not sing and play drums simultaneously and left the position of drummer. While auditioning prospective replacements, Erdélyi would often take to the drums and demonstrate how to play the songs. It became apparent that he was able to perform the group's music better than anyone else, and he joined the band as Tommy Ramone.
The Ramones played before an audience for the first time on March 30, 1974, at Performance Studios. The songs they played were very fast and very short; most clocked in at under two minutes. Around this time, a new music scene was emerging in New York centered around two clubs in downtown Manhattan—Max's Kansas City and, more famously, CBGB (usually referred to as CBGB's). The Ramones made their CBGB debut on August 16. Legs McNeil, who cofounded Punk magazine the following year, later described the impact of that performance: "They were all wearing these black leather jackets. And they counted off this song...and it was just this wall of noise.... They looked so striking. These guys were not hippies. This was something completely new."
The band swiftly became regulars at the club, playing there seventy-four times by the end of the year. After garnering considerable attention for their performances—which averaged about seventeen minutes from beginning to end—the group was signed to a recording contract in late 1975 by Seymour Stein of Sire Records. Stein's wife, Linda Stein, had seen the band play at CBGB; she would later co-manage them along with Danny Fields. By this time, the Ramones were recognized as leaders of the new scene that was increasingly being referred to as "punk". The group's unusual frontman had a lot to do with their impact. As Dee Dee explained, "All the other singers [in New York] were copying David Johansen [of The New York Dolls], who was copying Mick Jagger.... But Joey was unique, totally unique."
Today Your Love%2C Tomorrow the World
Ramones Lyrics
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am
I'm a Nazi schatze
Why'know I fight for fatherland
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am
I'm a Nazi schatze
Why'know I fight for fatherland
Little German boy
Being pushed around
Little German boy
In a German town
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am
I'm a Nazi schatze
Why'know I fight for fatherland
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am
I'm a Nazi schatze
Why'know I fight for fatherland
Little German boy
Being pushed around
Little German boy
In a German town
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Yes I am
I'm a Nazi schatze
Why'know I fight for fatherland
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am
I'm a Nazi schatze
Why'know I fight for fatherland
Being pushed around
Little German boy
In a German town
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am
I'm a Nazi schatze
Why'know I fight for fatherland
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am
I'm a Nazi schatze
Why'know I fight for fatherland
Little German boy
Being pushed around
Little German boy
In a German town
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Today your love, tomorrow the world
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Douglas Colvin, Jeff Hyman, John Cummings, Thomas Erdelyi
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@carlitos5984
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am.
I'm a Nazi shatze
You know I fight for fatherland.
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am.
I'm a Nazi shatze
You know I fight for fatherland.
Little German boy
Being pushed around.
Little German boy
In a German town.
I'm a shock trooper in a stooper
Yes I am.
I'm a Nazi shatze
You know I fight for fatherland.
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am.
I'm a Nazi shatz
You know I fight for fatherland.
Little German boy
Being pushed around.
Little German boy
In a German town.
Today your love, tomorrow the world!
@ratramone100
Thats the point.. just being offensive and exaggerated sarcame. Like Dee Dee , due
To
My father who was s brlgion sokduer
in 1 of the barracks occupied by the new western united countries in we aftermath vwo2 endecoldolrlog.. A great
and by the time i came to live in antwerp belgium at 13 i was not a soldier no nazi no pacifist but a believer of the utopia of utopia.. i wanted to be anarchist for ye show and rocknrolker for fooooning real...me tooI too was called a Nazi and German follower of the comedy group around Hitler.. so I got the meaning of I'm a Nazi, ik zie de hilarische act die Sid neerzette met zijn swastika t short
Goofy wandelen
In Parijs. Is niet moeilijk hoor.. Its rocknroll royaltie itsrocknroll art
And for the love if god. Joey ramonen
Is Jeff Hyman.. he is jewisch
Andfor al you Nazis who think
This their anthem
For ne it"s amazing interactive action
With high monhy python
Level. I give you this. And you with your right arm raised and
and the blacked out roman latin cheers for the emperor
Loud hail shouting .. pure comedy for nitwits
Lets end with the song yhat is only releveng as christ words the truth its iut there andstranger thanfiction
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=plOR12bfmM8&feature=share
@erdembayrak4449
One of the best closing songs to an album
@kurtisbased183
facts
@JulioAcosta-nd2nd
the best ;)
@leahflower9924
dee dee was so much more insightful than people give him credit for
@chrismartin4892
Agreed
@vincentlipscomb1664
It slaps, don't get me wrong, but the Nazi imagery is out of pocket
@reptilian5651
the greatest song of all time on the greatest album of all time by the greatest band of all time. long live the kings! thank you for saving my life and creating the best music mankind has ever heard.
@weldermartins2715
that's the greatest band ever
@user-tf2ql8qd5e
True
@giulioluzzardi7632
Finally some-one who I can relate too, saw them 1977, London Rainbow and several other times. Yez , kick starts a person out of a Rut with The Ramones at loud vol you will get a reaction 4 shure.