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| R.I.P. The Last Ramone is Gone |
| 2014-07-13 |
| Tommy Erdelyi, who passed away Friday of bile duct cancer at age 65, never forgot how thrilling it was to be a Ramone during the band's formative days. "I thought what we were doing was unique and exciting and potentially influential," he recalled last October. "I was also originally the manager, so I had a broad perspective on what was going on. I knew what the band had. It felt like we were on the front edge of something important, and something bigger was going to happen." |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #7 Farewell boys. It was quite a ride. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-07-13 14:59 |
| #6 Ramone? I thought it was a typo and they were talking about Vic Damone. That there was a guy who could sing! |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2014-07-13 12:35 |
| #5 Rock on boys, wherever you are. |
| Posted by: Flick Snore3762 2014-07-13 09:31 |
| #4 ...I was never a big fan of the Ramones, but damn, could they sing... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2014-07-13 07:35 |
| #3 Written by my li'l bro, on the topic: Why The Ramones Mattered |
| Posted by: ryuge 2014-07-13 04:51 |
| #2 Yes sir, Beavis. These guys (and DEVO) blew the doors off of my mainstream Aerosmith, Led Zep, Pink Floyd musical world in high school forever. R.I.P. Ramones! |
| Posted by: ryuge 2014-07-13 04:49 |
| #1 Thanks mods for posting this, damn that band meant a lot to me. I didn't feel the sense of loss after Joey! Johnny or DeeDee had passed. I guess it's they are all gone. Many have tried but few will pound the hell out three cords, punish the drums and be vocally incoherent for a blissful 2 and a minutes with that energy. They drug out of the doldrums, in high school, of Elton John, ELO, the carpenters, Billy Joel and made me realize this is rock and roll. From there i went to Athens and got REM, love tractor, concrete blonde, and the B52s, But without the Ramones i may not have ever looked for them... |
| Posted by: Beavis 2014-07-13 00:25 |