A moment of silence for..

[ROZ]

Johnny Cummings aka. Johnny Ramone died last night of prostate cancer at age 55.
God Bless one of the creators of Punk rock!
He was a fierce Republican, too!!! :)

[TheLurker]

Just like their music, a short simple
Amen!

[dmontzsta]

Dang.........

[Tom Brown]

:(
LOVE the Ramones. :(

[BoatFloating]

That's Johnny, Joey and Dee Dee all within a year and a half :confused:
Great band..... It just means we are getting older....

[NOTALENT]

Well...they made punk what it is today..And he will be missed greatly...RIP

[MagicMtnDan]

RIP Johnny. You are missed.
A short list of ten of the many Ramones song worth hearing:
1.I want you around
2.Teenage Lobotomy
3.Now I wanna sniff some glue
4.KKK took my baby away
5.Rock n Roll Radio
6.Rock and roll High school
7.Outsider
8.Cretin Hop
9.Blitzkreig bop
10.53rd and 3rd
Joey Ramone (Jeffry Hyman) vocals
Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) guitar
Dee Dee Ramone (Doug Colvin) bass 1976-1989
Tommy Ramone (Tom Erdelyi) drums 1976-1978
Marky Ramone (Marc Bell) drums 1978-
CJ Ramone (Chris Ward) bass 1989-
Notes:
Most of the Ramones' songs are about 2 minutes long. In concert, when a song ended, they did a 1,2,3,4 count-in and went right into the next one.
Joey Ramone died of lymphatic cancer in 2001. He was 49.
They were one of the first successful and influential Punk Rock bands. They were regulars at the club CBGB's in New York City. CBGB stands for Country, Bluegrass, Blues.
In 1979, they starred in the movie Rock And Roll High School. In the film, students try to get tickets to a Ramones show and end up taking over the school.
Joey was an avid online stock trader in the late '90s. He was a big fan of cable network CNBC, and wrote a song named after his favorite anchor, Maria Bartiromo. There were plans to have him sing it on her show, but he never recovered from his cancer.
In 2002, they became the first Punk band inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Some Punk bands that were eligible that year but did not get in include The Clash and The Sex Pistols.
When Joey Ramone died, the surviving members vowed to never perform together again.
Most, if not all of the Ramones' songs were hugely inspired by the '60s girl group The Ronettes. Joey Ramone even did a duet with Ronnie Spector for a solo album.
Dee Dee died of a heroin overdose in 2002.
They appeared on an episode of The Simpsons where they perform at Mr. Burns' birthday party. They sing Happy Birthday to him and afterwards, Mr. burns says to Smithers: "Have the Rolling Stones killed!"

[Captain Dan]

I have that Ramones sound byte from the Simpson's if someone can tell me how to attach it to this message for the boards to enjoy...

[OGShocker]

:frown:

[RP1]

Sad... seems like yesterday that they were slammin our high school years :(

[Keithb87]

:frown: :frown:

[MRS. MAINEVENT]

So Sad :(

[Second "PLACE"]

:frown: Gone, but music is here forever.

[Dawn Patrol]

They were one of my Favorite Bands growing up, and actually still are.
http://www.chez.com/lobotomy/ramones.jpg

[RiverKitty]

:( (My moment of silence.)

[KACHINA KEN]

I actually had dinner with DeeDee and Johnny 95 or 96 when they were on tour with White Zombie, TOTAL gentlemen and just all around great guys. It's true you know, the candles that burn the brightest burn out the quickest, Godspeed.......

[Mandelon]

I wanna be sedated. :(

[JustMVG]

Rock on and Godspeed Johnny, you will be missed :frown: