The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills,

Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group. They didnt get much commercial success, but they were a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom. All of the band members adopted the name "Ramone", though none of them were related. They toured 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 memberslead singer Joey Ramone (April 15th 2002), guitarist Johnny Ramone (September 15th), and bassist Dee Dee Ramone ( June 5th)had died. In 1974, when the band was formed the members were Dee Dee (bassist), Joey (vocals) , Johnny (guitarist) and Tommy (drummer). Ramones played before an audience for the first time on March 30, 1974, at Performance Studios. The Ramones recorded their debut album, Ramones, in February 1976. There were only two members that stayed in the band from the beginning till the very end, that were Johnny and Joey. In 1995, they released Adios Amigos!, their fourteenth studio album, and announced that they planned to disband if it was not successful. Its sales were unremarkable, garnering it just two weeks on the lower end of the Billboard chart. After the Lollapalooza tour's conclusion, the Ramones played their final show on August 6, 1996, at the Palace in Hollywood. In 2002, the Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which specifically named Dee Dee, Johnny, Joey, Tommy, and Marky. On June 5, 2002, two months later, he was found at his Hollywood home, dead from a heroin overdose. On November 30, 2003, New York City unveiled a sign designating East 2nd Street at the corner of Bowery as Joey Ramone Place. The singer lived on East 2nd for a time, and the sign is near the former Bowery site of CBGB. End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones, a Ramones documentary, came out in 2004. Johnny, who had been privately battling prostate cancer, died on September 15, 2004, in Los Angeles, shortly after the film's release. On the same day as Johnny's death, the world's first Ramones Museum opened its doors to the public. Located in Berlin, Germany. The Ramones were inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007. In February 2011 the group was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Drummers Tommy, Marky, and Richie Ramone attended the ceremony. They are kwon as leaders in the punk rock scene, the Ramones' music has usually been identified with that label, while some have defined their characteristic style more specifically as pop punk and others as power pop. In the 1980s, the band sometimes veered into hardcore punk territory, as can be heard on Too Tough to Die. The band members adopted a uniform look of long hair, leather jackets, t-shirts, torn jeans, and sneakers. This fashion emphasized minimalism, which was a powerful influence on the New York punk scene of the 1970s and reflected the band's short, simple songs. The Ramones also influenced musicians associated with other genres, such as heavy metal. Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has described the importance of Johnny's rapid-fire guitar playing style to his own musical development. Motrhead lead singer Lemmy, a friend of the Ramones since the late 1970s, mixed the band's "Go Home Ann" in 1985. The members of Motrhead later composed the song "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." as a tribute, and Lemmy performed at the final Ramones concert in 1996. Dave Grohl of Nirvana are among the many alternative rock musicians who have credited the Ramones with inspiring them. The first Ramones tribute album featuring multiple artists was released in 1991: Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones. We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones (2003) is the best known Ramones tribute album, with artists such as Green Day, Kiss, The Offspring, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, Metallica, and Rob Zombie (who also did

the album cover artwork). Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong named his son Joey in homage to Joey Ramone, and drummer Tr Cool named his daughter Ramona.

Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) bass guitar, vocals (19741989) Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) guitar (19741996) Joey Ramone (Jeffry Hyman) drums (1974), lead vocals (19741996) Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi) drums (19741978) Marky Ramone (Marc Bell) drums (19781983, 19871996) Richie Ramone (Richard Reinhardt) drums, vocals (19831987) Elvis Ramone (Clem Burke) drums (1987) C. J. Ramone (Christopher Joseph Ward) bass guitar, vocals (19891996)

My Favorites songs are Beat on The Brat (1976), Pet Cemetery (1989), Do you wanna dance? (1979) and Rock n Roll High School (1979).