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Joey Ramone
Joey Ramone (c.1980)
Joey Ramone (c.1980)
Background information
Birth name Jeffrey Ross Hyman
Born May 19, 1951(1951-05-19)
Flag of the United States Queens, New York, USA
Died April 15, 2001 (aged 49)
Flag of the United States New York City, New York, USA
Genre(s) Punk rock
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, Drums
Years active 1974 - 2001
Label(s) Sire
Associated
acts		 Ramones

Joey Ramone (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), born as Jeffry Ross Hyman, was a vocalist and songwriter best known for his work in the punk rock group the Ramones. He and bandmate Johnny Ramone (né John Cummings) were the only two original members who stayed with the band until their retirement in 1996. As well as being a member of the Ramones, he also had a solo career. Image File history File links Joeyramone. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. ... “NY” redirects here. ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... “NY” redirects here. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... John Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by the stage name Johnny Ramone, was the guitarist for the punk rock group The Ramones. ...


Hyman stood at 6 ft. 6 in (1.98 metres) tall. He had a long shock of black hair that almost completely obscured his face. Few photographs exist of him without his well-known attributes. He suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder for which he checked himself into clinics when symptoms became unbearable.[1] A psychiatric hospital (also called, at various places and times, mental hospital or mental ward, historically often asylum, lunatic asylum, or madhouse), is a hospital specialising in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ...

Contents

Biography

Early life

Hyman grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, of Jewish heritage. He and future bandmates attended Forest Hills High School. Station Square, home to Forest Hills striking Long Island Rail Road station. ... Queens County, often referred to as simply Queens, is the largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is home to New York Citys two major airports (John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia), the New York Mets baseball team, the USTA National Tennis Center, Silvercup... Forest Hills High School (FHHS) is a public secondary school in Queens, New York City. ...


During his youth, he was by general accounts something of an outcast and had a dysfunctional family life; which inspired the song "We're A Happy Family." His parents divorced in the early 1960s. His mother, Charlotte Lesher (1926-2007), encouraged an interest in music in both him and his brother Mitchell (a.k.a. Mickey Leigh). This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...


He was a fan of The Who, among other bands (particularly "oldies" and the Phil Spector produced "Girl Groups"). He took up drums at 13, playing throughout his teen years, and originally was the drummer for the Ramones, while Dee Dee Ramone was the vocalist. However, Dee Dee proved to be unsuited for the position, so upon Tommy Ramone's suggestion, Joey switched to vocals. The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and suspected murderer of actress Lana Clarkson. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Dee Dee Ramone, 1979 Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin) (September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002) was a German American songwriter and bassist, best remembered as a founding member of punk rock band The Ramones. ... Drummer Tommy Ramone (born Thomas Erdelyi January 29, 1952 in Budapest, Hungary) grew up in Queens, one of the boroughs of New York City. ...


Ramones

Hyman was said to be the "heart and soul" of the Ramones, and his favorite songs from their repertoire often were the ballads and love songs. C.J. Ramone called him the "hippie of the group."[2] Christopher John Ward (born October 8, 1965), better known as C.J. Ramone, was the bassist for The Ramones from 1989 to 1996. ...


Hyman did not speak to guitarist Cummings (Johnny Ramone) for many years. This animosity began when Cummings "stole" Hyman's girlfriend Linda, whom Cummings later married. Cummings discusses this animosity in End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones. The documentary also claims that love triangle prompted Hyman to write "The KKK Took My Baby Away" for the Pleasant Dreams album. They also were strongly averse to each other's politics, Hyman being a liberal while Cummings was a staunch conservative. The pair never truly resolved their differences. John Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by the stage name Johnny Ramone, was the guitarist for the punk rock group The Ramones. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Pleasant Dreams is the sixth album by the Ramones. ... American liberalism—that is, liberalism in the United States of America—is a broad political and philosophical mindset, favoring individual liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty, whether they come from established religion, from government regulation, from the existing class structure, or from multi-national corporations. ... Ths article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ...


Other projects

Joey Ramone was honored with the creation of "Joey Ramone Place" outside the address of CBGB in New York City.
Joey Ramone was honored with the creation of "Joey Ramone Place" outside the address of CBGB in New York City.

In 1985, Joey joined Little Steven Van Zandt's music-industry activist group Artists United Against Apartheid which acted against the Sun City resort in South Africa. Joey and forty-nine other top recording artists, including Springsteen, U2, Bob Dylan and Run DMC, collaborated on a song called "Sun City" in which they pledged they would never perform at the resort. Image File history File linksMetadata JoeyRamonePlaceBowery. ... Image File history File linksMetadata JoeyRamonePlaceBowery. ... The outside front facade of CBGB CBGB (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a legendary music club located at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. ... Steven van Zandt (born November 22, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts) is one of the founding members of Bruce Springsteens E-Street Band and plays guitar and mandolin. ...


In 1994, he formed Sibling Rivalry with his brother Mickey Leigh. They had one release, the In a Family Way EP. // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ...


Joey appeared on the Helen Love album Love and Glitter, Hot Days and Music singing the track "Punk Boy". Helen Love returned the favour, singing on Joey's song "Mr. Punchy". źĐǜūŹŽǍǍǍŪŤšêĆŞņ This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Dont Worry About Me is the only album released by Joey Ramone as a solo artist, although he previously had many releases with the Ramones as their lead singer. ...


Hyman co-wrote and recorded the song "Meatball Sandwich" with Youth Gone Mad. For a short time before his death, he took the role of manager and producer for the punk rock group The Independents Independents band Bio. Post-77 punk band founded in California by Paul ENA Kostabi (White Zombie, Psychotica). ... In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. ...


His last recording as a vocalist was singing backup vocals on the CD One Nation Under by the Dine Navajo rock group Blackfire. He appeared on two tracks, "What Do You See" and "Lying to Myself". The CD, released in 2002, won "Best Pop/Rock Album of the Year" at the 2002 Native American Music Awards.[3] Blackfire is a Navajo (Diné) traditionally-influenced, high-energy, politically-driven group comprised of two brothers and their sister. ...


Death

Joey Ramone died of lymphoma at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on April 15, 2001. He apparently had had lymphoma for a little over four years; he was sighted at a New York City cancer clinic that specializes in lymphoma in the mid 1990s. Countless memorials, both by fans and the rockers he influenced, followed. This article is about lymphoma in humans. ... New York-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent university hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cornell University Weill Medical Center. ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about lymphoma in humans. ...


He was listening to the song "In a Little While" by U2 when he died.[4] This was during U2's Elevation Tour, and from that point on during shows Bono would introduce the song as a tune that was originally about a lovestruck hangover but that Joey turned it into a gospel song. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with All That You Cant Leave Behind. ... U2 (IPA: /ju. ... The rock band U2s Elevation Tour took place in 2001 in support of their album All That You Cant Leave Behind. ... Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known as Bono, is the lead singer and principal lyricist of the Irish rock band U2. ...


His solo album Don't Worry About Me was released posthumously in 2002, and features the single "What a Wonderful World", a cover of the Louis Armstrong standard. Dont Worry About Me is the only album released by Joey Ramone as a solo artist, although he previously had many releases with the Ramones as their lead singer. ... What a Wonderful World was written by songwriters Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, first performed by Louis Armstrong, and released as a single in early fall 1967. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...


MTV News claimed: "With his trademark rose-colored shades, black leather jacket, shoulder-length hair, ripped jeans and alternately snarling and crooning, hiccoughing vocals, Joey was the iconic godfather of punk."[5]


On November 30, 2003, a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place.[6] It is the block where Hyman once lived with bandmate Dee Dee Ramone, and is near CBGB, where the Ramones got their start. Hyman's birthday is celebrated annually by rock'n'roll nightclubs, hosted in New York City by his mother and brother. Joey was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst, NJ. is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dee Dee Ramone, 1979 Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin) (September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002) was a German American songwriter and bassist, best remembered as a founding member of punk rock band The Ramones. ... The outside front facade of CBGB CBGB (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a legendary music club located at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. ... Map highlighting Lyndhursts location within Bergen County. ...


Vocal Style

Joey Ramone's vocal style was unorthodox in that he had no formal training in an era where vocal proficiency was a normality for most rock bands. His signature cracks, hiccups, snarls, crooning and youthful voice became one of punk rock's most recognizable voices. Allmusic.com claims that "Joey Ramone's signature bleat was the voice of punk rock in America."[7] As his vocals matured and deepened through his career, so did the Ramones' songwriting, leaving a notable difference from Joey's initial melodic and callow style—two notable tracks serving as examples are "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" and "Mama's Boy". [[Somebody Put Something In My Drink]] Richie Ramone (The Ramones) Somebody Somebody put something in my drink Somebody Another night out on the street Stopping for my usual seat Oh, bartender, please Tanqueray tonics my favorite drink. ... Mothers boy, also called mamas boy or mummys boy, is a term for a man who is excessively attached to his mother at an age when men are expected to be independent (e. ...


Discography

For Ramones albums, see Ramones discography.

A discography of the Punk rock band, The Ramones. ...

Solo

Dont Worry About Me is the only album released by Joey Ramone as a solo artist, although he previously had many releases with the Ramones as their lead singer. ...

EP

  • In a Family Way – Sibling Rivalry (1994)
  • Ramones: Leathers from New York – The Ramones and Joey Ramone (solo) (1997)
  • Christmas Spirit...In My House – (2002)

Singles

  • "I Got You Babe" - (1982) (A duet with Holly Beth Vincent)
  • Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) - (2001)
  • "What a Wonderful World" - (2002)

Notes and references

  1. ^ WordPress
  2. ^ MyRamones
  3. ^ Blackfire.net
  4. ^ VH1 news
  5. ^ MTV News Obituary
  6. ^ Officialramones.com
  7. ^ Allmusic.com—Joey Ramone

External links

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Ramones
Members Joey Ramone • Johnny Ramone • Dee Dee Ramone • Marky Ramone
C. J. Ramone • Richie Ramone • Tommy Ramone • Elvis Ramone
Discography
Studio albums Ramones (1976) • Leave Home (1977) • Rocket to Russia (1977) • Road to Ruin (1978) • End of the Century (1980) • Pleasant Dreams (1981) • Subterranean Jungle (1983) • Too Tough to Die (1984) • Animal Boy (1986) • Halfway to Sanity (1987) • Brain Drain (1989) • Mondo Bizarro (1992) • Acid Eaters (1993) • ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)
Live albums It's Alive (1979) • Loco Live (1991) • Greatest Hits Live (1996) • We're Outta Here! (1997) • You Don't Come Close (2001) • NYC 1978 (2003)
Compilations Ramones Mania (1988) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 (1990) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 2 (1990) • Hey Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (1999) • Ramones Mania Vol. 2 (2000) • Masters of Rock: Ramones (2001) • Best of the Chrysalis Years (2002) • Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits (2002) • The Chrysalis Years (2002) • The Best of The Ramones (2004) • Weird Tales of the Ramones (2005) • Greatest Hits (2006)
Tribute albums Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones (1991) • Ramones (1992) • Rocket to Russia (1994) • Rocket to Ramonia (1996) • Road to Ruin (1998) • Leave Home (1998) • Blitzkrieg Over You (1998) • File Under Ramones (1999) • The Song Ramones The Same (2002) • We're a Happy Family - A Tribute to Ramones (2003)
Films Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) • Lifestyles of the Ramones (1990) • Ramones - Around the World (1993) • We're Outta Here (1997) • End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003) • Ramones: Raw (2004)

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When the Ramones recorded their debut album in 1976, it heralded the true birth of punk rock; although groups like the Stooges, MC5, and New York Dolls laid the groundwork, the Ramones' hooky, three-chord songwriting, cheerfully dumb humor, and boundless energy created the blueprint that countless punk bands would follow in the decades to come.
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