dude i spit out out my coffee on this one - best comment ever

What he would do is he would line them up and just slap them all across the face at once

That’s what I feel like he did. I read a bit of commando and sometimes the way he would talk about Joey is kinda funny. “I tried to like Joey. I tried to talk to him but he was a fucking pain in the ass.”

"whats the matter with ya?! get busy!"

Lmao!! 🤣

Not bad

Cj was the fourth child that you adopt at a late age. But what was Ritchie?

@@camerondodge2070 the cousin that everyone has forgotten that exist

Wow. Right on. Yep I get it

@@miat9039 LOL

Nerf In 2009, he appeared on Time's list of "The 10 Greatest Electric-Guitar Players".[1] In 2012, he was ranked #8 on Spin's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[2] He is also ranked #28 on the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list in Rolling Stone.[3]

Yeah it would’ve been weird without a guitar

probably Monty too?

technically every band member was necessary to make the complete love beast that was RAMONES

@@hyena131 I'm glad they put him on it, it's so hard to play like him, just barre chords and downstroke through an entire set is so tough to do.

You're right. Very good point.

It goes a little further than that with Joey and Dee Dee. Joey had actually spent time at an upstate asylum, songs like "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" and "Pinhead" weren't just goofy songs they had an hint of autobiography to them when you actually read about what he had been through. Today it's pretty obvious that Joey had Asperger because the clues are all there, the not making eye contact and OCD, but at the time they didn't have that diagnosis so he was sent to an asylum. His time in this place probably did a lot to his psyche. Dee Dee was just a troubled kid from the get go. Just about every story I've read about him the author would have to point out that Dee Dee was a notorious liar. "53rd and 3rd" is another song that is actually autobiographical because Dee Dee used to hang out on that corner and prostitute himself to older men. This was long before gangsta rap and the idea of hoodlums selling records. Then you have Johnny. Responsible, conservative Johnny. Seriously, if you were managing this band, who would you want speaking for it?

He WAS a dick. Maybe that was what it took.

Mitch Fondleburg I agree bro!!! 1,000 percent. If it weren't for him, there would be no Ramones.

Ugh. People who don't understand what "percent" means.

its an awesome book to read isnt? its like a ramones concert, no bullshit! straight on one, fast! and just like the lyrics hilarious funny. great book!

And I love Joey, And also give a shit about your idol of motorhead

i just finished reading the book yesterday. i love johnny even more.

I'm reading it now and half way through Johnny has suddenly become my favorite Ramone, my favorite guitarist, my favorite rock god.

OK thank you

moester75 brother

Who gives a shit? LOL

Except he was a dummy that mismanaged the group which should have been megastars. Johnny refusing to do SNL in the 70's was just plain stupid. And the uniforms were good for a minute but over 20 years? Johnny had serious mental problems.

Boukouziman5000, yea Johnny Ramone was an asshole without a doubt and Johnny regretted not doing Saturday Night Live in his autobiography. At the time Johnny was insulted because SNL first asked the Sex Pistols to host then asked the Ramones when the Pistols canceled. Still, you can’t deny Johnny’s asshole-ness kept a shit bird like Dee Dee in line and it kept Joey’s erratic behavior in check somewhat too. So technically we’re both right man 👍🏻.

Oh my God I think you just nailed it. But he sure sounded like a mean person

He was flying high on heroin, look at his eyes.

Yeah, now you see why Tommy did the interviews (though there is one interview on here from 1977 where Dee Dee is speaking very eloquently).

English wasn’t his first language

@@Herrbink Yeah, no. He's spun out on speed, not H.

He sointently did Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk

@@robertmedrano2768 lol

Um. You should be able to tell they were an act. The uniforms are a dead giveaway

its shocking to hear they werent normal people

I heard he smoked weed but didn’t consider it a drug

@@frankgrimes7388 idk I define drugs as things you take that make you happy so I consider it a drug lmao

Conservative punks typically do

I'm so tired of the liberal lefties punks

@@sensacionsombria5125 For fucks sake, you people have to attach some sort of "RIGHT VS LEFT" embellishment on everything. Seriously, everything. "Those darn liberal lefties are ruining pie. Those liberal lefties think missionary-only is boring. Missionary-only is the way God intended and its good as sweet ass apple pie on a Sunday afternoon with a little vanilla ice cream, I'm talkin' that real vanilla not that Mexican't stuff. Shoot, those pesky liberal lefties want to cancel missionary-only. What's next? Huh? What, they going to tell me who I can or cannot love? That the bond between me and my wife of 17 years isn't 'politically correct'? What does 'cousin' mean anyways? It's just a word. Damn liberal lefties want to put labels on everything. Incest? More like 'whats best'. But do I think that Abba is among the greatest songwriting teams of all time? Well, look at songs like 'SOS' or 'Waterloo' cause they're downright masterpieces. It's just a damn shame they were liberal lefties cause...cause...cause, like, cause umm... cause otherwise they would be the greatest songwriting team of all time. At least that's what my cousi - i mean my wife says"

@@tylerzane7579 I'm willing to bet a lot of your family and whatever friends you once had have all but stopped talking to you and you still don't have a clue why. I'll tell you why, it's because of comments like this where you inject your obsessively misguided "RIGHT VS LEFT" zealotry into any and all conversations despite it's ridiculousness and general inherent fallibility.

Wouldve been better if the band broke up honestly. Joey would've had an amazing career and perhaps even a better life. Johnny was just a abusive racist bully

@@Godloveszaza tf dude you're speaking like if Joey was a kid who was unable to make their own decisions. If he didn't want to leave then he still wanted to be in Ramones, Johnny said it multiple times and quote: “There was no more Ramones without Joey. He was irreplaceable.”

Larry was Seymour Stein! They sound like twins.

Marky was Shemp.

So do Fender's

Shemp

Do you listen to the Ramones for guitar leads?...yeah, nobody does and nobody did. He had a unique style that was tough to reproduce and viewed himself as a rhythm player. Not being a lead player does not bad a guitarist make.

@@MarcusFenix50 Sorry man, you at least have an ode to reach your abilities or something on the guitar

Johnny would be the first to admit he wasn’t a “technical guitar player”. Yes, all these leads and solos and tricks that might come easily to other players were difficult for him. But I challenge anyone to perfectly replicate Johnny’s unique brand of fast, hard, downstrokes only, skip every second beat, palm muting, chugging barre chords rhythm playing.

@@philmstud2k i can do it all day

Who cares lol.

Alpha bully

@Robert Anthony He didn't stole anything, people are not objects. Linda and Johnny started dating MONTHS after she broke up with Joey. Both were adults, what's the problem with that?

Joey

nightmuffin937 ehhh...that’s a bit harsh IMO

WTF did you just say?

Are you kidding? The Ramones looked very weird. Bowl haircuts and all.

When she said "Jerry Nolan, Johnny Thunders looking good" and the picture opened up, I cracked up

Lucky for you

Yes, they invented punk music. Oy vey

LOL! Then how come a million other guitarists have tried to do it as well and failed?

Are you kidding??? Down strumming at the speeds he was strumming, with very quick barre chord shifts and changes, is not easy! And doing that song after song after song, with only a "1, 2, 3, 4" in between each song: shit...mine and most everybody else's hand and arm would probably fall off by the end of the concert!

@John I believe it! Listening to their earlier concerts and comparing that speed to the later concerts; no comparison! They played extremely fast in their latter years. But I have always preferred their original speed & sound. It just sounded better to me.

@@megaglock22 Not just the original speed. Johnny changed his 1965 Mosrite Ventures II Guitar's pickups from the rare stock Mosrite pickups (the ones on that model weren't on other models) in 1979, and they never sounded the same after that. I think the original guitar tone was better, overall.

Hey jerk or is it fool? I love the Ramones, but there isn't much going on with three chords. I never said I didn't love the sound.