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The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first band to define the punk rock sound. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the 1970s punk movement in both the United States and United Kingdom, as well as the emergence of hardcore punk and alternative rock.
All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname 'Ramone', although none of them were related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played a farewell concert and disbanded. By 2014, all four of the band's original members, lead singer Joey Ramone (1951–2001), bass guitarist Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002), guitarist Johnny Ramone (1948–2004) and drummer Tommy Ramone (1949–2014), had died.
Recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now mentioned in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as number 26 in the Rolling Stone magazine list of the '100 Greatest Artists of All Time' and number 17 in VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'. In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by Spin magazine, trailing only the Beatles. On March 18, 2002, the original four members and Tommy's replacement on drums, Marky Ramone, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2011, the group was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Band members
Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman) – drums (1974); lead vocals (1974–1996; died 2001)
Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) – guitar (1974–1996; died 2004)
Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) – bass guitar, vocals (1974–1989; died 2002)
Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi) – drums (1974–1978; died 2014)
Marky Ramone (Marc Bell) – drums (1978–1983, 1987–1996)
Richie Ramone (Richard Reinhardt) – drums, backing vocals (1983–1987)
C. J. Ramone (Christopher Joseph Ward) – bass guitar, vocals (1989–1996)
Elvis Ramone (Clem Burke) – drums (1987)
Discography
Main article: Ramones 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)
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