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Tommy Ramone
Tommy Ramone
Hungarian Musician
Born: Jan 29, 1949
Died: Jul 11, 2014
Great Group Guitar Me Music People
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The Ramones were not about having a good time. The closest thing probably was maybe Joey and Dee Dee might have had some good times, but it was almost like a work ethic. We were out there to basically to get the fans to see the Ramones. Tommy Ramone
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In the early days, I was living with Dee Dee for a little while, and he was never around then, either. He would always be out. He was kind of an energetic guy who was always on the run. Tommy Ramone
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Even from the very beginning, the type of fans the Ramones generated were the kind of people who wound up running industry, who became professors and scientists. Our staunchest fans were always a little bit more on the outside, the type of people who didn't fit in with society. Tommy Ramone
People Fans Beginning Society Ramones Type Our Bit Kind Running Wound More Outside Industry Became Always Scientists Were Fit Up Very Little Little Bit Who Even Professors
It was never fun being in the Ramones, which is the saddest thing of all, cause it shoulda been fun. It was probably fun when we played Performance Studio, and maybe some of the early gigs at CBGB's. But the Ramones were the type of group that had a bizarre mindset. Being in the band was so cut off from reality. Tommy Ramone
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I've been a loner all my life, so it didn't bother me that Hungarian was my first language and that I had to learn English. I had a pretty heavy accent in junior high school and would say things like 'wolume control' instead of 'volume control.' Tommy Ramone
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Groupies are just very enthusiastic fans, that's all. Tommy Ramone
Fans Enthusiastic Very Just Groupies
The Ramones are the type of group where it took the world, like, 30 years to catch up with them. Because we were kind of breaking new ground, coming up with new ideas and different concepts which kind of blazed a trail for a whole new music scene, really. Tommy Ramone
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The first record was basically a quick, fast record. The second record, we were going for more of a poppier sound - like a heavy pop sound. For 'Rocket to Russia,' we'd sort of reached our pinnacle. We'd gotten really good at what we were doing, so that's like my favorite record - that's a really good record. It's just great from beginning to end. Tommy Ramone
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I was always into bluegrass as a kid. Basically, I like music that has a basic simple structure and that has a lot of emotion and feel. Bluegrass and other old time music fits the bill, as well as what became punk - they both kind of have a similar framework. Tommy Ramone
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When you're with a group of semi-psychotic people, you kind of lose track of reality; it's almost like being in some sort of cult or something. Tommy Ramone
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We play short songs and short sets for people who don't have a lot of spare time. Tommy Ramone
Time People Sets Songs Lot Short Spare Spare Time Who Play
Johnny was an athlete who didn't play sport. His first love was baseball, but he didn't think he had it in him to be a professional. Tommy Ramone
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'Rockaway Beach' is a great song, and so is 'Listen to My Heart.' Tommy Ramone
Great Heart Song Beach Great Song Listen
Dee Dee very much filled in the bottom of our sound as opposed to supplying the rhythm. Tommy Ramone
Our Bottom Supplying Sound Opposed Very Rhythm Much Filled
The Ramones are not an oldies group; they are not a glitter group. They don't play boogie music, and they don't play the blues. Tommy Ramone
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The Ramones are an original rock and roll group of 1975, and their songs are brief, to the point, and every one a potential hit single. Tommy Ramone
Single Group Every Ramones Potential Point Songs Rock Rock And Roll Hit Roll Original Brief
We all started calling ourselves 'Ramones' because it was just a fun thing to do. Tommy Ramone
Ramones Ourselves Calling Because Just Fun Fun Thing Thing Started
Our music is an answer to the early Seventies when artsy people with big egos would do vocal harmonies and play long guitar solos and get called geniuses. Tommy Ramone
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