{"id":732,"date":"2016-12-18T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T18:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vmcampos.com\/blog\/?p=732"},"modified":"2020-07-31T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T23:50:37","slug":"ramones-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vmcampos.com\/blog\/ramones-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"101 Totally True Facts About The Ramones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, The Ramones celebrated the 40th anniversary of their first album. Let&#8217;s check out 101 Ramones facts to celebrate!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite musical genres is Punk. I love the energy, the attitude, the style. If you know me IRL, you might see me as a bit buttoned-down. But if you look below the surface, you&#8217;ll see something more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BxJt2_CNw04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I&#8217;m vmcampos. Rock-and-roller!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"101 Totally True Ramones Facts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S5z5VFKLZoc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>101 Ramones Facts<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>The Ramones formed in Forest Hills, New York in 1974.<\/li>\n<li>The name of the band comes from the time Paul McCartney called himself Paul Ramon.<\/li>\n<li>The four original members of the band were Joey on vocals, Johnny on guitar, Dee Dee on bass, and Tommy on drums.<\/li>\n<li>Joey Ramone&#8217;s real name was Jeffrey Ross Hyman.<\/li>\n<li>He was born on May 19, 1951, New York.<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Ramone&#8217;s real name was John William Cumming.<\/li>\n<li>He was born on October 8, 1948, also in New York, and making him the oldest Ramone.<\/li>\n<li>Dee Dee Ramone&#8217;s real name was Douglas Glenn Colvin<\/li>\n<li>He was born on September 18, 1951, sharing the same year as Joey.<\/li>\n<li>Tommy Ramone&#8217;s real name was Thomas Erdelyi.<\/li>\n<li>He was born on January 29, 1949.<\/li>\n<li>The second drummer for the band was Marky Ramone, whose real name was Marc Steven Bell.<\/li>\n<li>He was born on July 15, 1956.<\/li>\n<li>The third drummer was Richie Ramone and his real name was Richard Reinhardt.<\/li>\n<li>He was born on August 11, 1957.<\/li>\n<li>Their fourth drummer was Elvis Ramone. His real name was Clement Bozewski, born on November 24th, 1955.<\/li>\n<li>He only lasted for two live gigs: the shortest-serving Ramone.<\/li>\n<li>After Dee Dee Ramone left, C.J. Ramone replaced him on bass. His real name was Christopher Joseph Ward.<\/li>\n<li>He was born on October 8, 1965, making him the youngest Ramone.<\/li>\n<li>There were four Ramones born in New York: Joey, Johnny, Marky, and C.J.<\/li>\n<li>There were three Ramones born in Queens: Joey, Johnny, and, C.J.<\/li>\n<li>There were two Ramones born in New Jersey: Richie, and Elvis.<\/li>\n<li>There was one Ramone born in Virginia: Dee Dee.<\/li>\n<li>There was one Ramone born outside the U.S.: Tommy, born in Budapest, Hungary.<\/li>\n<li>They had a total of 14 studio albums throughout their career.<\/li>\n<li>They most often released an album in September.<\/li>\n<li>But they released at least one album almost every other month of the year; Except March, June, &amp; August.<\/li>\n<li>Their first album was released in 1976, titled, &#8220;<em>Ramones<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Their last album was released in 1995, and was named, \u00a1<em>Adios Amigos<\/em>!<\/li>\n<li>They had an album titled in Italian: <em>Mondo Bizarro<\/em> (1992). It means <em>bizarre world<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>They had an album titled in Spanish: \u00a1<em>Adios Amigos<\/em>! (1995), which means <em>goodbye friends<\/em>; a fitting title, since it was their last one.<\/li>\n<li>They released an album with a country in its title: <em>Rocket to Russia<\/em> (1977).<\/li>\n<li>Their only album title that mentions drugs: <em>Acid Eaters<\/em> (1993).<\/li>\n<li>The Ramones were very prolific. They released TWO albums in one year, 1977. They were <em>Leave Home<\/em> (January 10) and <em>Rocket to Russia<\/em> (November 4)<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8217;70s they released 4 albums (<em>Ramones<\/em>, <em>Leave Home<\/em>, <em>Rocket to Russia<\/em>, <em>Road to Ruin<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8217;80s they released 7 albums (<em>End of the Century, Pleasant Dreams, Subterranean Jungle, Too Tough to Die, Animal boy, Halway to Sanity, Brain Drain<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8217;90s they released 3 albums (<em>Mondo Bizarro, Acid Eaters, \u00a1Adios Amigos!<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>The longest time between albums was 3 years:\u00a01989&#8217;s <em>Brain Drain<\/em> and 1992&#8217;s <em>Mondo Bizarro.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The shortest time between albums was 10 months: January 10, 1977 &#8211; <em>Leave Home<\/em> to November 4, 1977 &#8211; <em>Rocket to Russia.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Their Shortest Album was &#8220;<em>Ramones<\/em>&#8221; from 1976 at 29:04.<\/li>\n<li>Their Longest Album was &#8220;<em>Mondo Bizarro<\/em>&#8221; from 1992 at an astonishing 37:25.<\/li>\n<li>Therefore, their avearge album length was about 32:45. Which is perfectly punk: Fast, Loud, and Done.<\/li>\n<li>The Ramones published 177 songs.<\/li>\n<li>For a total of 7 hours and 42 of non-stop play.<\/li>\n<li>The first Ramones song was &#8216;Blitzkrieg Bop.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>The last Ramones song was &#8216;Born to Die in Berlin.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>The most songs they ever had on an album was 14.<\/li>\n<li>Their average was 13.<\/li>\n<li>But the most common number of songs on an album was 12.<\/li>\n<li>The longest song was &#8216;Bye Bye Baby&#8217; from <em>Halfway to Sanity<\/em> in 1987. It was an epic 4:35.<\/li>\n<li>The shortest non-instrumental song was &#8216;Judy is a Punk&#8217; from <em>Ramones<\/em>, in 1976. It roars by at 1:33.<\/li>\n<li>The absolute shortest song is the instrumental track &#8216;Durango 95&#8217; from <em>Too Tough to Die<\/em> in &#8217;84. It&#8217;s on and gone in 55 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Their longest song title is &#8216;Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think Of You&#8217; from Mondo Subterranean Jungle [1983]. It&#8217;s 10 words and 52 characters.<\/li>\n<li>Actually, &#8216;every time&#8217; is misspellled as &#8216;everytime&#8217;, so the song title is really 11 words and 53 characters long.<\/li>\n<li>Besides their numeric song titles, their shortest title is &#8216;No Go&#8217; from <em>Too Tough to Die<\/em> [1984] at 2 words and 5 characters.<\/li>\n<li>The Ramones released three songs with numbers in the title: <em>53rd &amp; 3rd<\/em> [1976], <em>7-11<\/em> [1981], <em>7 and 7 Is<\/em> [1993].<\/li>\n<li>Joey was lead vocals in 161 songs.<\/li>\n<li>Dee Dee sang lead 7 times, starting with &#8216;Time Bomb&#8217; from <em>Subterranean Jungle<\/em> in 1983.<\/li>\n<li>His last lead vocal song was &#8216;Punishment Fits the Crime&#8217; from <em>Brain Drain<\/em> in 1989.<\/li>\n<li>C.J. sang lead 9 times, starting with &#8216;Strength to Endure&#8217; from <em>Mondo Bizarro<\/em> in 1992.<\/li>\n<li>The only album that did NOT start off with Joey singing was <em>Acid Eaters<\/em> from 1994; that was C.J.<\/li>\n<li>The song with the least lyrics, ironically, was &#8220;Got Alot to Say&#8221; from \u00a1<em>Adios Amigos<\/em>! (1995). It has two unique lines and goes on for 1:41.<\/li>\n<li>Song with the most lyrics is &#8216;She Talks to Rainbows&#8217; with 13 unique lines, and goes on for 3:15. It&#8217;s from \u00a1<em>Adios Amigos<\/em>! in 1995.<\/li>\n<li>The Ramones released a Christmas song, titled &#8216;Merry Christmas (I Don&#8217;t Want to Fight Tonight)&#8217; it was on <em>Brain Drain<\/em> (1989).<\/li>\n<li>They also released a sequel to a song &#8211; &#8216;The Return of Jackie and Judy&#8217; from <em>End of the Century<\/em> (in 1980), which continued &#8216;Judy is a Punk&#8217; from <em>Ramones<\/em> (1976).<\/li>\n<li>Richie, the 3rd drummer, wrote a song about Jesus for the band, titled &#8220;I&#8217;m Not Jesus&#8221; from <em>Halfway to Sanity<\/em> in 1987. It was a very Heavy Metal style song.<\/li>\n<li>Their most violent song is &#8216;Scattergun&#8217; from \u00a1<em>Adios Amigos<\/em>! (1995) with lyrics like &#8220;I got the bead on you, she fires true&#8221; and &#8220;Cut any man right off at the knees Don&#8217;t need to bother the police&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>But if you think about it, even from the earliest song, &#8216;Blitzkrieg Bop&#8217; &#8211; Ramones [1976], they had lyrics like, &#8220;Shoot him in the back now.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Even their second song &#8216;Beat On the Brat,&#8217; which is about beating a kid with a baseball bat is pretty violent!<\/li>\n<li>The bleakest song is &#8216;Worm Man&#8217; the last song from <em>Halfway to Sanity<\/em> (1987), with lyrics such as, &#8220;I&#8217;m no good to anyone&#8221; and &#8220;&#8221; and ends with &#8220;I wish I was dead.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The happiest song is &#8216;Chasing the Night&#8217; from <em>Too Tough to Die<\/em> (1984), with lyrics such as, &#8220;I&#8217;m never ever gonna tire.&#8221; &#8220;Life my life as I choose.&#8221; &#8220;Rock all night.&#8221; Excitement generated.<\/li>\n<li>Song titles that start with &#8216;I&#8217; &#8211; 21.<\/li>\n<li>Songs that start with &#8216;You&#8217; &#8211; 3.<\/li>\n<li>Songs that start with &#8216;We&#8217; &#8211; 1.<\/li>\n<li>Songs titles that include &#8216;Love&#8217; &#8211; 9.<\/li>\n<li>Songs that include &#8216;Hate&#8217; &#8211; 0.<\/li>\n<li>Believe it or not, they had a song for every letter of the alphabet. If you bend the rules for U, V, and X, that is.<\/li>\n<li>First concert was August 16, 1974 CBGB in New York.<\/li>\n<li>Last Concert was August 6, 1996 at The Palace in Los Angeles.<\/li>\n<li>This list is coming at you from San Diego. The Ramones played in San Diego 18 times.<\/li>\n<li>Debbie Harry, from Blondie, sung guest backing vocals on &#8216;Go Lil&#8217; Camaro Go&#8217; from from <em>Halfway to Sanity<\/em> [1987]<\/li>\n<li>Flo &amp; Eddie from The Turtles sung guest backing vocals for &#8216;Touring,&#8217; on <em>Mondo Bizarro<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Pete Townshend, from the Who, sung guest backing vocals on &#8216;Substitute&#8217; from Acid Eaters [1993].<\/li>\n<li>Sebastian Bach, from the Heavy Metal band Skid Row, sung guest backing vocals &#8216;Out of Time&#8217;, also on <em>Acid Eaters<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly for Acid Eaters, notorious underage porn star Traci Lords sung guest backup vocals for <em>Somebody to Love<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>What was <em>Acid Eaters<\/em>? An album completely of covers from 1993.<\/li>\n<li>The Ramones loved covering songs, and had one in every one of their 14 albums except 4.<\/li>\n<li>The Ramones had their own movie: &#8220;Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll High School&#8221; from 1979.<\/li>\n<li>The Executive producer was Roger Corman, a trailblazer of independent film.<\/li>\n<li>Joe Dante gets co-Story credit. Dante later went onto create such memorable films as &#8220;Gremlins&#8221; in 1984.<\/li>\n<li>Alan Arkush was the director and was most famous for TV projects like &#8216;The Twilight Zone,&#8217; &#8216;L.A. Law,&#8217; and &#8216;Ally McBeal.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>The Ramones appeared on &#8216;The Simpsons&#8217;: in 5th-season episode &#8220;Rosebud&#8221; from 1993. They&#8217;re hired by Smithers to play at Mr. Burn&#8217;s birthday party. Afterward, Mr. Burns orders, &#8220;Have the Rolling Stones killed.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Ramones also appeared on the 5th espisode of the 1st season of &#8216;Space Ghost Coast to Coast,&#8217; in 1994. They ate Space Ghost&#8217;s birthday cake.<\/li>\n<li>On March 18, 2002, the Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/li>\n<li>In 2011, the Ramones earned the Grammy&#8217;s Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/li>\n<li>Sadly, Joey was the first to die. He was 49 (April 15, 2001).<\/li>\n<li>Dee Dee was the second to die. He was 50. (June 5, 2002).<\/li>\n<li>Johnny was the third to die. He was 55 (September, 15, 2004).<\/li>\n<li>Tommy has been the most recent to die. He was 65 (July 7, 2014).<\/li>\n<li>The Ramones toured non-stop for 22 years.<\/li>\n<li>They fuckin&#8217; rocked!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Hey, ho! Let&#8217;s go!<\/h2>\n<p>Got any more Ramones facts? 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