JOEY RAMONE
Joey Ramone, pioneer of punk music, dies aged 49
One of the earliest voices of punk, Joey Ramone, whose mould-breaking music gave inspiration to two iconic British bands of the Seventies, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, has died in New York City aged 49. He had been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 1995 and went into hospital last month.
One of the earliest voices of punk, Joey Ramone, whose mould-breaking music gave inspiration to two iconic British bands of the Seventies, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, has died in New York City aged 49. He had been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 1995 and went into hospital last month.
Born Jeffrey Hyman in Queens, New York, the gangly vocalist, rarely out of his ripped jeans and shades, formed the Ramones in 1974 with three neighbourhood friends, Dee Dee, Tommy and John. They all adopted the same last name. Their influence was huge even though they never made the American Top 40.
Arturo Vega, the band's longtime artistic director, said: "They changed the world of music. They rescued rock and roll from pretentiousness and unnecessary adornments." Mr Vega confirmed that Joey Ramone died on Saturday in a New York City hospital.
The Ramones, who disbanded five years ago, came to Britain in 1976 on tour shortly after the release of their first album, The Ramones. Their frenetic, three-chord music and often shocking lyrics energised the nascent punk scene in England. Their hit singles included "Sheena is a Punk Rocker", "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" and "Teenage Lobotomy". Their second album, Ramones Leave Home, was an immediate hit in Britain.
"The things we sang about were dealing with ourselves," Joey Ramone said in an interview on Amazon.com. "Our own frustrations and things that we found amusing and things dealing with TV or radio or life. My early life, I went through a lot of crap with divorce and my mom remarrying and getting a new family. I kind of found my salvation in AM radio. I remember being turned on to the Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' USA'. But the Beatles really did it to me."
Joey Ramone started out as the drummer, but was forced to abandon his drum-set when he couldn't keep up with the increasingly frantic pace of his friends. He then emerged as the frontman and vocalist. The four were regular favourites at clubs in New York such as CBGB.
But they also toured virtually non-stop for two decades. Andy Schwartz, a former editor of New York Rocker magazine, said: "They were the first band to leave New York and play anywhere and everywhere in order that this music could get past the barriers of radio and mass media."
Ramone also earned a reputation as the political thinker in the group with left-wing convictions. In 1985, he wrote the band's most overtly activist song, "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg", an unabashed rant against President Ronald Reagan's visit to a former death camp in Germany.
The Irish band U2 have recently been covering Ramones songs during their concerts. And Joey Ramone is on the cover of this month's Spin as part of the music monthly's retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the birth of punk.
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One of the earliest voices of punk, Joey Ramone, whose mould-breaking music gave inspiration to two iconic British bands of the Seventies, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, has died in New York City aged 49. He had been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 1995 and went into hospital last month.
One of the earliest voices of punk, Joey Ramone, whose mould-breaking music gave inspiration to two iconic British bands of the Seventies, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, has died in New York City aged 49. He had been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 1995 and went into hospital last month.
Born Jeffrey Hyman in Queens, New York, the gangly vocalist, rarely out of his ripped jeans and shades, formed the Ramones in 1974 with three neighbourhood friends, Dee Dee, Tommy and John. They all adopted the same last name. Their influence was huge even though they never made the American Top 40.
Arturo Vega, the band's longtime artistic director, said: "They changed the world of music. They rescued rock and roll from pretentiousness and unnecessary adornments." Mr Vega confirmed that Joey Ramone died on Saturday in a New York City hospital.
The Ramones, who disbanded five years ago, came to Britain in 1976 on tour shortly after the release of their first album, The Ramones. Their frenetic, three-chord music and often shocking lyrics energised the nascent punk scene in England. Their hit singles included "Sheena is a Punk Rocker", "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" and "Teenage Lobotomy". Their second album, Ramones Leave Home, was an immediate hit in Britain.
"The things we sang about were dealing with ourselves," Joey Ramone said in an interview on Amazon.com. "Our own frustrations and things that we found amusing and things dealing with TV or radio or life. My early life, I went through a lot of crap with divorce and my mom remarrying and getting a new family. I kind of found my salvation in AM radio. I remember being turned on to the Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' USA'. But the Beatles really did it to me."
Joey Ramone started out as the drummer, but was forced to abandon his drum-set when he couldn't keep up with the increasingly frantic pace of his friends. He then emerged as the frontman and vocalist. The four were regular favourites at clubs in New York such as CBGB.
But they also toured virtually non-stop for two decades. Andy Schwartz, a former editor of New York Rocker magazine, said: "They were the first band to leave New York and play anywhere and everywhere in order that this music could get past the barriers of radio and mass media."
Ramone also earned a reputation as the political thinker in the group with left-wing convictions. In 1985, he wrote the band's most overtly activist song, "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg", an unabashed rant against President Ronald Reagan's visit to a former death camp in Germany.
The Irish band U2 have recently been covering Ramones songs during their concerts. And Joey Ramone is on the cover of this month's Spin as part of the music monthly's retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the birth of punk.
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