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Ramone's signature cracks, hiccups, snarls, crooning, and youthful voice made Joey one of punk rock's most recognizable voices. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played its final show and then disbanded. In 2002, the Ramones were voted the second greatest rock and roll band ever in Spin, behind the Beatles. Recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now regularly represented in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone lists of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and 25 Greatest Live Albums of All Time, VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, and Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums. sales to be certified gold in Joey's lifetime was the compilation album Ramones Mania. The Ramones were a major influence on the punk rock movement in the United States, though they achieved only minor commercial success.

RAMONES SONGS SERIES

Because he'd been sitting in my house with my acoustic guitar, writing these songs like 'I Don't Care', fucking up my guitar, and suddenly he's this guy on stage who you can't take your eyes off of.' After a series of unsuccessful auditions in search of a new drummer, Erdelyi took over on drums, assuming the name Tommy Ramone. Joey was the lead singer and I couldn't believe how good he was. Mickey Leigh: 'I was shocked when the band came out. However, when Dee Dee's vocal cords proved unable to sustain the demands of consistent live performances, Ramones manager Thomas Erdelyi suggested Joey switch to vocals. Joey initially served as the group's drummer while Dee Dee Ramone was the original vocalist. The name 'Ramone' stems from Paul McCartney: he briefly used the stage name 'Paul Ramon' during 1960вЂ“61, when the Beatles, still an unknown five-piece band called the Silver Beetles, did a tour of Scotland and all took up pseudonyms and again on the 1969 Steve Miller album Brave New World, where he played the drums on one song using that name.

Colvin was already using the pseudonym 'Dee Dee Ramone' and the others also adopted stage names using 'Ramone' as their surname: Cummings became Johnny Ramone and Hyman became Joey Ramone. In 1974, Jeffrey Hyman co-founded the punk rock band the Ramones with friends John Cummings and Douglas Colvin. Hyman continued playing with Sniper until early 1974, when he was replaced by Alan Turner. Hyman played with Sniper under the name Jeff Starship. Sniper played at the Mercer Arts Center, Max's Kansas City and the Coventry, alongside the New York Dolls, Suicide, and Queen Elizabeth III. In 1972 Hyman joined the glam punk band Sniper. Hyman took up the drums at 13, and played them throughout his teen years before picking up an acoustic guitar at age 17. Hyman was a fan of the Beatles, the Who, David Bowie, and the Stooges among other bands, particularly oldies and the Phil Spector-produced ' girl groups'.

She married a second time but was widowed when he died in a car accident while she was on vacation. His mother, Charlotte Lesher, divorced her first husband, Noel Hyman. Though generally a happy person, Hyman was something of an outcast, diagnosed at 18 with obsessiveвЂ“compulsive disorder and schizophrenia. He grew up with his brother Mickey Leigh. The family resided in Forest Hills, Queens, where Hyman and his future Ramones bandmates attended Forest Hills High School. He was born with a parasitic twin growing out of his back, which was incompletely formed and surgically removed. His parents were Charlotte ( nГ©e Mandell) and Noel Hyman. Jeffrey Ross Hyman was born on May 19, 1951, in Queens, New York City, to a Jewish family. Ramone 2nd grade class photo 1959 PS196 Queens, NY (back row center)