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The Ramones were ranked number 26 in Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" [8] and number 17 in VH1's 2012 television series 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. [9] In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by Spin, trailing only the Beatles. [10]
Christopher Joseph Ward (born October 8, 1965), better known as C. J. Ramone, is an American musician.He is best known for performing from 1989 to 1996 as the bassist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of the punk rock group the Ramones after replacing original bassist Dee Dee Ramone, a role that lasted until the band's retirement.
Thomas Erdelyi (born Tamás Erdélyi, [ˈærdeji ˈtɒmaːʃ]; January 29, 1949 – July 11, 2014), known professionally as Tommy Ramone, was an American musician. [1] [2] He was the drummer for the influential punk rock band the Ramones from its debut in 1974 to 1978, later serving as its producer, and was the longest-surviving original member of the Ramones.
The following year, Soles was cast as Riff Randell in the musical comedy film Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) with the Ramones. She has a singing credit for a second version of the title song on the movie's soundtrack. She reprised the role of Riff Randell in the artwork for the album Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? by Local H.
BY ERIC M. JOHNSON (Reuters) - Tommy Ramone, the drummer and last surviving original member of the American punk band the Ramones, whose aggressive and fast-driving songs spearheaded the punk-rock ...
The Ramones were an American punk rock band from New York City. Their discography consists of fourteen studio albums, ten live albums, sixteen compilation albums, seventy-one singles, thirty-two music videos and ten films.
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones is a 2003 documentary film about highly influential New York punk rock band the Ramones.The film, produced and directed by Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia, documents the band's history from their formation in the early 1970s and 22 subsequent years of touring, to their 1996 breakup and the deaths of two of the four original members.
In 2009, Ramone appeared on Time ' s list of "The 10 Greatest Electric-Guitar Players". [2] He ranked No. 8 on Spin ' s 2012 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" [3] and No. 28 on Rolling Stone ' s similarly titled 2015 list. [4] Alongside his music career, Ramone appeared in nearly a dozen films, in documentaries, and on television.