American - Musician | September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002
I was a big troublemaker in the group. I put them through a lot of pain, but as much as I gave to them, they gave right back to me.
Dee Dee Ramone
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I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
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I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.
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I like California a lot more than New York these days.
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I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
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I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again.
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I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
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It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.
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Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.
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Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.
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The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.
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We didn't do an American tour because it I know it wouldn't go down well.
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