Hungarian - Musician | January 29, 1949 - July 11, 2014
Dee Dee very much filled in the bottom of our sound as opposed to supplying the rhythm.
Tommy Ramone
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The Ramones were inspiring a lot of bands that couldn't master their instruments.
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It wasn't just music in the Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music - it was a whole push outwards to say something new and different.
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The Ramones are an original rock and roll group of 1975, and their songs are brief, to the point, and every one a potential hit single.
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Dee Dee got the name 'The Ramones' from Paul McCartney. McCartney would call himself Paul Ramon when he checked into hotels and didn't want to be noticed. I liked it because I thought it was ridiculous. The Ramones? That's absurd!
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We all started calling ourselves 'Ramones' because it was just a fun thing to do.
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Our music is an answer to the early Seventies when artsy people with big egos would do vocal harmonies and play long guitar solos and get called geniuses.
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