In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by Spin, trailing only The Beatles. The Ramones ranked number 26 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the ' 100 Greatest Artists of All Time' and number 17 in VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'. Recognition of the band's importance built over the years. Ramone (who replaced Dee Dee in 1989 and stayed with the band until its dissolution) and drummers Marky Ramone, Richie Ramone and Elvis Ramone-are still musically active. The remaining surviving members of the Ramones-bassist C. By 2014, all four of the band's original members had died – lead singer Joey Ramone (1951–2001), bassist Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002), guitarist Johnny Ramone (1948–2004) and drummer Tommy Ramone (1949–2014). In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, they played a farewell concert in Los Angeles and disbanded. The Ramones performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. Despite achieving only limited commercial success initially, the band was highly influential in the United States, Argentina, Brazil and most of South America, as well as Europe, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Belgium.Īll of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname 'Ramone', although none of them were biologically related they were inspired by Paul McCartney, who would check into hotels as 'Paul Ramon'. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. The song was premiered on Spinner.The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. I made solos where there weren't solos, intros where there weren't intros, endings where there weren't endings.'Ī 7' single of 'Rock 'n Roll Is the Answer' was released on Apfor Record Store Day. I tried to add what I thought Joey was going for. Some of the songs were fragmented, and some were arranged very well. The drum machine wasn't programmed or anything it just made a beat. 'There was a drum machine, a guitar, a bass and Joey.

Producer Ed Stasium, who worked on 11 of the album's 15 tracks, stated that he acquired the original demos in 2008. Co-production credit has been given Rey in fulfillment of contractual obligations.' The album's liner notes included the statement: 'This is stated in fairness to the producers: Joey's vocal tracks were taken from demos owned by Joey, but held in possession of Rey prior to and following Joey's passing, thus forcing the Estate of Joey Ramone to re-acquire them from Rey for all further production and release. Ya Know? was due to legal wranglings between Joey Ramone's estate and Daniel Rey, who had originally recorded the demos with Joey Ramone.

The ten-year gap between Don't Worry About Me and. Two of the album's songs, 'Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)' and 'Life's a Gas', are re-recordings of songs originally recorded by the Ramones. The songs in question were co-written by Joey and Dee Dee Ramone, but despite the intent of an equal financial split between the two, the manager of Dee Dee Ramone's business interests blocked the songs' inclusion on the album. The album was originally announced to contain 17 songs, but due to a last minute glitch, two songs had to be cut. The songs from the album were originally recorded by Joey Ramone as demos with overdubs added later by his musician friends. Musicians include Joan Jett, Steven Van Zandt, Richie Ramone, Holly Beth Vincent, Genya Ravan, members of Cheap Trick and the Dictators and Mickey Leigh The album features producers Ed Stasium, Jean Beauvoir, Daniel Rey (all of whom worked with the Ramones), Joey's brother Mickey Leigh and Joe Blaney. It was released posthumously on May 22, 2012, by BMG. Ya Know? is the second and final solo album by Joey Ramone.

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