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Joey Ramone Wiki Biography

Born as Jeffrey Ross Hyman on the 19th May in 1951, Joey Ramone was one of the members of the cult punk band the Ramones. During their existence from 1974 until 1986, the band released 14 studio albums, including the “Ramones” (1976), “Rocket to Russia” (1977), “Animal Boy” (1986), and “Mondo Bizarro” (1992), among others. Joey’s career started in the mid ‘60s, and only ended with his death in 2001.

Have you ever wondered how rich Joey Ramone was at the time of his death? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Ramone’s net worth was as high as $6 million, earned through his successful career in the entertainment industry. In addition to his band career, Joey also worked solo, but his two albums were released posthumously, “Don’t Worry About Me” (2002), and “Ya Know” (2012).

Joey Ramone was the son of Charlotte and Noel Hyman; he grew up in Forest Hills in Queens New York, with his brother, Mickey Leigh, who later also became a musician. Joey went to Forest Hills High School, but was never a part of big friendships and most of the time spent alone. The situation got worse once he was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, he found his solace in music; from an early age he had listened to such bands and musicians as the Beatles, David Bowie, and the Who, among others. Once he turned 13, he started playing drums, and four years later took up an acoustic guitar too.

When he was 21 years old, Joey joined his first band, called Sniper, becoming their lead vocalist, and consisting of Bob Butani, Danny Wray, Peter Morales and Patrick Frankslyn. However, Joey left the group even before recording a demo tape, since he was replaced by Alan Turner.

The same year, he started the band The Ramones, with his friends Douglas Covin and John Cummings; Douglas already had a stage name Dee Dee Ramone, and the two took the Ramone surname, with John becoming Johnny Ramone and Jeffrey, Joey Ramone.

In the beginning, Joey was on the drums, while Dee Dee Ramone was at the microphone. Nevertheless, that changed once their manager, Tommy Erdelyi, a.k.a Tommy Ramone, took over drumming duties. Their first album came out in 1976, entitled “Ramones”, an produced such hits as “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”. By the time the ‘70s ended, The Ramones had three more albums to their name, “Leave Home” (1977), “Rocket to Russia” (1977), and “Road to Ruin” (1978), make such hits as “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker”, “Rockaway Beach”, “Do You Wanna Dance?”, and “Needles and Pins” (1978), among others, all of which increased the popularity of the band.

In 1980 they released their fifth album “End of the Century”, which featured new drummer, Marky Ramone, since Tommy left due to stress while on tours. The album reached No. 14 on the UK charts, and spawned such hits as “Baby, I Love You” and “Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio”. The same year they released the song “I Wanna Be Sedated”, which was used on the soundtrack of the film “Times Square”, and became one of their biggest hits. In 1981 their next album came out, entitled “Pleasant Dreams”, but the album wasn’t very successful, which also applied two a couple of following releases, “Subterranean Jungle” (1983) and “Too Tough to Die” (1984).

Two years later, they released “Animal Boy”, which put them back on track, and spawned the hit single “Somebody Put Something in My Drink”. The band existed for the next ten years, releasing five more albums, including the “Halfway to Sanity” (1987), “Brain Drain” (1989), “Mondo Bizarro” (1992), and “¡Adios Amigos!” (1995), all of which increased Joey’s net worth.

Thanks to his contribution to music, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

Regarding his personal life, little is known about Joey’s life away from the music industry, since he kept it as private as possible.

According to reports, Joey Ramone was listening to the song “In a Little While” by U2 when he died in hospital on 15th April in 2001, from the complications of lymphoma from which he had suffered for seven years.

IMDB Wikipedia …Ya Know?” “Animal Boy” (1986) “Don’t Worry About Me “Leave Home” “Ramones” (1976) “Rocket to Russia” (1977) $6 Million 1951 1951-05-19 1992 2001 6 ft 5 in (1.981 m) April 15 Bob Butani Danny Wray David Bowie Douglas Covin Forest Hills Forest Hills High School Jeffrey Hyman Jeffry Ross Hyman Joey Joey Ramone Joey Ramone Net Worth Marky Ramone May 19 Mickey Leigh Mondo Bizarro Musician New York New York City Noel Hyman Father Charlotte Hyman Patrick Frankslyn Peter Morales Ramone Rock Stars Singer Singer-songwriter Songwriter The Godfather of Punk Rock Tommy Erdelyi Tommy Ramone United States United States of America Washington Heights

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Joey Ramone Trademarks

1. Extremely Thin Frame
2. Leather Jacket,T-Shirt and Ripped Jeans
3. Standing in one place onstage
4. Leather gloves
5. His Queens accent
6. His height
7. Red sunglasses
8. Long black hair covering his face

Joey Ramone Quotes

• [Explaining sardonically to Rona Barrett why they are called the Ramones] It’s a coincidence. When we met in the elevator, we all had the same last name. (“Tomorrow Coast to Coast”, September 1, 1981)
• The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.
• To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying ‘This is who I am’. To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people. And as long as people are making music that does that, punk rock is alive and well.
• [Commenting on their very first performance at CBGB’s] “We played to an audience of five, but that’s only if you include the bartender’s dog.”
• [Song lyrics] “Life’s a gas, Life’s a gas, Life’s a gas, a gas, oh yeah/ Life’s a gas, Life’s a gas, Life’s a gas, a gas, oh yeah/ So don’t be sad ’cause I’ll be there/ Don’t be sad at all”
• Everybody’s just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations.

Joey Ramone Important Facts

• An outcast in his neighborhood, he was frequently a target of bullies in school due to his towering height and awkward demeanor which was a result of his severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
• Actively disliked The parents Music Resource Center, considering it a form of Censorship. He wrote the song “Censorshit” about it.
• Suffered from OCD.
• East 2nd Street between the Bowery and Second Avenue, the street adjacent to the legendary club CBGB in New York City, was renamed Joey Ramone Place after his death.
• He was often at odds with guitarist Johnny Ramone, despite a 20+ year collaboration with the Ramones. They disagreed on many things, from the artistic direction of the band (Johnny wanted to keep performing similar material, Joey wanted to experiment more) to politics (Johnny was a die-hard Republican conservative, Joey was an outspoken liberal), but the main wedge occurred when Johnny stole Joey’s girlfriend Linda and eventually married her.
• Shares a birthday with fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Pete Townshend of the Who, Dusty Hill of ZZ Top, and Phil Rudd of AC/DC.
• Although the Ramones shared credit for writing all songs, Joey actually wrote a majority of the Ramones songs by himself, with most of the significant early songs having been written by either him or Dee Dee Ramone.
• Throughout the 1970s, Bruce Springsteen wrote several hit songs for other artists without scoring a Top-10 single himself. Joey asked Springsteen to compose a song for the Ramones that was to be included on the Phil Spector-produced “End of the Century” album. The song was his classic single “Hungry Heart,” which he ended up recording and releasing himself at the insistence of his manager.
• The Ramones self-titled debut album is usually credited as the first true punk album.
• The Ramones were named the second-greatest band of all time by Rolling Stone magazine (behind the Beatles).
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
• His last recorded work appears as a backup vocalist on the CD “One Nation Under” by the Diné (Navajo) punk rock group Blackfire. Joey sang backup on the tracks “What Do You See” and “Lying To Myself.”
• Both the Sex Pistols and the Clash credit the Ramones as a source of inspiration in their formative years.
• The inspiration for one of the Ramones’ biggest hits, “I Wanna Be Sedated,” reportedly came when Joey was hospitalized for exhaustion after a concert tour.
• One of the first television appearances of the Ramones was on the local TV program “The Uncle Floyd Show.” Grateful for the free publicity when they were still growing in popularity, they continued to make occasional appearances on the show even after they became famous, spoke highly of the show in press interviews, made a reference to the show in their song “It’s Not My Place (In the Nine to Five World),” and wore T-shirts and buttons that promoted the show when they appeared on national television programs. Both Joey Ramone and the show’s host, Floyd Vivino, appeared in the film Final Rinse (1999).
• Along with fellow band members, Dee Dee, Johnny, and Tommy, chose the name Ramone for himself and for the band when Dee Dee learned that Paul McCartney was reputed to have use the name when checking into hotel rooms incognito. The band never had a single in the top 40 of national charts, and only three singles ever broke into the top 100.
• Reportedly died in his hospital bed as U2’s song “In a Little While” had finished playing on the radio.
• Founder of early punk-rock group the Ramones.

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