American punk rock band formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1996.
Hailing from Forest Hills - a neighborhood of Queens, New York City (USA) - the original line-up consisted of singer Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman, born May 19th, 1951, died April 15th, 2001), guitarist Johnny Ramone (John Cummings, born October 8th, 1948, died September 15th, 2004), bassist Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin, born September 18th, 1952, died June 5th, 2002) and drummer Tommy Ramone (Tom Erdelyi, born January 29, 1952, died July 11th, 2014).
After Tommy left the band in early 1978 he was replaced by Marky Ramone (Marc Bell). He was fired in 1983 and was then replaced by Richie Ramone (Richard Beau). In 1987, he then left the band and was briefly replaced by Elvis Ramone (Clem Burke) for two performances (August 28 & 29, 1987) before Marky returned in September, 1987. In 1989, Dee Dee left and was replaced by
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Tracks 9, 13 and 5 from Ramones (SR 6020). Recorded March, 1976 at Plaza Sound, Radio City Music Hall, New York. Released May, 1976. Tracks 4, 12 and 8 from Ramones Leave Home (SR 6031). Recorded October, 1976 at Sundragon Studios, New York. Released January, 1977. Track 6 recorded March, 1977 at Sundragon Studios, New York. Released as a single April, 1977. Tracks 11, 2, 10 and 16 from Rocket To Russia (SR 6042). Recorded August-September 1977 at Media Sound, New York. Released November 4, 1977. Tracks 27, 1 and 22 from Road To Ruin (SRK 6063). Recorded May-June, 1978 at Media Sound, New York. Released September 22, 1978. Track 30 from the film Rock 'N' Roll High School. Recorded November, 1978 at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles. Original soundtrack (SRK 6070) released June 1, 1979. Tracks 3 and 26 from End Of The Century (SRK 6077). Recorded April, 1979 at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood. Released February 4, 1980. Tracks 25 and 28 from Pleasant Dreams (SRK 3571). Recorded March-April, 1981 at Media Sound, New York. Released July 20, 1981. Tracks 19 and 18 from Subterranean Jungle (23800-1). Recorded October, 1982 at Kingdom Sound, Long Island. Released February 28, 1983. Track 29 recorded October, 1982 at Kingdom Sound, Long Island, NY. Tracks 14, 20, 23 and 23 from Too Tough To Die (25817-1). Recorded July, 1984 at Media Sound, New York. Released October 1, 1984. Tracks 21, 24 and 17 from Animal Boy (25433-1). Recorded December, 1985 at Intergalactic Studios, New York except 17, recorded summer, 1985 at Media Sound, New York. Released May 19, 1986. Tracks 7 and 15 from Halfway To Sanity (25641-1). Recorded March-April, 1987 at Intergalactic Studios, New York. Released September 15, 1987.
"Mama's Boy" is printed as "Momma's Boy" in the booklet. "I Just Want To Have Something To Do" is printed as "I Just Wanna Have Something To Do" in the booklet and on the back cover.
