The first statement "The Ramones" was held on March 30, 1974 in "New York's Performance Studio". The group then consisted of just three people: Ramon Johnny (John Cummings, pp. October 8, 1948, New York; guitar), Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin, pp. September 18, 1951, Vancouver, Canada, the. June 5, 2002 , bass, vocals) and Joey Ramon (Jeffrey Hyman, pp. May 15, 1951, New York, have. April 15, 2001; drums). His family took the boys from the nickname of Paul McCartney - "Ramon". Two months after the debut of the band's manager Tommy Ramone (Tommy Erdelyi, pp. January 29, 1952, Budapest, Hungary), he sat down at the drums, giving Joey a place at the microphone stand. His residence, "Ramones" exclusive club "CBGB", which quickly earned a reputation as the best punk-band in the city.
For a half-hour concert the guys were given to 17 high-speed and noisy tracks. The appearance of the musicians was a ragged jeans and leather jackets, worn-out sneakers Completed. In 1976, the group drew attention to the label "Sire Records", which came out debut album "Ramones". The album consisted of powerful aggressive tracks with a guitar, more like a chainsaw and a rhythm section that has great destructive power.
In the chart drive was from USA to 111 place. In England, the "Ramona" showed much more interest. Famous radiodidzhey John Peel often put their plate in the air than drew crowds of admirers. In July 1976, held the first performance of "Ramones" in London, which gave tochok to the beginning of the punk revolution. In 1977, came out two albums - babblgamovy "Leave Home" and a bit more melodic "Rocket To Russia". Arrangement of "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" from the second plate was at 30 th place in the UK. In May of 1978 left the band Tommy Ramone, who decided to do a producer. In his place was taken, Mark Bell (born July 15, 1956), immediately renamed Marky Ramone.
In the updated composition of the team recorded the "Road To Ruin", has been much calmer earlier releases. Nevertheless, the concerts "Ramones" were laid on the full program, accelerate to incredible speeds. In 1979, the group appeared in the film "Rock'n'Roll High School", in which participation has led to collaboration with renowned producer Phil Spector.
With his participation was recorded album "End Of The Century", made in the spirit of Rock'n'roll 60's. Arrangement of "Baby, I Love You" from this CD was in the best of British top ten, which was the highest achievement of "Ramona". In the spirit of the predecessor was made and the album "Pleasant Dreams". After the release of "Subterranean Jungle" has left the band drummer Brands. A new member of the team was Richie Ramonet (Richie Reinhardt, pp. August 11, 1957), had spent over drums from 1983 to 1987. With him the band released several records, made with a bias in the "metal". In 1987, a team returned to Marks, but by that time decided to throw Dee Dee, who presented in the rap singers. Replace him was Christopher Joseph Ward (born October 8, 1965), crossed the Sea Gee Ramona.
The first studio work to-date "Ramones" was a disc "Mondo Bizarro", in which the group returned to the sound of earlier releases. In 1993, left a disc "Acid Eaters", consisting of covers of "Rolling Stones", "The Who", "Beach Boys" and others. The album was the last studio work group disbanded in 1996. In April 2001 the cancer death Joy Ramona. The next year, "Ramones" was introduced in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, and after a few days after the event from a drug overdose died Dee Dee Ramone.