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An Homage to a Punk Pioneer
& why it made the Carpe City list
None of the original four members of the Ramones were related. Their real names were: Jeffrey Ross Hyman (Joey Ramone), John Cummings (Johnny Ramone), Douglass Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) and Thomas Erdelyi (Tommy Ramone). They all knew each other from growing up in Forest Hill, Queens. The name Ramone was actually influenced by Paul McCartney. Before the Beatles hit it big, McCartney used the stage name, Paul Ramon which he thought sounded “suitably exotic.” Dee Dee was a diehard Beatles fan and talked the entire group into taking up the Ramon moniker with a newly added “e” and thus the Ramones were born.
You probably would not consider someone called the “Father of Punk Rock” to be a poster boy for professionalism, but Joey Ramone was just that. He took his role very seriously, taking voice lessons from an opera coach, doing regular breathing exercises and often used a vaporizer to open up his vocal cords. One night, during a long and arduous time of touring on the road, Joey nearly died when his vaporizer blew up in his face. Like the rock star he was, he went on stage anyway and then after the show was admitted to a hospital burn unit with third-degree burns. This experience became the catalyst for the lyrics of one of their most popular songs, I Wanna Be Sedated.
Like Joey Ramone Place, there are some other spots in the world that tend to have their road signs stolen on a regular basis.
We feel like we are in an episode of South Park reporting on this list.
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