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Dee Dee Ramone

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It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.


— Dee Dee Ramone


#cried #died #freaked #i #out

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.


— Dee Dee Ramone


#bring #expensive #new #new york #very

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.


— Dee Dee Ramone


#demonic #how #i #know #metallica

Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.


— Dee Dee Ramone


#died #great #i #nelson #ricky

The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.


— Dee Dee Ramone


#albums #deciding #had #hear #i

We didn't do an American tour because it I know it wouldn't go down well.


— Dee Dee Ramone


#because #down #go #i #know

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.


— Dee Dee Ramone


#any #called #contests #dismay #exactly






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Though nearly all of the Ramones' songs were credited equally to all the band members Dee Dee was the band's most prolific lyricist and songwriter writing many of the band's most well-known songs such as "53rd & 3rd" "Commando" "Rockaway Beach" and "Poison Heart". in early 1999. He was initially the band's lead vocalist though his (then) inability to sing and play bass at the same time resulted in original drummer Joey Ramone taking over the lead vocalist duties.

Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Glenn Colvin; September 18 1951 – June 5 2002) was an American songwriter and musician best known as founding member songwriter and bassist for punk rock band the Ramones. He toured the world playing his new songs Ramones songs and some old favorites in small clubs and continued to write songs for the Ramones until 1996 when the band officially retired. Dee Dee struggled with drug addiction for much of his life particularly heroin.

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