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Dee Dee Ramone
1952–2002
American musician (1951–2002)
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Biography
Douglas Glenn Colvin, better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician. He was the bassist, occasional lead vocalist and a founding member of the punk rock band the Ramones. Throughout the band's existence, he was the most prolific lyricist and composer, writing many of their best-known songs, such as "53rd & 3rd", "Chinese Rock", "Commando", "Wart Hog", "Rockaway Beach", "Poison Heart" and "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg". The latter won the New York Music Award for best independent single of the year in 1986, while Animal Boy, which the song is from, won for best album.
Timeline
The story of Dee Dee Ramone, told in moments.
Born Douglas Glenn Colvin in Fort Lee, Virginia. His father was a U.S. Army sergeant stationed in Germany. He grew up in Munich and Berlin before moving to Forest Hills, Queens, as a teenager.
Co-founded the Ramones with Johnny, Joey, and Tommy Ramone. Dee Dee wrote most of their songs and played bass. He counted off nearly every song with "1-2-3-4!"
The Ramones' debut album cost $6,400 to record. It didn't chart. But it changed music. Nearly every punk, post-punk, and indie rock band that followed cited it.
Left the Ramones to pursue a brief hip-hop career as Dee Dee King. The album Standing in the Spotlight was widely mocked. He returned to punk.
Died of a heroin overdose at 50 in his Hollywood apartment. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Ramones the same year.
In Their Own Words (2)
I hope no one thinks we really sniff glue. I stopped when I was eight.
on the song "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue", Rombes, Nicholas (2005). Ramones. 33⅓. Continuum International Publishing Group., 2005
I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock.
QuoteHD, Rap Quotes (2001) http://www.quotehd.com/quotes/words/Rap, 2001
Artifacts (15)
Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You
e Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which was released weeks earlier. AllMusic's Bruce Eder wrote that Gibb's Mellotron on "Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You" 'was close in...
None of the sequence of events have yet made sense to us.
fact that they had to operate on Maurice during the shock of cardiac arrest is very questionable." Barry said, "None of the sequence of events have yet made sense to us." Robin Gibb spoke to Mojo...
I could play every bass lick he [McCartney] played
thing and I was fartin' around on the bass. I was a big Paul freak. He was a great teacher for me." Gibb added that "I could play every bass lick he [McCartney] played", especially "Michelle", saying...
We were just getting ready to do some tracks and we were just doing nothing and ...
g. Talking about the song "Have You Heard the Word" by the Fut, on which Gibb sang and played bass, he said that "We were just getting ready to do some tracks and we were just doing nothing and I was...
Lulu and I met on the Top of the Pops TV show three months ago, and then at the ...
e in London on 1 October 1967. Later, after his relationship with Lulu had become public knowledge, he said: "Lulu and I met on the Top of the Pops TV show three months ago, and then at the Saville...
It was emotional, there was humor. Everybody talked about how this was a man who...
Harry Wayne Casey. After the service, his body was cremated. Journalist and family friend Jennifer Valoppi said, "It was emotional, there was humor. Everybody talked about how this was a man who...
Maurice was the talented multi-instrumentalist, I mean here is a guy who played ...
l stuff, and way ahead, way ahead of his time". == Musicianship == === Recognition === DJ Paul Gambaccini said: "Maurice was the talented multi-instrumentalist, I mean here is a guy who played...
Davy Jones was a good friend of mine, I broke it off with Lulu over the phone an...
968, Lulu was seen in public with Davy Jones of the Monkees; Jones was also a friend of Maurice. As Gibb recalled, "Davy Jones was a good friend of mine, I broke it off with Lulu over the phone and...
The fact that they had to operate on Maurice during the shock of cardiac arrest ...
tralia in 1966, also attended the service. Barry and Robin Gibb told the BBC about Maurice's death, "The fact that they had to operate on Maurice during the shock of cardiac arrest is very...
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