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Saturday, July 12, 2014

BREAKING NEWS: Tommy Ramone dead at 62

Tommy Ramone, the co-founder and original drummer of legendary punk band the Ramones, dies after long fight with cancer, report says. 
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  1. AnonymousJuly 12, 2014 at 8:26 AM

    Tommy was my dearest and oldest friend.
    We grew up together in Forest Hills Queens New York.
    I went to Stephen A Halsey Jr High and Forest Hills High school with him.
    He got me to pick up the bass guitar and enter into the crazy world of rock music.
    We played in several bands together (Triad & Butch) here in NYC over the late 60's and early 70's.
    We built and managed Performance Studios in NYC, a recording/rehearsal studio the Ramones started in. I worked with him when he in the Ramones and well after he left.
    He had an advanced musical foresight, well ahead of the times in forming and being part of the Ramones. He was a great musician on the guitar, then the drums, later on the mandolin, banjo, fiddle and many more instruments. His musical expanse bridged from Punk to Indie Bluegrass.
    He will be
    I mourn the passing of the last of the original Ramones, my friend and a true musical visionary.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 12, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    Monte I don't know you, but thank you for chiming in. Sorry about your loss.

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  3. Ben in SalisburyJuly 13, 2014 at 12:28 AM

    I was shocked when I read the news this morning. He was the one original member I never got to meet. I had a chance to tell one of the SIRE record people to tell him thank you from me, don't know if it happened but I believe he knows now. Loved his work behind the scenes and on the records. Blessings to his friends and family I send my thanks to another member of one of my top 3 Favorite bands of all time.

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