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RIP Tommy Ramone 1952-2014
Jul 12th, 2014 at 9:01am
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The final surviving Ramone has left us, aged 62.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28275535.

Really nice guy, too. I met him a few years back when he played a gig here in Belfast. This was around the time Mary (Gottorollme) had started to get quite sick and it was around the time of her birthday, so knowing she was a fan and after getting the OK from Tommy, I called her on my cellphone, told her I had someone who wanted to speak to her and put him on to chat with her for a few minutes.

A little gesture like that from him really made her day.
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Re: RIP Tommy Ramone 1952-2014
Reply #1 - Jul 12th, 2014 at 10:21am
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Gazza wrote on Jul 12th, 2014 at 9:01am:
The final surviving Ramone has left us, aged 62.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28275535.

Really nice guy, too. I met him a few years back when he played a gig here in Belfast. This was around the time Mary (Gottorollme) had started to get quite sick and it was around the time of her birthday, so knowing she was a fan and after getting the OK from Tommy, I called her on my cellphone, told her I had someone who wanted to speak to her and put him on to chat with her for a few minutes.

A little gesture like that from him really made her day.


and hearing that story has made my day. RIP Tommy a rocker and class guy..thanks for sharing the story Gary
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Reply #2 - Jul 12th, 2014 at 10:22am
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what a great and cool gesture from Tommy and from you too

RIP Tommy
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Reply #4 - Jul 12th, 2014 at 3:17pm
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Sad news. Rest in peace, Mr. Ramone. I'm not the sentimental kind of guy, but I'm sure some would agree that he (and his band) brought joy to some people; plus, he always seemed like the nicest person around. Now I'm going to turn out loud "Rock'n'roll High School".
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Reply #7 - Jul 12th, 2014 at 8:00pm
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Yeah, Mr. Erdelyi seemed a very decent bloke in a dodgy game. Co-founding one of the greatest r n' r bands ever, producing one of the greatest r n' r albums ever (the Replacements' 'Tim'), the man sure made his mark.
Kind of an "end of an era" type moment.
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RIP MR. TOMMY RAMONE
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THANK YOU FOR SAVING ROCK N ROLL!
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Reply #10 - Jul 12th, 2014 at 10:47pm
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Only 62, years of hard living took its toll on all of the Ramones. I remember this band when they were young, they were the coolest thing in NY and really woke up the era when they started the Punk Rock scene. 

Nice of him to speak with Mary, that was sweet.

RIP Tommy!
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Reply #11 - Jul 13th, 2014 at 1:23am
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thank you Tommy for bringing the spirit of the Stones, Elvis, Eddie, Gene, Dale, Carl, Del, Beatles, Beach Boys, Roy, Little Richard, Chuck, and many more from those early years -and the excitement and youthfulness of the 50's/60's to a new era. He wrote Blitzkrieg Bop, and most importantly to me, he wrote I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, their first ballad - the Ramones were PURE ROCK'N'ROLL, not this punk fluff. Thank you Tommy, rest in peace.
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Reply #12 - Jul 13th, 2014 at 8:55am
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Rest in peace, Tommy.



When the Ramones first came together, with Johnny Ramone on guitar, Dee Dee Ramone on bass and Joey Ramone on drums, Erdelyi was supposed to be the manager, but was drafted as the band's drummer when Joey became the lead singer after finding that he couldn't keep up with the Ramones' increasingly fast tempos. "Tommy Ramone, who was managing us, finally had to sit down behind the drums, because nobody else wanted to," Dee Dee later recalled.

He remained as drummer from 1974 to 1978, playing on and co-producing their first three albums, Ramones, Leave Home, and Rocket to Russia, as well as the live album It's Alive.


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RIP Tommy.  Thank you for the music.
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Reply #14 - Jul 14th, 2014 at 5:55am
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Andrew Loog Oldham posts his sympathies here along with many others:

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tommy-ramone-death-twitter/?utm_source=sailthru&u...
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Reply #15 - Jul 16th, 2014 at 2:09pm
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