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They were [A] the founding fathers of American punk rock.
[E] [Dbm] Welcome to WatchMojo [E].com and today we're [A] taking a look at the [D] history [E] of The [A] Ramones.
[D]
[A] Punk rock band The Ramones formed in [E] [A] 1974 in [D] Queens, New York.
[E] The [A] band originally [D] consisted of [E] vocalist [A] and rhythm [D] guitarist Douglas [A] Colvin,
lead [D] guitarist John Cummings and drummer Jeffrey [A] Hyman,
though they went through a [D] few lineup [A] changes in the [D] early days.
We're The [Abm] Ramones and you're a loudmouth baby, you better shut it up.
[A] 1, 2, 3, 4!
[E] [A]
With Colvin on bass, Hyman [Gb] on lead vocals and Thomas [D] Erday on drums,
the group adopted [E] stage names.
Colvin became Dee Dee Ramone, [D] Hyman became Joey Ramone,
Cummings [A] became Johnny Ramone and Erday became [D] Tommy Ramone.
They soon became [E] regulars at New York's CBGB club,
where [A] they attracted attention for their short and fast performances.
Thanks [Ab] to Joey's voice [Gb] and stage manner,
they were being [Db] called pioneers of [Gbm] the blossoming punk [E] scene.
After signing with Sire [D] Records, The Ramones released their self-titled debut in 1976.
[E] This warmly received effort [Em] was mainly penned by Dee Dee, [A] but was not a commercial [Gb] success.
However, they continued to make a [D] name for themselves with their live shows
and [E] also left their mark on punk rock scenes [A] around the world.
[Gb] [D]
[E] The next year, [D] they issued their sophomore LP, [A] Leave Home,
and this release found some chart [D] success in the UK.
A few months later, The Ramones released Rocket to Russia,
which [E] at position 49 was their highest [Am] charting album on the Billboard charts to that point.
The effort featured surf rock [D] influences and spawned two charting [E] singles.
It was also their last album [A] with Tommy.
[D] [A] The group's 1978 album, Road [E] to Ruin, was the first with new drummer [A] Mark Bell, or Marky Ramone.
[Eb]
[Bb]
The [A] record [D] was produced by Tommy and featured [A] pop and acoustic influences.
This was [E] followed by the release of the live compilation [Am] It's Alive
and an appearance [C] in the 1979 [D] comedy Rock and Roll High School.
[G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] The [G] Ramones' next record [A] was 1980's End of the [Eb] Century.
In the hopes of attaining [Ab] commercial success,
the Phil [Bbm] Spector produced album [Eb] contained much less [Ab] aggressive punk rock than their previous works.
[Bb] By reaching the [Eb] 44th spot, [Ab] it became their highest charting US [Bbm] album and [Eb] contained their biggest [Ab] UK hit.
[Db]
Up [Dbm] [Fm] next was [Bbm] 1981's Pleasant Dreams,
and this album once again featured watered [Ebm]-down punk and experimentation with pop music.
[Ab]
It [Eb] was followed by the [Ab] 1983 effort Subterranean Jungle,
which was the group's last to [Db] chart in the Billboard Top [Eb] 100.
Since [Abm] Marky had been dismissed prior to the release of their [E] next album,
[Ab] Richard Reinhardt, or Richie Ramone, took his place.
His first album with the Ramones was 1984's Too Tough to Die,
and [Eb] this was a critically acclaimed [Abm] effort that brought the group back to their punk rock roots.
[Db] Two years later, they released their second album,
[Eb] This [Abm] was [Dbm] followed by Halfway to [Eb] Sanity the next year.
After [Db] this record, Richie was [Eb] briefly replaced by [Dbm] Blondie member Clem Burke.
[Eb] However, Elvis Ramone, [Bbm] as he was called, was fired after [Eb] only a few performances.
Marky then rejoined [Ab] the group [Dm] as drummer.
Dee [C] Dee Ramone's last album with the [Bb] Ramones was [C] 1989's Brain Drain.
[Dm]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[D] [C] [Bb] His [C] replacement was Christopher [Dm] Joseph Ward, or CJ [C] Ramone,
and his first album with the [Bb] band was 1992's [Gb] Mondo Bizarro.
[C]
This [A] [B] was [A] [B]
[Em] followed by the [D] 1993 cover album [E] Acid Eaters,
and the Ramones' final [Em] studio [D] album [E] Adios Amigos in 1995.
The band spent the next few months [D] touring.
After [Em] playing at the 1996 Lollapalooza festival,
the [D] Ramones played their last [Gb] show in August of that year.
This [B] performance was released as the 1997 [Gb] live compilation We're [Db] Outta Here.
[Gb] Though Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny [Db] passed away during the next decade,
[Gb] their music lived on through [Db] various releases.
[Gb] These included the 2004 [B] documentary End of [Db] the Century,
the story of the [Bm] Ramones, and the DVD It's [Db] Alive, [Gb] 1974 to 1996.
[B] [Db] [Gb]
The Ramones' punk [B] rock style, combined with their [Db] artistic vision and [Gm] fashion sense,
have made them leaders in a genre [A] that has since influenced a myriad number of musicians.
[Cm] [N]
[G]
They were [A] the founding fathers of American punk rock.
[E] [Dbm] Welcome to WatchMojo [E].com and today we're [A] taking a look at the [D] history [E] of The [A] Ramones.
[D]
[A] Punk rock band The Ramones formed in [E] [A] 1974 in [D] Queens, New York.
[E] The [A] band originally [D] consisted of [E] vocalist [A] and rhythm [D] guitarist Douglas [A] Colvin,
lead [D] guitarist John Cummings and drummer Jeffrey [A] Hyman,
though they went through a [D] few lineup [A] changes in the [D] early days.
We're The [Abm] Ramones and you're a loudmouth baby, you better shut it up.
[A] 1, 2, 3, 4!
[E] [A]
With Colvin on bass, Hyman [Gb] on lead vocals and Thomas [D] Erday on drums,
the group adopted [E] stage names.
Colvin became Dee Dee Ramone, [D] Hyman became Joey Ramone,
Cummings [A] became Johnny Ramone and Erday became [D] Tommy Ramone.
They soon became [E] regulars at New York's CBGB club,
where [A] they attracted attention for their short and fast performances.
Thanks [Ab] to Joey's voice [Gb] and stage manner,
they were being [Db] called pioneers of [Gbm] the blossoming punk [E] scene.
After signing with Sire [D] Records, The Ramones released their self-titled debut in 1976.
[E] This warmly received effort [Em] was mainly penned by Dee Dee, [A] but was not a commercial [Gb] success.
However, they continued to make a [D] name for themselves with their live shows
and [E] also left their mark on punk rock scenes [A] around the world.
[Gb] [D]
[E] The next year, [D] they issued their sophomore LP, [A] Leave Home,
and this release found some chart [D] success in the UK.
A few months later, The Ramones released Rocket to Russia,
which [E] at position 49 was their highest [Am] charting album on the Billboard charts to that point.
The effort featured surf rock [D] influences and spawned two charting [E] singles.
It was also their last album [A] with Tommy.
[D] [A] The group's 1978 album, Road [E] to Ruin, was the first with new drummer [A] Mark Bell, or Marky Ramone.
[Eb]
[Bb]
The [A] record [D] was produced by Tommy and featured [A] pop and acoustic influences.
This was [E] followed by the release of the live compilation [Am] It's Alive
and an appearance [C] in the 1979 [D] comedy Rock and Roll High School.
[G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] The [G] Ramones' next record [A] was 1980's End of the [Eb] Century.
In the hopes of attaining [Ab] commercial success,
the Phil [Bbm] Spector produced album [Eb] contained much less [Ab] aggressive punk rock than their previous works.
[Bb] By reaching the [Eb] 44th spot, [Ab] it became their highest charting US [Bbm] album and [Eb] contained their biggest [Ab] UK hit.
[Db]
Up [Dbm] [Fm] next was [Bbm] 1981's Pleasant Dreams,
and this album once again featured watered [Ebm]-down punk and experimentation with pop music.
[Ab]
It [Eb] was followed by the [Ab] 1983 effort Subterranean Jungle,
which was the group's last to [Db] chart in the Billboard Top [Eb] 100.
Since [Abm] Marky had been dismissed prior to the release of their [E] next album,
[Ab] Richard Reinhardt, or Richie Ramone, took his place.
His first album with the Ramones was 1984's Too Tough to Die,
and [Eb] this was a critically acclaimed [Abm] effort that brought the group back to their punk rock roots.
[Db] Two years later, they released their second album,
[Eb] This [Abm] was [Dbm] followed by Halfway to [Eb] Sanity the next year.
After [Db] this record, Richie was [Eb] briefly replaced by [Dbm] Blondie member Clem Burke.
[Eb] However, Elvis Ramone, [Bbm] as he was called, was fired after [Eb] only a few performances.
Marky then rejoined [Ab] the group [Dm] as drummer.
Dee [C] Dee Ramone's last album with the [Bb] Ramones was [C] 1989's Brain Drain.
[Dm]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[D] [C] [Bb] His [C] replacement was Christopher [Dm] Joseph Ward, or CJ [C] Ramone,
and his first album with the [Bb] band was 1992's [Gb] Mondo Bizarro.
[C]
This [A] [B] was [A] [B]
[Em] followed by the [D] 1993 cover album [E] Acid Eaters,
and the Ramones' final [Em] studio [D] album [E] Adios Amigos in 1995.
The band spent the next few months [D] touring.
After [Em] playing at the 1996 Lollapalooza festival,
the [D] Ramones played their last [Gb] show in August of that year.
This [B] performance was released as the 1997 [Gb] live compilation We're [Db] Outta Here.
[Gb] Though Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny [Db] passed away during the next decade,
[Gb] their music lived on through [Db] various releases.
[Gb] These included the 2004 [B] documentary End of [Db] the Century,
the story of the [Bm] Ramones, and the DVD It's [Db] Alive, [Gb] 1974 to 1996.
[B] [Db] [Gb]
The Ramones' punk [B] rock style, combined with their [Db] artistic vision and [Gm] fashion sense,
have made them leaders in a genre [A] that has since influenced a myriad number of musicians.
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ They were [A] the founding fathers of American punk rock.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Dbm] Welcome to WatchMojo [E].com and today we're [A] taking a look at the [D] history [E] of The [A] Ramones.
[D] _
[A] Punk rock band The Ramones formed in [E] [A] 1974 in [D] Queens, New York.
[E] The [A] band originally [D] consisted of [E] vocalist [A] and rhythm [D] guitarist Douglas [A] Colvin,
lead [D] guitarist John Cummings and drummer Jeffrey [A] Hyman,
though they went through a [D] few lineup [A] changes in the [D] early days.
We're The [Abm] Ramones and you're a loudmouth baby, you better shut it up.
[A] 1, 2, 3, 4!
_ _ [E] _ [A]
With Colvin on bass, Hyman [Gb] on lead vocals and Thomas [D] Erday on drums,
the group adopted [E] stage names.
Colvin became Dee Dee Ramone, [D] Hyman became Joey Ramone,
Cummings [A] became Johnny Ramone and Erday became [D] Tommy Ramone.
They soon became [E] regulars at New York's CBGB club,
where [A] they attracted attention for their short and fast performances.
Thanks [Ab] to Joey's voice [Gb] and stage manner,
they were being [Db] called pioneers of [Gbm] the blossoming punk [E] scene.
After signing with Sire [D] Records, The Ramones released their self-titled debut in 1976.
[E] This warmly received effort [Em] was mainly penned by Dee Dee, [A] but was not a commercial [Gb] success.
However, they continued to make a [D] name for themselves with their live shows
and [E] also left their mark on punk rock scenes [A] around the world.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ The next year, [D] they issued their sophomore LP, [A] Leave Home,
and this release found some chart [D] success in the UK.
A few months later, The Ramones released Rocket to Russia,
which [E] at position 49 was their highest [Am] charting album on the Billboard charts to that point.
The effort featured surf rock [D] influences and spawned two charting [E] singles.
It was also their last album [A] with Tommy. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] The group's 1978 album, Road [E] to Ruin, was the first with new drummer [A] Mark Bell, or Marky Ramone.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ The [A] record [D] was produced by Tommy and featured [A] pop and acoustic influences.
This was [E] followed by the release of the live compilation [Am] It's Alive
and an appearance [C] in the 1979 [D] comedy Rock and Roll High School.
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] The [G] Ramones' next record [A] was 1980's End of the [Eb] Century.
In the hopes of attaining [Ab] commercial success,
the Phil [Bbm] Spector produced album [Eb] contained much less [Ab] aggressive punk rock than their previous works.
[Bb] By reaching the [Eb] 44th spot, [Ab] it became their highest charting US [Bbm] album and [Eb] contained their biggest [Ab] UK hit.
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
Up _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [Fm] next was [Bbm] 1981's Pleasant Dreams,
and this album once again featured watered [Ebm]-down punk and experimentation with pop music.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ It [Eb] was followed by the [Ab] 1983 effort Subterranean Jungle,
which was the group's last to [Db] chart in the Billboard Top [Eb] 100.
Since [Abm] Marky had been dismissed prior to the release of their [E] next album,
[Ab] Richard Reinhardt, or Richie Ramone, took his place.
His first album with the Ramones was _ 1984's Too Tough to Die,
and [Eb] this was a critically acclaimed [Abm] effort that brought the group back to their punk rock roots.
[Db] Two years later, they released their second album, _
[Eb] This [Abm] was [Dbm] followed by Halfway to [Eb] Sanity the next year.
After [Db] this record, Richie was [Eb] briefly replaced by [Dbm] Blondie member Clem Burke.
[Eb] However, Elvis Ramone, [Bbm] as he was called, was fired after [Eb] only a few performances.
Marky then rejoined [Ab] the group [Dm] as drummer.
Dee [C] Dee Ramone's last album with the [Bb] Ramones was [C] 1989's Brain Drain.
[Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ His [C] replacement was Christopher [Dm] Joseph Ward, or CJ [C] Ramone,
and his first album with the [Bb] band was 1992's [Gb] Mondo Bizarro. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
This _ [A] _ [B] was [A] _ [B] _ _
[Em] followed by the [D] 1993 cover album [E] Acid Eaters,
and the Ramones' final [Em] studio [D] album [E] Adios Amigos in 1995.
The band spent the next few months [D] touring.
After [Em] playing at the 1996 Lollapalooza festival,
the [D] Ramones played their last [Gb] show in August of that year.
This [B] performance was released as the 1997 [Gb] live compilation We're [Db] Outta Here.
[Gb] Though Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny [Db] passed away during the next decade,
[Gb] their music lived on through [Db] various releases.
[Gb] These included the 2004 [B] documentary End of [Db] the Century,
the story of the [Bm] Ramones, and the DVD It's [Db] Alive, [Gb] 1974 to 1996.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _
The Ramones' punk [B] rock style, combined with their [Db] artistic vision and [Gm] fashion sense,
have made them leaders in a genre [A] that has since influenced a myriad number of musicians. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ They were [A] the founding fathers of American punk rock.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Dbm] Welcome to WatchMojo [E].com and today we're [A] taking a look at the [D] history [E] of The [A] Ramones.
[D] _
[A] Punk rock band The Ramones formed in [E] [A] 1974 in [D] Queens, New York.
[E] The [A] band originally [D] consisted of [E] vocalist [A] and rhythm [D] guitarist Douglas [A] Colvin,
lead [D] guitarist John Cummings and drummer Jeffrey [A] Hyman,
though they went through a [D] few lineup [A] changes in the [D] early days.
We're The [Abm] Ramones and you're a loudmouth baby, you better shut it up.
[A] 1, 2, 3, 4!
_ _ [E] _ [A]
With Colvin on bass, Hyman [Gb] on lead vocals and Thomas [D] Erday on drums,
the group adopted [E] stage names.
Colvin became Dee Dee Ramone, [D] Hyman became Joey Ramone,
Cummings [A] became Johnny Ramone and Erday became [D] Tommy Ramone.
They soon became [E] regulars at New York's CBGB club,
where [A] they attracted attention for their short and fast performances.
Thanks [Ab] to Joey's voice [Gb] and stage manner,
they were being [Db] called pioneers of [Gbm] the blossoming punk [E] scene.
After signing with Sire [D] Records, The Ramones released their self-titled debut in 1976.
[E] This warmly received effort [Em] was mainly penned by Dee Dee, [A] but was not a commercial [Gb] success.
However, they continued to make a [D] name for themselves with their live shows
and [E] also left their mark on punk rock scenes [A] around the world.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ The next year, [D] they issued their sophomore LP, [A] Leave Home,
and this release found some chart [D] success in the UK.
A few months later, The Ramones released Rocket to Russia,
which [E] at position 49 was their highest [Am] charting album on the Billboard charts to that point.
The effort featured surf rock [D] influences and spawned two charting [E] singles.
It was also their last album [A] with Tommy. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] The group's 1978 album, Road [E] to Ruin, was the first with new drummer [A] Mark Bell, or Marky Ramone.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ The [A] record [D] was produced by Tommy and featured [A] pop and acoustic influences.
This was [E] followed by the release of the live compilation [Am] It's Alive
and an appearance [C] in the 1979 [D] comedy Rock and Roll High School.
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] The [G] Ramones' next record [A] was 1980's End of the [Eb] Century.
In the hopes of attaining [Ab] commercial success,
the Phil [Bbm] Spector produced album [Eb] contained much less [Ab] aggressive punk rock than their previous works.
[Bb] By reaching the [Eb] 44th spot, [Ab] it became their highest charting US [Bbm] album and [Eb] contained their biggest [Ab] UK hit.
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
Up _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [Fm] next was [Bbm] 1981's Pleasant Dreams,
and this album once again featured watered [Ebm]-down punk and experimentation with pop music.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ It [Eb] was followed by the [Ab] 1983 effort Subterranean Jungle,
which was the group's last to [Db] chart in the Billboard Top [Eb] 100.
Since [Abm] Marky had been dismissed prior to the release of their [E] next album,
[Ab] Richard Reinhardt, or Richie Ramone, took his place.
His first album with the Ramones was _ 1984's Too Tough to Die,
and [Eb] this was a critically acclaimed [Abm] effort that brought the group back to their punk rock roots.
[Db] Two years later, they released their second album, _
[Eb] This [Abm] was [Dbm] followed by Halfway to [Eb] Sanity the next year.
After [Db] this record, Richie was [Eb] briefly replaced by [Dbm] Blondie member Clem Burke.
[Eb] However, Elvis Ramone, [Bbm] as he was called, was fired after [Eb] only a few performances.
Marky then rejoined [Ab] the group [Dm] as drummer.
Dee [C] Dee Ramone's last album with the [Bb] Ramones was [C] 1989's Brain Drain.
[Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ His [C] replacement was Christopher [Dm] Joseph Ward, or CJ [C] Ramone,
and his first album with the [Bb] band was 1992's [Gb] Mondo Bizarro. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
This _ [A] _ [B] was [A] _ [B] _ _
[Em] followed by the [D] 1993 cover album [E] Acid Eaters,
and the Ramones' final [Em] studio [D] album [E] Adios Amigos in 1995.
The band spent the next few months [D] touring.
After [Em] playing at the 1996 Lollapalooza festival,
the [D] Ramones played their last [Gb] show in August of that year.
This [B] performance was released as the 1997 [Gb] live compilation We're [Db] Outta Here.
[Gb] Though Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny [Db] passed away during the next decade,
[Gb] their music lived on through [Db] various releases.
[Gb] These included the 2004 [B] documentary End of [Db] the Century,
the story of the [Bm] Ramones, and the DVD It's [Db] Alive, [Gb] 1974 to 1996.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _
The Ramones' punk [B] rock style, combined with their [Db] artistic vision and [Gm] fashion sense,
have made them leaders in a genre [A] that has since influenced a myriad number of musicians. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _