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The Ramones Main Page Discography: Albums, Singles, CDs, DVDs Filmography: Films, Movies, DVDs Trivia, Facts Band Members Joey Ramone Johnny Ramone Dee Ramone Tommy Ramone The Ramones Images, Pictures, Photos: The Ramones Picture Gallery Next: The Rolling Stones Previous: Elvis Presley	Joey Ramone Trivia: Reportedly died in his hospital bed as U2's song "In A Little While" had finished playing on the radio. Founder of early punk rock group Ramones. One of the first television appearances of The Ramones was on the local TV program, "The Uncle Floyd Show". Grateful for the free publicity when they were still growing in popularity, they continued to make occasional appearances on the show even after they became famous, spoke highly of the show in press interviews, made a reference to the show in their song "It's Not My Place (In the Nine to Five World)" and wore t-shirts and buttons promoting the show when they appeared on national television programs. Both Joey Ramone and the show's host, Floyd Vivino, appeared in the film Final Rinse (1999). Along with fellow band members, Dee Dee, Johnny, and Tommy, chose the name Ramone for himself and for the band when Dee Dee learned that Paul McCartney was reputed to have use the name when checking into hotel rooms incognito. The band never had a single in the top 40 of national charts, and only three singles ever broke into the top 100. The inspiration for one of the Ramones' biggest hits, "I Wanna Be Sedated", reportedly came when Joey was hospitalized for exhaustion after a concert tour. Both the Sex Pistols and the Clash credit the Ramones as a source of inspiration in their formative years. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. The Ramones were named the 2nd greatest band of all-time by Roling Stone magazine (behind the Beatles). The Ramones self-titled debut album is usually credited as the first true punk album. His last recorded work appears as a backup vocalist on the CD "One Nation Under" by the Diné (Navajo) punk rock group Blackfire. Joey sang backup on the tracks "What Do You See" and "Lying To Myself". Throughout the 70's Bruce Springsteen wrote several hit songs for other artists, without scoring a Top 10 single himself. Joey asked Springsteen to compose a song for the Ramones, to be included on the Phil Spector produced "End of the Century" album. The song was his classic single "Hungry Heart," which he ended up recording and releasing himself at the insistence of his manager. He was often at odds with guitarist Johnny Ramone, despite a 20+ year collaboration in the Ramones. They disagreed on many things, from the artistic direction of the band (Johnny wanted to keep performing similar material, Joey wanted to experiment more) to politics (Johnny was a die-hard Republican conservative, Joey was an outspoken liberal), but the main wedge occurred when Johnny "stole" Joey's girlfriend, Linda, and eventually married her. Although the Ramones shared credit for writing all songs, Joey actually wrote a majority of the Ramones songs by himself, with most of the significant early songs having been written by either him or Dee Dee Ramone. Shares a birthday with fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Pete Townshend of the Who, Dusty Hill of ZZ Top and Phil Rudd of AC/DC. Joey Ramone Quotes: "We played to an audience of five, but that's only if you include the bartender's dog." [Commenting on their very first performance at CBGB's]. "Everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations."