THE RAMONES ARE GETTING BACK TOGETHER IN HEAVEN

[defrog]

So Tommy Ramone – a.k.a. Tommy Erdelyi, a.k.a. the last surviving founding member of The Ramones – is gone.

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A lot has already been written about this – how Tommy wasn’t just a timekeeper, he was as much a driving force of the band both behind the kit and behind the scenes as Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee, etc. All of which is true.

But it did occur to me that this marks the very first time that all of the original members of one of my favorite bands have all passed away. Every other band I can think of has only lost maybe half the original line-up.

I may be overstating the significance of that, not least because the Ramones had been inactive since 1996, and Tommy quit the band around 18 years before that. And of course, Marky and CJ and Richie are still with us.

Still, a milestone is a milestone.

And while there’s no point in decrying the unfairness of a world where all the original Ramones are gone but every member of The Eagles are still alive, I kind of understand the sentiment.

[Image via Roger Wilkerson]

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