History Music / TheRamones

* AnimatedMusicVideo: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5P8lrgBtcU Their cover of the Spiderman theme.]]

* MusicOfNote: Allmusic credits them as the first punk rock band, and their minimalist approach is ''staggeringly'' influential.

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The feedback at the end of "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" segues (with help from Dee Dee's signature "ONETWOTHREEFOUR!") right into "Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World."

** "Chain Saw" was based on ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974''.

* {{Foreshadowing}} Joey's first line in "I Believe in Miracles" is "I used to be on an endless run. Believe in miracles 'cause I'm one.". Years later, Music/{{U2}} would release a song called "The Miracle of Joey Ramone".

* GentleGiant: Joey stood at a rather imposing 6ft 6, but was a laid back, friendly and fun loving guy. Also, [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/83/29/64/8329645bfdbe5a31e7c27953f23ad75d.jpg as]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/31/60/34/3160347438c710bd07b2fef4740d890b.jpg these]] [[https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/1/10/enhanced-buzz-orig-21968-1375367352-15.jpg?downsize=700:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto pictures]] show, he [[KindHeartedCatLover loved cats.]]

* NewSoundAlbum: ''End Of The Century'' changed the Ramones forever, for better or for worse.

** ''Too Tough To Die'' has a cover that homages the tunnel scene in ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' and one of the songs is named "Durango '95" after the car the Droogs steal.

* UncommonTime: Yes, even they did this once. Parts of "Durango 95" are in 7/8 measure.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Joey and Johnny Ramone — the two were polar opposites politically and philosophically, Johnny's fascination with Nazism led to endless [[DudeNotFunny anti-Semitic jokes]] at Joey's expense, and Joey constantly vetoed Johnny's edgier songs. Nonetheless, the two remained professionally inseparable, and when Joey died in 2001 [[CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem Johnny was reportedly devastated and entered a prolonged depression.]]

After the band made a guest appearance in Creator/RogerCorman's cult movie ''Film/RockAndRollHighSchool'', the band got in touch with famous 1960s pop producer Music/PhilSpector in 1980, to create an attempt at a breakthrough album, ''Music/EndOfTheCentury.'' The sessions were fraught with tension between the band (who were always the 'get in, get out' types) and Spector (a notoriously meticulous ControlFreak). The sessions did pay off in an album that charted at #44, their highest charting album ever, but its got a mixed reputation, among fans and the band itself, for presenting a [[LighterAndSofter slicker, poppier Ramones.]] Oddly enough, their cover of "Baby I Love You" did huge business in the UK.

In 2003, the group got their own documentary, ''End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones.'' It features interviews with everyone who'd been in the band, plus members of their families, contemporaries like Debbie Harry and Joe Strummer, and more, as it chronicles the band's history from their start in [=CBGBs=] to their Hall Of Fame induction. While Joey and Dee Dee never survived to see the film, Johnny did, and his reaction was printed on the box cover: "It’s accurate. It left me disturbed." It should be noted that Johnny, a notoriously thuggish taskmaster through much of the band's tenure, did try to repair his relationships with his former bandmates after the band ended, largely to no avail. In 2004, Johnny Ramone succumbed to prostate cancer, survived by his wife Linda. In 2014, the last original member, Tommy, succumbed to bile duct cancer.

In July of 2016, a 40th anniversary deluxe edition of ''Ramones'' was released, featuring the album in stereo and mono mixes, outtakes, and an unreleased live album. Similar deluxe editions followed for ''Leave Home,'' ''Rocket To Russia'' and ''Road To Ruin'' for their 40th anniversaries, all of which contain outtakes, alternate takes and unreleased live recordings.

* GuestStarPartyMember: Music/{{Blondie}} drummer Clem Burke (a.k.a. Elvis Ramone) only filled in for two concerts between Richie's departure and Marky's return.

* MilitaryBrat: Dee Dee and Johnny.

->''"Well!!! It's good to be here on TV Tropes, and it's good to see all of you again; '''take it, Dee Dee!'''"''

* BatterUp: ''Beat on the Brat'' is basically this trope's theme song.

After the band made a guest appearance in Creator/RogerCorman's cult movie ''Film/RockAndRollHighSchool'', the band got in touch with famous 1960s pop producer Creator/PhilSpector in 1980, to create an attempt at a breakthrough album, ''Music/EndOfTheCentury.'' The sessions were fraught with tension between the band (who were always the 'get in, get out' types) and Spector (a notoriously meticulous ControlFreak). The sessions did pay off in an album that charted at #44, their highest charting album ever, but its got a mixed reputation, among fans and the band itself, for presenting a [[LighterAndSofter slicker, poppier Ramones.]] Oddly enough, their cover of "Baby I Love You" did huge business in the UK.

The Ramones formed in [[BigApplesauce Queens,]] UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. The earliest incarnation of the band had Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) on guitar, Joey Ramone (Jeffry Ross Hyman) on drums and Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) on vocals. When Dee Dee's young vocals proved unable to sustain live performances, they switched, with Dee Dee sticking to backup vocals and mostly concentrating on bass, and Joey assuming lead vocals. The band still needed a drummer, and after manager Thomas Erdelyi had trouble finding a proper drummer, he assumed the duties himself, dubbing himself Tommy Ramone.

After the band made a guest appearance in Creator/RogerCorman's cult movie ''Film/RockAndRollHighSchool'', the band got in touch with famous 1960s pop producer Phil Spector in 1980, to create an attempt at a breakthrough album, ''Music/EndOfTheCentury.'' The sessions were fraught with tension between the band (who were always the 'get in, get out' types) and Spector (a notoriously meticulous ControlFreak). The sessions did pay off in an album that charted at #44, their highest charting album ever, but its got a mixed reputation, among fans and the band itself, for presenting a [[LighterAndSofter slicker, poppier Ramones.]] Oddly enough, their cover of "Baby I Love You" did huge business in the UK.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: They kept touring and recording relentlessly, but never got much wealth or recognition for it... until they disbanded and the first four members had died.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: A large portion of their songs consist of only a few lines or stanzas repeated over and over. Particularly noticeable in "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love):

* DysfunctionJunction: And ''fucking'' '''''how'''''. They could be a runner-up of how screwed up everyone was with Music/XJapan! While on stage, the Ramones had the unity of brothers and the like, off stage, fights would happen back and forth and Joey and Johnny would be at each others throats. The fact they stayed together for 22 years is a miracle and even then the DownerEnding over how unappreciated the band was until ''after'' Joey passed away makes it more depressing. And that's not even going into the later deaths of Dee Dee, Johnny, and Tommy.

The band reunited again with producer Ed Stasium and released ''Mondo Bizarro'', which did huge in Brazil, but the band were embittered by this point of never breaking through in America. By 1995's ''¡Adiós Amigos!'', they declared they were hanging it up unless the album did huge numbers (again, it didn't), but nonetheless, they embarked on the longest farewell tour in the history of rock & roll, going over two years and spawning two live albums. Their last show was in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, in August 1996, after which the band unceremoniously went their separate ways.

After a seven-year battle with lymphoma, Joey passed away in April of 2001, in New York, just shy of his 50th birthday. In early 2002, the band was inducted into the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame, where Tommy mentioned in the midst of their speeches that while it meant a lot to them, it "meant everything to [[DueToTheDead Joey]]." Two months after, Dee Dee Ramone, who'd battled drug addictions for most of his life, was finally found dead of a heroin overdose in his apartment. Two years later, prostate cancer claimed the life of Johnny Ramone, survived by his wife Linda. In 2014, the last original member, Tommy, succumbed to bile duct cancer.

* BlackComedy: The band always had some pretty dark songs, but "Beat On The Brat," "We're A Happy Family", "Teenage Lobotomy" and "Wart Hog" just wallow in this trope.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Dee Dee's life is littered with hard drugs, abusive relationships and even male prostitution.

** Richie Ramone sings exlusively in this style in his solo material. It could probably best be described as "Joey Ramone meets Music/HenryRollins".

* {{Adorkable}}: Joey. Unlike many Punk rock singers who were big on playing up their toughness, Joey's image was built around his socially awkward but endearing personality.

After a seven-year battle with lymphoma, Joey passed away in April of 2001, in New York, just shy of his 50th birthday. In early 2002, the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, where Tommy mentioned in the midst of their speeches that while it meant a lot to them, it "meant everything to [[DueToTheDead Joey]]." Two months after, Dee Dee Ramone, who'd battled drug addictions for most of his life, was finally found dead of a heroin overdose in his apartment. Two years later, prostate cancer claimed the life of Johnny Ramone, survived by his wife Linda. In 2014, the last original member, Tommy, succumbed to bile duct cancer.

* HalloweenSongs: "Pet Semetary" is often included in most Halloween playlists and mixtapes, for very obvious reasons.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Many Ramones songs are straightforward to a fault. Just a few examples:

* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Johnny '''(Supine)''' - stubborn, domineering, short-tempered and intense

** Dee Dee '''(Supine)''' - impulsive, unstable, self-destructive and wacky

** Examples in the titles include "I Wanna Be Sedated", "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue", "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement", "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You", "I Don't Wanna Be Learned/I Don't Wanna Be Tamed", "Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy", "I Wanna Be Well" "I Wanna Live".

* LargeAndInCharge: Joey Ramone was the leader of the band and stood at 6'6''.

* OutOfGenreExperience: They were usually PunkRock, but "Do You Remember Rock 'N Roll Radio" sees them experimenting with RockAndRoll. There's also "Baby, I Love You", a FolkRock song.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Joey and Johnny were polar opposites in almost every way, and their relationship was ''completely'' broken when Linda left Joey for Johnny. Yet they spent 22 years grinding it out in the same band.

* IconicOutfit: the biker jackets, as pictured above (In some languages, they're mostly known as "Ramones jackets") with ripped-at-the-knees jeans and sneakers, preferably either Chuck Taylors or Keds (at the time, both still American brands).

** "Judy Is A Punk" references "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Music/HermansHermits, of all songs. "Second verse, same as the first!!"

* HeavyMeta: "Rock and Roll High School" and "Rock and Roll Radio".

* PopPunk: TropeMaker.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: The song "Wart Hog", arguably the TropeMaker if not UrExample of the [[SoBadItsGood "passionate and barely comprehensible screaming"]] variant of HardcorePunk, is sun- er, ''performed'' by bassist Dee Dee Ramone.
** Ever since ''Subterranean Jungle'' and the song "Time Bomb", the band made a point to invoke this. Dee Dee averaged a couple songs on each album until he left the band, and then the tradition was passed onto CJ.
** Drummer Richie Ramone sung on "Can't Say Anything Nice" as well as some demo songs.
* StopAndGo: "53rd & 3rd".

Luckily, Marky Ramone was newly sober, and returned to the band for their eleventh studio album, ''Brain Drain'' (mostly notable for their song "Pet Sematary," written for [[Film/PetSematary the film]] of the same name). Unfortunately, it was just in time for longtime bassist and songwriter Dee Dee Ramone to leave, in a miserable haze of addictions, depression, and an eating disorder. Dee Dee still continued to contribute songs to the band, however - in fact, the band once bailed him out of jail after a drug bust by trading a few songs for it. After leaving, however, Dee Dee embarked on an infamous series of odd career moves, including putting out ''rap music'' under the name Dee Dee King (to say the least, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-QveINMwkQ it didn't go over well]]), and briefly performing with shock rocker Music/GGAllin. The Ramones officially replaced Dee Dee on bass duties with PromotedFanboy CJ Ramone, who the band later credited as giving the band youthful energy again.

* CreepyCemetery: The titular graveyard in ''Pet Sematary'' is absolutely lousy with undead and goblins. Of course, in the book it was UnholyGround, so there's that.

** "Literature/PetSematary", which was written for the film.

Despite this, ''Animal Boy'' was one last grab at a pop crossover, this time produced by Jean Beauvoir of the Plasmatics, and sporting a funny, memorable music video for "Something To Believe In," a parody of the charity anthems and organizations of the day ("Ramones Aid," "Hands Across Your Face"). ''Animal Boy'' still did better business overseas than in their homeland, continuing a trend for them, so they went back to straight rock music again for 1987's ''Halfway to Sanity.'' Richie left in 1987 after the album's release, upset that he wasn't given a share of the t-shirt sales after years with the band. The band attempted to recover by taking on Clem Burke from Music/{{Blondie}}, dubbing him "Elvis Ramone," but he only lasted two shows behind the kit before the other Ramones decided he wasn't fast enough.

Luckily, Marky Ramone was newly sober, and returned to the band, but unfortunately, it was just in time for longtime bassist and songwriter Dee Dee Ramone to leave, in a miserable haze of addictions, depression, and an eating disorder. Dee Dee still continued to contribute songs to the band, however - in fact, the band once bailed him out of jail after a drug bust by trading a few songs for it. After leaving, however, Dee Dee embarked on an infamous series of odd career moves, including putting out ''rap music'' under the name Dee Dee King (to say the least, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-QveINMwkQ it didn't go over well]]), and briefly performing with shock rocker Music/GGAllin. The Ramones officially replaced Dee Dee on bass duties with PromotedFanboy CJ Ramone, who the band later credited as giving the band youthful energy again.

The band reunited again with producer Ed Stasium and released ''Mondo Bizarro'', which did huge in Brazil, but the band were embittered by this point of never breaking through in America. By 1995's ''¡Adiós Amigos!'', they declared they were hanging it up unless the album did huge numbers (again, it didn't), but nonetheless they embarked on the longest farewell tour in the history of rock & roll, going over two years and spawning two live albums. Their last show was in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, in August 1996, after which the band unceremoniously went their separate ways.

Joey passed away in 2001 from lymphoma, in New York. In early 2002, the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, where Tommy mentioned in the midst of their speeches that while it meant a lot to them, it "meant everything to [[DueToTheDead Joey]]." Two months after, Dee Dee Ramone was dead of a heroin overdose, and two years later, prostate cancer claimed the life of Johnny. In 2014, the last original member, Tommy, succumbed to bile duct cancer.