Like so many other Replacements fans, no doubt, the first thing I did with the new version of Tim was skip right to “Left of the Dial.” One of those “bury my soul in these guitars” songs that any music fan collects over time. It’s a highlight of the classic 1985 album from four Minnesota punk boys, the great American rock band of the Eighties. “Left of the Dial” is the Replacement’s most heart-on-fire confession, a rager about losing your friends over time, missing them over the miles, until...
- 9/25/2023
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
The Replacements are celebrating their 1985 major label debut Tim with a new deluxe reissue titled Tim: Let It Bleed Edition, out now via Rhino.
Clocking in at 65 tracks, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition begins with a long-awaited fresh mix of the original album. The Replacements were never happy with producer Tommy Ramone’s final mix of Tim, so they enlisted Ramones and Talking Heads collaborator Ed Stasium — who was considered to co-produce the LP with Ramone back in the day — to revamp the record for Disc One. A remastered version of Ramone’s original mix follows on Disc Two.
Disc Three, entitled Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased, features previously unreleased Replacements demos, including tracks from a January 1985 recording session led by the band’s hero, Big Star’s Alex Chilton. Disc Four, Not Ready for Prime Time, wraps up the reissue with a live recording of the group’s January 11th,...
Clocking in at 65 tracks, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition begins with a long-awaited fresh mix of the original album. The Replacements were never happy with producer Tommy Ramone’s final mix of Tim, so they enlisted Ramones and Talking Heads collaborator Ed Stasium — who was considered to co-produce the LP with Ramone back in the day — to revamp the record for Disc One. A remastered version of Ramone’s original mix follows on Disc Two.
Disc Three, entitled Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased, features previously unreleased Replacements demos, including tracks from a January 1985 recording session led by the band’s hero, Big Star’s Alex Chilton. Disc Four, Not Ready for Prime Time, wraps up the reissue with a live recording of the group’s January 11th,...
- 9/22/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
The Replacements’ beloved major label debut, 1985’s Tim, will be expanded into a four-cd, one-lp box set this summer with a remix, previously unreleased recordings (including a few cuts with Alex Chilton), and a live recording from 1986 recorded a week before their shambolic SNL appearance. The rarities include alternate versions, demos, and even a “cello version” of “Can’t Hardly Wait.” The collection, officially titled Tim: Let It Bleed Edition, will come out Sept. 22.
The heart of the box is a new mix that engineer Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones) worked...
The heart of the box is a new mix that engineer Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones) worked...
- 8/2/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Joey Ramone died 20 years ago, on April 15th, 2001, and Netflix marked the occasion on Thursday by announcing that Pete Davidson will play the punk icon in a biopic. It will be based on I Slept With Joey Ramone, a 2009 book by his brother, Mickey Leigh.
Davidson may be three inches shorter than the 6-foot-6 Ramones lead singer, but he has a similar body frame, and side-by-side photos provided by Netflix do make the case that he’ll be able to pull off the role once he’s given a wig...
Davidson may be three inches shorter than the 6-foot-6 Ramones lead singer, but he has a similar body frame, and side-by-side photos provided by Netflix do make the case that he’ll be able to pull off the role once he’s given a wig...
- 4/15/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Pete Davidson is gearing up to portray punk rock pioneer Joey Ramone in the upcoming biopic “I Slept With Joey Ramone” for Netflix and STXfilms.
The announcement comes on the 20th anniversary of Ramone’s death. The biopic will chronicle the life and times of the legendary musician — born Jeffrey Ross Hyman in 1951 — who cofounded the group in Queens, New York in 1974 and went on to change the sound of rock music by stripping it down to Chuck Berry-level basics (but played twice as fast). The Ramones were arguably the first true punk rock band, and not only helped launch the scene around the downtown venue Cbgb but ignited the British punk scene with performances in the U.K. in 1976. The group disbanded in 1996, but their popularity and influence is vast and undeniable.
Joey died from lymphoma in 2001; the other three founding members of the group, Johnny (John Cummings...
The announcement comes on the 20th anniversary of Ramone’s death. The biopic will chronicle the life and times of the legendary musician — born Jeffrey Ross Hyman in 1951 — who cofounded the group in Queens, New York in 1974 and went on to change the sound of rock music by stripping it down to Chuck Berry-level basics (but played twice as fast). The Ramones were arguably the first true punk rock band, and not only helped launch the scene around the downtown venue Cbgb but ignited the British punk scene with performances in the U.K. in 1976. The group disbanded in 1996, but their popularity and influence is vast and undeniable.
Joey died from lymphoma in 2001; the other three founding members of the group, Johnny (John Cummings...
- 4/15/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The return of Vivian Girls is a triumph of determination, musical spirit and the will to keep your voice alive in a soul-crushing world. The Brooklyn (now L.A.-based) punk trio’s self-titled debut was a breath of fresh blurt when it came out in 2008 — bright, slashing lofi rock and roll that served as a welcome corrective to indie-ish music’s late-2000s turn towards atmospheric slickness, typified by then-trendy chillwave. Yet, even as they were winning praise among peers and critics, opening for the likes of Yo La...
- 9/20/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
By the summer of 1987, Richard “Richie Ramone” Reinhardt had had enough of the Ramones. The New York punk group hired him as their drummer in 1983 when Marky Ramone’s drinking problem became a massive liability, but after a grueling four years of touring, recording and even singing lead on a few songs he felt completely under-appreciated by his bandmates.
“I was Richie Ramone when you wanted me to be,” he said in the 2003 documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones. “And then I was just a hired...
“I was Richie Ramone when you wanted me to be,” he said in the 2003 documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones. “And then I was just a hired...
- 11/29/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Tony Sokol Sep 21, 2018
The Ramones' Road To Ruin turns 40 with a previously unreleased music video and a reissue to prove it.
Some fans think The Ramones reached their peak with their fourth album, Road to Ruin, which turns 40 today. Released on September 21, 1978 through Sire Records, it followed Rocket to Russia, which saw a drop off in album sales, pushing Tommy Ramone to put more time into production. Bassist Dee Dee Ramone snagged the drummer from Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Marc Bell and rechristened him Marky Ramone, leaving Tommy to produce the album with Ed Stasium, with a nod to the Phil Spector sound. With the single "I Wanna Be Sedated" as a lead-off, Road to Ruin was considered Billboard-ready. But it only hit 103 on the charts, 50 notches down from the last record. The Ramones recently dropped a deluxe reissue of the album and found a previously unreleased video...
The Ramones' Road To Ruin turns 40 with a previously unreleased music video and a reissue to prove it.
Some fans think The Ramones reached their peak with their fourth album, Road to Ruin, which turns 40 today. Released on September 21, 1978 through Sire Records, it followed Rocket to Russia, which saw a drop off in album sales, pushing Tommy Ramone to put more time into production. Bassist Dee Dee Ramone snagged the drummer from Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Marc Bell and rechristened him Marky Ramone, leaving Tommy to produce the album with Ed Stasium, with a nod to the Phil Spector sound. With the single "I Wanna Be Sedated" as a lead-off, Road to Ruin was considered Billboard-ready. But it only hit 103 on the charts, 50 notches down from the last record. The Ramones recently dropped a deluxe reissue of the album and found a previously unreleased video...
- 9/21/2018
- Den of Geek
Music industry figure Danny Fields – who knew Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground – is a wry raconteur full of spit and vinegar in this engaging documentary
Danny Fields is one of those mysterious figures in the music industry you often see in black and white band photographs grinning away with his arms around the talent, too hip-looking to be a venue manager, too square to be a dealer. Turns out, he’s an interesting character, a wry raconteur full of spit and vinegar even now in his late 70s, who has had a varied music business career, and who was canny about keeping recordings of conversations , which enrich this documentary by Brendan Toller. A hyper-smart, gay, Jewish boy from Queens who studied law at Harvard, he became a music journalist and was the guy who reported in the Us that John Lennon had said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.
Danny Fields is one of those mysterious figures in the music industry you often see in black and white band photographs grinning away with his arms around the talent, too hip-looking to be a venue manager, too square to be a dealer. Turns out, he’s an interesting character, a wry raconteur full of spit and vinegar even now in his late 70s, who has had a varied music business career, and who was canny about keeping recordings of conversations , which enrich this documentary by Brendan Toller. A hyper-smart, gay, Jewish boy from Queens who studied law at Harvard, he became a music journalist and was the guy who reported in the Us that John Lennon had said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.
- 1/26/2017
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.
This Past Weekend:
While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.
- 9/28/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Lately, my Weird Sounds Inside The Gold Mind kickass rock and blues Internet radio show has spilled over into my ComicMix column. But it’s hard for me to restrain myself, and besides, self-restraint isn’t exactly my long suit.
Since every living person, as well as the estates of many of the dead, makes all kinds of “big” announcements at Sdcc, the smart people (Hi, Martha!) make their big announcements the week before the show. They’ll get better exposure in the online comics news sites, and this year they avoid having to compete for attention with a 70-year old Creamsicle media hog with severe bigotry issues.
So our friends at Archie Comics cleverly chose last week to announce their latest bizarre crossover, Archie Meets The Ramones. This past decade or so, Archie Comics (as opposed to the character, Archie Andrews) have been the most innovative and risk-taking of the Original Comics Publishers.
Since every living person, as well as the estates of many of the dead, makes all kinds of “big” announcements at Sdcc, the smart people (Hi, Martha!) make their big announcements the week before the show. They’ll get better exposure in the online comics news sites, and this year they avoid having to compete for attention with a 70-year old Creamsicle media hog with severe bigotry issues.
So our friends at Archie Comics cleverly chose last week to announce their latest bizarre crossover, Archie Meets The Ramones. This past decade or so, Archie Comics (as opposed to the character, Archie Andrews) have been the most innovative and risk-taking of the Original Comics Publishers.
- 7/20/2016
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
There’s no doubt that Martin Scorsese knows exactly what he’s doing when it comes to crafting thorough, smart and loving projects centering on the careers of beloved musical acts. He’s basically the unofficial godfather to the Rolling Stones, using their music in a number of his films and directing their fantastic concert doc Shine a Light. He has The Last Waltz, a doc chronicling The Band’s legendary 1976 farewell concert under his belt, as well as the Bob Dylan film No Direction Home, and a long-gestating project called Sinatra still in the works. What he hasn’t touched yet is punk, but he’s going back to the source by reportedly making a biopic about the Ramones, the seminal New York act that inspired a generation of leather jackets in 80-degree weather, ripped jeans, scowling faces and songs around two minutes in length (if we’re being very generous). Buried in a Billboard article...
- 8/28/2014
- by Samantha Wilson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
As part of a 40th Anniversary celebration of the band’s 1976 debut album, Billboard is reporting that Martin Scorsese is attached to direct a biopic on the iconic punk rock band the Ramones.
The last surviving member of the band Tommy Ramone passed away last month, and now their manager of their estate, Jeff Jampol, intends to focus on the band’s complete legacy, planning a book, documentary, play and remastered music.
Scorsese is the type of director who would be an excellent choice for just about any project, but he has the musical background with concert films The Last Waltz (The Band), No Direction Home (Bob Dylan), Shine a Light (The Rolling Stones), and documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, as well as plans for a biopic on Frank Sinatra.
Currently Scorsese is in pre-production on Silence, a drama about two Jesuit priests in the 17th Century...
The last surviving member of the band Tommy Ramone passed away last month, and now their manager of their estate, Jeff Jampol, intends to focus on the band’s complete legacy, planning a book, documentary, play and remastered music.
Scorsese is the type of director who would be an excellent choice for just about any project, but he has the musical background with concert films The Last Waltz (The Band), No Direction Home (Bob Dylan), Shine a Light (The Rolling Stones), and documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, as well as plans for a biopic on Frank Sinatra.
Currently Scorsese is in pre-production on Silence, a drama about two Jesuit priests in the 17th Century...
- 8/28/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Martin Scorsese will direct a biopic on iconic New York punk band The Ramones.
The Oscar-winning Wolf of Wall Street director is attached to make a narrative feature about the group as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of their first record, 1976's Ramones. A screenwriter is yet to be hired.
Scorsese is currently working on drama Silence, due for release in 2015.
Jeff Jampol and Dave Frey, who co-manage The Ramones' estate, will also be overseeing a documentary featuring unseen band footage shot by George Seminara in the '70s and '80s, a theatrical play and a book.
"Everybody is cooperating and moving in one direction together as a team," Jampol told Billboard.
The Ramones formed in 1974 in New York's Forest Hills, Queens neighbourhood and produced 14 studio albums in a career spanning 30 years.
Tommy Ramone, who founded the group alongside Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone, passed away earlier this year.
The Oscar-winning Wolf of Wall Street director is attached to make a narrative feature about the group as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of their first record, 1976's Ramones. A screenwriter is yet to be hired.
Scorsese is currently working on drama Silence, due for release in 2015.
Jeff Jampol and Dave Frey, who co-manage The Ramones' estate, will also be overseeing a documentary featuring unseen band footage shot by George Seminara in the '70s and '80s, a theatrical play and a book.
"Everybody is cooperating and moving in one direction together as a team," Jampol told Billboard.
The Ramones formed in 1974 in New York's Forest Hills, Queens neighbourhood and produced 14 studio albums in a career spanning 30 years.
Tommy Ramone, who founded the group alongside Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone, passed away earlier this year.
- 8/28/2014
- Digital Spy
Rose McGowan has an interesting new look ... and way of describing it! The "Jawbreakers" star showed off her short new 'do via Instagram on Friday, with a close-up pic of the cut. "I look like Hitler's stoned cousin #newhair #notstoned #hitlersucked," she captioned the candid. Photos: "Jawbreaker" Cast -- Then & Now!McGowan's had a shoulder-length cut for most of the summer, but it looks like she's decided to chop off even more of her dark brown tresses. It's definitely a unique look, do you think she has a point with her comparison?Photos: Rose McGowan Tells Instagram Users to "F--k Off" After Michael Jackson Comparison!Rose posted another cute snap back in July, rocking longer locks in wavy curls. "Put on my Ramones shirt in honor of Tommy Ramone," she posted with the pic. What do you think of the "Conan the Barbarian" star's short new 'do? Tell toofab in...
- 8/22/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Legendary blues guitarist Johnny Winter, known for his fiery, speedy playing and his long-flowing white hair, died yesterday in Zurich, where he was on tour. He was 70. Winter, the older brother of Edgar Winter, was a contemporary of Eric Clapton and was one of the first blues guitarists so embraced by rock audiences that he was able to sell out arenas during his hey-day in the ‘70s. He was widely influenced by the blues guitarists who came before him, such as Muddy Waters, and he went on to inspire such guitarists as Stevie Ray Vaughan. Born in Beaumont, Texas in 1944, Winter got his start playing in clubs as a teenager. He signed with Columbia Records in 1969 and appeared at The Woodstock Festival that year. He performed with Janis Joplin, as well as his brother. He was inducted into The Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1988. Artists including Tom Morello, Kiss...
- 7/17/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Ramones, Metallica, Radiohead, All That Remains,Theory of a Deadman, Suicide Silence, Halestorm, Motionless In White, Goatwhore, Terror, Fozzy and more. Don't touch that dial.
News
Tom Erdelyi, better known and loved as Tommy Ramone, lost his battle with cancer this past week at the age of 65. He was the last living original member of the legendary Ramones. Rest in peace.
Unlocking the Truth, a Brooklyn metal band comprised of three 8th graders, signed a $1.8 million five-album deal with Sony Music.
Radiohead will begin recording for their ninth record in September.
All That Remains have entered the studio with producer Josh Wilbur to begin recording their new album. Expect it later this year on Razor & Tie.
I attended the Mansfield, Ma stop of the Warped Tour on Thursday.
News
Tom Erdelyi, better known and loved as Tommy Ramone, lost his battle with cancer this past week at the age of 65. He was the last living original member of the legendary Ramones. Rest in peace.
Unlocking the Truth, a Brooklyn metal band comprised of three 8th graders, signed a $1.8 million five-album deal with Sony Music.
Radiohead will begin recording for their ninth record in September.
All That Remains have entered the studio with producer Josh Wilbur to begin recording their new album. Expect it later this year on Razor & Tie.
I attended the Mansfield, Ma stop of the Warped Tour on Thursday.
- 7/15/2014
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- DreadCentral.com
Hard to believe that The Rolling Stones, half of The Beatles and The Who, and a dozen more bands that started a full decade before The Ramones (1974) have outlived them, and in many cases are still touring. They were one of my favorite punk bands ever... and with the recent death of Tommy Ramone (nee Thomas Erdelyi), all four original members of one of New York's finest bands ever, we are not "glad to see you go." The first three -- lead singer Joey (nee Jeffrey Hyman, died 2001), bass player Dee Dee (nee Douglas Colvin, died 2002), and guitarist Johnny (nee John Cummings, died 2004) -- all died only within six years after calling it quits.
They did not go gently into the night. Their off-stage dramas kept them from maintaining their once shared friendships.
Ironic isn't it? The original Ramones, the guys from "Rockaway Beach" that wanted to be sedated, are all gone.
They did not go gently into the night. Their off-stage dramas kept them from maintaining their once shared friendships.
Ironic isn't it? The original Ramones, the guys from "Rockaway Beach" that wanted to be sedated, are all gone.
- 7/15/2014
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
The Ramones changed my life. It seems incomprehensible that with drummer Tommy Ramone’s death on Friday (11) that all four of the original members are gone (none of them got out of their 50s other than Tommy). I was out of pocket for most of the weekend, but his passing is too significant not to observe it. I was too young—and not cool enough— to get into their music when the foursome’s self-titled debut album came out in 1976. I remember as I got older, seeing photos of them in their matching black bowl haircuts, leather jackets and sunglasses and feeling scared. I was raised on Top 40 pop and didn’t veer outside the lines very much until I got older. They looked like they would push me into a school locker and make fun of me. How could I have been so wrong? It took until I saw...
- 7/14/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
Tommy Ramone, the last original member of the punk rock group The Ramones, died Friday in Ridgewood, Queens. Ramone, born as Tom Erdelyi in Budapest, Hungary, began as the group’s drummer before handing over his sticks in 1978, and working as the band’s record producer. He was 62.The Ramones Facebook page announced his death earlier on Friday with the following quote from Tommy: "It wasn't just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music — it was a whole push outwards to say something new and different. Originally it was just an artistic type of thing; finally I felt it was something that was good enough for everybody.” The Ramones' influence vastly outstripped their commercial success. None of their albums ever cracked the top 20 on Billboard, and their biggest hit was arguably "Baby, I Love You," which...
- 7/12/2014
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
The last surviving member of The Ramones has died.
Tommy Erdelyi, last surviving member of the punk rock band The Ramones, died in Queens, New York on Friday. He was 65.
Related Pics: Stars We've Lost
The drummer, best known as Tommy Ramone, had been undergoing treatment for cancer of the bile duct, The Wrap reports. Tommy's death was confirmed on the band's Twitter, and posted on Facebook by Andy Schwartz, a friend of the late rocker and the former editor of punk rock magazine New York Rocker.
Tommy played on the band's first three albums -- Ramones, Leave Home and Rocket to Russia-- and also co-produced the last two.
He was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949, and came to the U.S. in 1957. He is survived by his longtime partner of 40 years, Claudia Tienan.
Tommy Erdelyi, last surviving member of the punk rock band The Ramones, died in Queens, New York on Friday. He was 65.
Related Pics: Stars We've Lost
The drummer, best known as Tommy Ramone, had been undergoing treatment for cancer of the bile duct, The Wrap reports. Tommy's death was confirmed on the band's Twitter, and posted on Facebook by Andy Schwartz, a friend of the late rocker and the former editor of punk rock magazine New York Rocker.
Tommy played on the band's first three albums -- Ramones, Leave Home and Rocket to Russia-- and also co-produced the last two.
He was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949, and came to the U.S. in 1957. He is survived by his longtime partner of 40 years, Claudia Tienan.
- 7/12/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
The last surviving original member of legendary punk rock group "The Ramones" is dead.Tommy Ramone -- the group's drummer on the first 3 albums -- died Friday at his home in Queens, New York. He'd been in a hospice following bile duct cancer treatments ... according to Variety.Tommy stopped drumming for the band in '84 -- he was replaced by Marky Ramone -- but still worked with the Ramones throughout the years. Tommy is credited...
- 7/12/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Tommy Ramone, a co-founder of the seminal punk band the Ramones and the last surviving member of the original group, has died, a business associate said Saturday. Dave Frey, who works for Ramones Productions and Silent Partner Management, confirmed that he died on Friday. Frey didn't have additional details. Ramone was 65. Tommy Ramone, a drummer, co-founded the Ramones in 1974 in New York along with singer Joey Ramone, bassist Dee Dee Ramone and guitarist Johnny Ramone. All four band members had different last names, but took the common name Ramone. The band influenced a generation of rockers, and their hit songs...
- 7/12/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Tommy Ramone, an original member of The Ramones, has died at the age of 65. The musician passed away Friday at his home in the Ridgewood area of Queens, New York and had been in hospice care following treatment for bile duct cancer, according to Variety. "We are saddened to announce the passing of Tommy Ramone (nee Erdelyi), the original drummer for the Ramones, earlier today, 11 July 2014," the band said in a statement on their Facebook page. The official site also posted a quote of Ramone's [...]...
- 7/12/2014
- Us Weekly
Tommy Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone, the original drummer and last surviving original member of the seminal punk-rock quartet the Ramones, died on Friday at the age of 65 in Queens, New York. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer of the bile duct. The death was posted on Facebook by Andy Schwartz, the former editor of the punk magazine New York Rocker and a longtime friend of Erdelyi, and confirmed by the band's official Twitter account. See photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2014 Erdelyi played on the Ramones’ first three albums, “Ramones,” “Leave Home” and “Rocket to Russia,” and co-produced the last.
- 7/12/2014
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Tommy Ramone, the last surviving founding member of the groundbreaking punk band The Ramones, has died, his manager confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 65. The Ramones' official Twitter account announced the news, and New York Rocker Magazine publisher Andy Schwartz wrote on Facebook that Ramone died at 12:15 p.m. in Ridgewood, Queens. He had been in hospice care and was suffering from cancer of the bile duct. Photos Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2014 Ramone was born Erdelyi Tamas in Budapest, Hungary, and immigrated to the U.S. with his family as a child to Forest Hills, Queens.
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- 7/12/2014
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tommy Ramone, the former Ramones drummer, died on Friday after a battle with bile duct cancer. He was 65.
Tommy Ramone Dies
Ramone’s death at his home in New York was announced by New York Rocker magazine’s Andy Schwartz to Rolling Stone. "Tom died yesterday, July 11, at 12:15 p.m. at his home in Ridgewood, Queens," Schwartz said on behalf of Ramone's family. "He was in hospice care following treatment for cancer of the bile duct."
Born Thomas Erdelyi, Ramone co-founded the rock band with singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone and bassist Dee Dee Ramone in 1974. Tommy Ramone was the band’s last surviving co-founder. Both Joey (Jeff Hyman) and Johnny (John Cummings) died of cancer, while Dee Dee (Douglas Colvin) died of a heroin overdose.
The Ramones debut single, which came out in 1976, was “Blitzkrieg Bop.” They’re perhaps best known for 1981 track “I Wanna Be Sedated.
Tommy Ramone Dies
Ramone’s death at his home in New York was announced by New York Rocker magazine’s Andy Schwartz to Rolling Stone. "Tom died yesterday, July 11, at 12:15 p.m. at his home in Ridgewood, Queens," Schwartz said on behalf of Ramone's family. "He was in hospice care following treatment for cancer of the bile duct."
Born Thomas Erdelyi, Ramone co-founded the rock band with singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone and bassist Dee Dee Ramone in 1974. Tommy Ramone was the band’s last surviving co-founder. Both Joey (Jeff Hyman) and Johnny (John Cummings) died of cancer, while Dee Dee (Douglas Colvin) died of a heroin overdose.
The Ramones debut single, which came out in 1976, was “Blitzkrieg Bop.” They’re perhaps best known for 1981 track “I Wanna Be Sedated.
- 7/12/2014
- Uinterview
Gorman Bechard’s Color Me Obsessed is the rare music documentary that lavishes admiration not only onto its subject, rowdy Minneapolis cult rock band The Replacements, but on the band’s fans as well. The doc doesn’t feature a single song by The Replacements, nor does it feature interviews with any of the three surviving members. Instead, Bechard lets the fans tell the story. Over the course of the film, he interviews dozens of subjects: the musicians, misfits, and devotees whose formative years were sound-tracked by The Replacements. We hear conflicting opinions about nearly everything – favorite songs, band dynamics, the point at which things turned sour. And we hear story after story about how the band changed (and in some cases saved) people’s lives.
Formed in 1979 by drummer Chris Mars and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson, The Replacements were soon joined by Paul Westerberg, a local janitor who...
Formed in 1979 by drummer Chris Mars and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson, The Replacements were soon joined by Paul Westerberg, a local janitor who...
- 11/22/2011
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Pop Montreal 2011, Where music and film make out in the dark: Ricky D’s Three Most Anticipated Films
Pop Montreal is an international music festival here in Montreal which is celebrating its 10th anniversary from September 21st to the 25th, 2011. Pop is now recognized as an important multidisciplinary taste-making event, expanding its mission through various components: Puces Pop, Art Pop, Film Pop, Kids Pop and the Symposium. For the first time, we here at Sound On Sight will be present to cover Film Pop, a program branched out of a driving desire to create cinematic events within the same independent spirit as Pop Montreal. Film Pop became the first of our 5 segments. It is an annual celebration of the best in music related underground cinema and presents each year bold movies that are making waves in the scene. Through artistic cinematography, it gives the public rare opportunities to attend special viewings and seek to demonstrate the significant place music holds within our society, the world and in movies.
- 8/4/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Documentary on indie-rock legends The Replacements set to premiere.
Color Me Obsessed, the first documentary about famed 80.s indie-rock band The Replacements, will have its World Premiere at the 5th annual Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, Florida.Gorman Bechard, the film.s director, took top honors at last year.s Giff with his romantic-comedy Friends (With Benefits).
Told through the eyes of fans, friends, and contemporaries, Color Me Obsessed breaks from the traditional music documentary format of music and performances. Not looking to make a VH1/where-are-they-now style documentary Bechard took a unique approach, .I decided to present the band in a more iconic way,. he explains. .I thought, people believe in God without seeing or hearing him but rather through the passion, faith, and stories of others. After watching Color Me Obsessed, I.m pretty sure music fans will believe in The Replacements in much the same way.
Color Me Obsessed, the first documentary about famed 80.s indie-rock band The Replacements, will have its World Premiere at the 5th annual Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, Florida.Gorman Bechard, the film.s director, took top honors at last year.s Giff with his romantic-comedy Friends (With Benefits).
Told through the eyes of fans, friends, and contemporaries, Color Me Obsessed breaks from the traditional music documentary format of music and performances. Not looking to make a VH1/where-are-they-now style documentary Bechard took a unique approach, .I decided to present the band in a more iconic way,. he explains. .I thought, people believe in God without seeing or hearing him but rather through the passion, faith, and stories of others. After watching Color Me Obsessed, I.m pretty sure music fans will believe in The Replacements in much the same way.
- 3/7/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls are the L.A.-based rock ensemble captained by Dee Dee, with Jules (guitar, vocals), Frankie Rose (drums, vocals), and Bambi (bass) rounding out the pack. Dum Dum Girls united in '09 and have just issued their freshman release under the wing of producer Richard Gottehre (of Blondie, Raveonettes, "My Boyfriend's Back," and "I Want Candy" rock royalty) for the Sub Pop label. Their lo-fi/hi-fi beauty is worth the Wi-Fi. Download "Rest of Our Lives," from Dum Dum Girls' 2010 debut I Will Be (Bonus Track). Buy: Lala.com Genre: Rock Artist: Dum Dum Girls Song: Rest of Our Lives Album: I Will Be (Bonus Track) The Ramones Influential American punk ensemble The Ramones was founded in 1974 in Queens, New York, by Joey (Jeffrey Hyman), Dee Dee (Douglas Colvin), Tommy (Tamás Erdélyi), and Johnny Ramone (John Cummings). Other Ramones over the years have included.
- 4/9/2010
- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
The Aspen Times: Tommy Ramone remembers rock ‘n’ roll radio — he helped redefine it — but his love of bluegrass goes back even further. These days, Tom Erdelyi, better known by his stage name with the iconic punk band that holds a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is happily unplugged, performing in an indie-acoustic duo with good friend Claudia Tienan (formerly with The Simplistics). The twosome take the stage Thursday at Steve’s Guitars in Carbondale. Uncle Monk began as an electric jam band in the ‘90s with a third member, a drummer. “We started incorporating...
- 10/22/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
On the heels of the announcement earlier this week that a 3D Night of the Living Dead remake is in the works (read that story here) comes news that the original Notld has been restored, colorized, and converted, frame by frame, into full 3D and will premiere at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 3, 2009, as a part of the 5th Annual Johnny Ramone Tribute.
San Diego-based 3D producer PassmoreLab is behind the process, which took over 12 months to complete at a cost greater than the film's original production budget and was no small feat. "I am a huge fan of this movie, and so it had to be done with complete precision," said Greg Passmore, president of PassmoreLab. "We love the genre, and as cult classics go, this is mother of them all. If you are going to convert a horror classic, this is the one...
San Diego-based 3D producer PassmoreLab is behind the process, which took over 12 months to complete at a cost greater than the film's original production budget and was no small feat. "I am a huge fan of this movie, and so it had to be done with complete precision," said Greg Passmore, president of PassmoreLab. "We love the genre, and as cult classics go, this is mother of them all. If you are going to convert a horror classic, this is the one...
- 9/17/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Matt Pinfield, Tommy Ramone, Chris Frantz, Mandy Stein, Jesse Malin ©Getty Images, photo credit: Amy Sussman 'Is rock dead?' an audience member earnestly asked during the panel following Mandy Stein's documentary Burning Down the House: The Story of Cbgb. Moderator Matt Pinfield took the mic and explained that no, rock is not dead, since he took his music-loving efforts to the world of radio. The rest of the panel - the gentle and sweet Talking Heads alum Chris Frantz; musician and bar owner Jesse Malin; Tommy Ramone, the last surviving member of the legendary punk rock band; and director Mandy Stein - were silent. Pinfield had it covered. And while Pinfield's enthusiastic fandom and idealism was endearing in its own right, Stein's documentary had, in its way, made an argument that rock - as an ethos and lifestyle practiced at Cbgb - was indeed dead. The difference in the short,...
- 5/1/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
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