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Line diagram

Ramones

1974 to 1996

See Punk on the network

The line diagram

Each member is a lane on the year axis, in the colour of the line the band was on. A filled station marks a joining, an open one a departure, a square a death. The dotted rail is a reunion. A dotted branch leads to a band that grew out of this one, or in from a band its members came from. The table below lists the same spells.

Members

MemberRoleYears
Tommy Ramonedrums1974 to 1978
Dee Dee Ramonebass, vocals1974 to 1989
Joey Ramonevocals1974 to 1996
Johnny Ramoneguitar1974 to 1996
Marky Ramonedrums1978 to 1983
Richie Ramonedrums1983 to 1987
Elvis Ramonedrums1987 to 1987
Marky Ramonedrums1987 to 1996
C. J. Ramonebass, vocals1989 to 1996

The line

  1. Punk1976 to 1996

    Four brothers who were not brothers

    Four kids from Forest Hills took the same surname in 1974 and played their first show at CBGB that August. The first album, in 1976, is fourteen songs in twenty-nine minutes. Joey and Johnny never left; the drum chair went from Tommy to Marky to Richie and back to Marky, and Dee Dee quit in 1989. The last show was in 1996; Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny were all dead by 2004.

    Key album: Ramones, 1976

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ramones (opens in a new tab)

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Ramones (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Ramones (opens in a new tab)
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ramones (opens in a new tab)

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The Metro Map of Music, ‘Ramones: line diagram’, /line-ups/ramones.