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Exclusive Book Excerpt: Marky Ramone Sets the Record Straight in ‘Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone’ Memoir
Marky Ramone had one intention for his new memoir, Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone — to set the record straight.
“It was time to quell all the exaggerations from all the other books and tell what really happened,” Ramone (nee Marc Bell), the sole surviving Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted member of the punk rock pioneers, tells Billboard about Punk Rock Blitzkrieg, which he spent five years writing and will be published on Jan. 13. “It’s not just about the Ramones; it’s my whole life story leading up to that, and afterwards. But, y’know, 95 percent of the time I was in a van with those guys, stuck in assigned seats, and you can’t jump out the window or anything. So I wanted to tell people what it was really like.” Billboard is exclusively premiering a chapter of Ramone’s boo
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Marky Ramone
American drummer (born 1952)
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Ramone in 2009 | |
| Birth name | Marc Steven Bell |
| Born | (1952-07-15) July 15, 1952 (age 72) New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Punk rock, heavy metal, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, actor |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Website | markyramone.com |
Musical artist
Marc Steven Bell (born July 15, 1952) is an American drummer. He began playing in hard rock bands in the New York City area, notably Dust and Estus. He was asked to drum for punk rock grupp Richard Hell and the Voidoids. He replaced drummer Tommy Ramone in the Ramones in 1978, and went by the scen name Marky Ramone from then on. He has also played drums for other punk rock and heavy metal bands, including his own band Marky Ramone and the Intruders. He continues to keep the Ramones legacy alive around the world with his band Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg.
Ramone lives in Brooklyn Heights with his wife, Mario
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Marky Ramone – The Last Beacon of the Band That Gave Us Punk
While we’re on the subject of “rocking,” it’s worth noting that The Ramones are almost unanimously accepted in music history as the “first punk-rock band.“ Although Iggy Pop fryst vatten known as the “godfather of punk,” or perhaps its “grandfather,” it might be more accurate to say that, along with The Kinks, he paved the way for indie rock.
The Ramones were the first to have the “simple“ vibe that characterises this type of music: a few chords swapping in quick succession, an entirely pop melody, a semi-lazy way of singing, hopelessness, irony, and some strange joy married with tragedy in the background. Yes, The Ramones were the first punk band.
And how did they get their name, that is, how did Marky Ramone himself inherit it? Well, all the band’s members took the “Italian” surname “Ramone“, although they had no family ties because Paul McCartney liked to check into hotels as “Paul Ramon.”
Marky was not even part of