Johnny Ramone, 1948 - 2004.

Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band the Ramones, has died at the age of 55.

The AP.

The most vivid figure in Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields's End of the Century was the least articulate and most archetypal of the Ramones: Johnny, the right-wing prole whose hard-ass sense of style the others nutballed and softened and accelerated and above all imitated. We felt we knew Joey the singer, Dee Dee the hophead, Tommy the conceptualizer. Taciturn Johnny was far less distinct, whether beating out his chords or glowering at assholes.

Robert Christgau.

Casualties meant nothing to him (except insofar as they impinged on the honor of the ideal); being liked meant shit.

Ray Davis.

Posted by dwhudson at September 16, 2004 12:54 AM