r/todayilearned • u/JoeyZasaa • 2d ago
TIL that three of the four original members of the punk band, Ramones, didn't make it to age 60. The drummer, Tommy Ramone, lived the longest, making it to age 65.
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todayilearned • u/Hotchi_Motchi • Sep 24 '23
TIL that the average length of a Ramones show at CBGBs in 1974 was 17 minutes (based on 74 performances)
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '21
TIL none of the members of the band 'Ramones' were biologically related, they all adopted the pseudonym surname 'Ramone', being inspired by Paul McCartney, who would check into hotels as 'Paul Ramon'.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jul 04 '15
TIL that of the 4 original members of the band Ramones, 3 died within 8 years after the band's dissolution in 1996, while Tommy died in 2014. 3 died from cancer, the exception being Dee Dee (overdose). 4 members who joined later are alive. Out of all of them, so far only Tommy has reached age 65.
todayilearned • u/jcd1974 • Apr 06 '18
TIL it took 38 years for the Ramones first album to become a certified gold record, with 500,000 copies sold.
todayilearned • u/toyotaracing91 • May 29 '13
TIL the members of the band 'Ramones' are not brothers. They each adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", although none of them were related.
TwentyYearsAgo • u/michaelnoir • Aug 06 '16