[160], "We think of the Ramones as a classic, iconic band," observed Gene Simmons. It doesn't mean they weren't great. In addition to a reappearance by Dee Dee, the show featured several guests including Motörhead's Lemmy, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and Ben Shepherd, Numskull's Ralph Foster and Rancid's Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen. Miles, Barry, Grant Scott, and Johnny Morgan (2005). [2][11] In 2011, the group was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. [12][13], The original members of the band met in and around the middle-class neighborhood of Forest Hills in the New York City borough of Queens. "[162] The first Ramones tribute album featuring multiple performers was released in 1991: Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones includes tracks by such acts as the Flesh Eaters, L7, Mojo Nixon, and Bad Religion. [134] The Sex Pistols were playing in Sheffield that evening, supported by the Clash, making their public debut. He also denied being a bigot. full-length tribute records. The ceremony was one of Dee Dee's last public appearances, as he was found dead on June 5, 2002 from a heroin overdose. [95], On March 18, 2002, the Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which specifically named Dee Dee, Johnny, Joey, Tommy, and Marky.

[162][165] The Huntingtons' File Under Ramones consists of Ramones covers from across the band's history.

He continued as the Ramones' record producer under his birth name of Erdelyi.

"[71] Richie was also the only drummer to be the sole composer of Ramones songs including their hit "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" as well as "Smash You", "Humankind", "I'm Not Jesus", "I Know Better Now" and "(You) Can't Say Anything Nice". The Village Voice's Robert Christgau wrote, "I love this record—love it—even though I know these boys flirt with images of brutality (Nazi especially) ... For me, it blows everything else off the radio". [74] The eight-song bonus disc, The Ramones Smash You: Live '85, is also named after Richie's composition "Smash You". His position as drummer was filled by Marc Bell, who had been a member of the early 1970s hard rock band Dust, Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys,[54] and the pioneering punk group Richard Hell & the Voidoids.

Neil Young was married when he wrote "Cinnamon Girl," which clearly was not about his wife. [64] According to Trouser Press, it brought the band "back to where they once belonged: junky '60s pop adjusted for current tastes", which among other things meant "easing off the breakneck rhythm that was once Ramones dogma. [104][105] In the early 1980s, Linda Danielle began a relationship with Johnny after having already been romantically involved with Joey.

Stein's wife, Linda Stein, saw the band play at Mothers; she would later co-manage them along with Danny Fields. "[72][73] Richie's composition, "Somebody Put Something in My Drink", remained a staple in the Ramones set list until their last show in 1996 and was included in the album Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits. Instead of the olive branch, we had an apple tree branch, since the Ramones were American as apple pie. "[41], Despite Sire's high hopes for it,[42] Ramones was not a commercial success, reaching only number 111 on the Billboard album chart.

[4][94] Joey and Marky, who had been involved in a feud, buried the hatchet and made up on live radio on the Howard Stern Show in 1999. "[161], Kevin Morby's fourth album City Music features the track "1234" inspired by the singer's childhood love of Ramones. [136], Ramones concerts and recordings influenced many musicians central to the development of California punk, including Greg Ginn of Black Flag,[137] Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys,[138] Al Jourgensen of Ministry,[139] Mike Ness of Social Distortion,[140] Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion,[141] and members of the Descendents.

[39] In Rolling Stone, Paul Nelson described it as "constructed almost entirely of rhythm tracks of an exhilarating intensity rock & roll has not experienced since its earliest days." [112] Many years later, C. J. mentioned that despite being the two surviving members of arguably the Ramones' most commercially successful era, and despite reaching out a few times to join him on stage, he and Marky were no longer in contact.[113].