# Joey Ramone's gone **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108 "2001-04-16T01:21:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/1 "2001-04-16T01:21:54Z")
Just came over the AP wire: NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Joey Ramone, the punk rock icon whose signature yelp melded with the Ramones’ three-chord thrash to launch an explosion of bands like the Clash and the Sex Pistols, died Sunday. He was 49.¶ Ramone, the gangly lead singer with the leather jacket, tinted glasses and permanently-torn jeans, was hospitalized in March 2001 with lymphoma. His death was confirmed Sunday by Arturo Vega, the Ramone’s longtime artistic director. Now I’m starting to feel real old . . . ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/2 "2001-04-16T01:27:35Z")
Damn, damn, damn. I guess it’s gonna be nostalgia time at my house tonight. Between him and Kirsty MacColl, it’s been a bad year for rock fans. See ya, Joey, and thanks for all the memories. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/3 "2001-04-16T01:28:35Z")
Man, that sucks. I was sure the Ramones would come around just one more time. They used to play around here 4-5 times a year, and I usually skipped it figuring I would see them next time. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/4 "2001-04-16T01:42:42Z")
Damn. Rest in peace, Joey. Rose ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/5 "2001-04-16T01:46:48Z")
Oldscratch just told me this. Man, that sucks. I saw the Ramones a few years ago. This has cast a shadow over my night. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/6 "2001-04-16T01:48:59Z")
☹ Bye Joey. Hope you’re playing your three chord rock in heaven somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/7 "2001-04-16T01:58:46Z")
Dammit. I guess it’s time to fire up the old turntable and listen to some of those great old albums. Anyone up for a screening of “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School”? ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/8 "2001-04-16T02:01:57Z")
I’m sure he’s in heaven right now starting up their band with a “Onetwothreefour”… Rest in peace Joey… :Keith sadly wanders out to play “Blitzkrieg Bop” ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/9 "2001-04-16T02:29:46Z")
He was a big part of the soundtrack of my youth. Sad, sad sad. Crank up the volume and feel young again! ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/10 "2001-04-16T02:33:21Z")
A great loss to rock ‘n’ roll. In the words of the man himself: > [@](#): > > So don’t be sad 'cause I’ll be there > Don’t be sad at all ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/11 "2001-04-16T02:34:30Z")
Bye Joey ☹ ::puts on The KKK Took My Baby Away and gets nostalgic for 3 chords and onetwothreefour:: ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/12 "2001-04-16T02:46:48Z")
RIP, Joey. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/13 "2001-04-16T02:52:04Z")
What happened to “Too Tough to Die?” > [@](#): > > I am a too too too too too too too too too tough tough guy > I tell no tales I do no lie > > I am a too too too too too too too too too tough tough guy > halo round my head to tough to die… Aah well. ---
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/14 "2001-04-16T02:55:30Z")
My mom saw them when they were still at CBGB’s. This makes me feel… young. Rest in peace, Joey. I’ll be Blitzkrieg boppin’ it all night down here. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/15 "2001-04-16T02:59:46Z")
Gonna miss ya Joey… and now…I wanna be sedated… ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/16 "2001-04-16T03:06:40Z")
Oh Man…I saw the Ramones thrice during their heyday, and they were the only band that truly gave me hearing loss for a week at a time . It was worth it, too. Ain’t nobody gonna fill those black Converse. RIP, Joey; didn’t expect it. I always though ya’d be the Tony Bennett of 2020. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/17 "2001-04-16T03:18:19Z")
Joey Ramone was the epitome of coolness. I’m bummed now. ---
**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/18 "2001-04-16T03:20:26Z")
On the bright side he’ll never Wanna Be Sedated again… Those were the days… and now they’re gone… man. ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/19 "2001-04-16T03:44:28Z")
That sucks Im gonna go sniff some glue ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108/20 "2001-04-16T03:59:38Z")
Eleanor Ringel, superstar Atlanta Journal-Constitution film critic, called Rock’n’Roll High School “everything Grease should have been but wasn’t.” Most of the credit for that went to Joey and the rest of the Ramones. The world is now a lesser place. How sudden was this? The OP said he was hospitalized in March. Was his diagnosis at the same time, or has this been on the horizon for some time now? _Don’t_ rest in peace, Joey. Rock the Pearly Gates off their hinges, and call God out for his shit just like you did Reagan when he went to Bitburg. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-ramones-gone/62108.md?page=2)