John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by the stage name Johnny Ramone, was the guitarist for the seminal punk rock group The Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and along with vocalist Jeffrey Hyman, aka Joey Ramone, he remained a member throughout their career. he was placed #16 on Rolling Stone Magazines 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
He was raised in the Forest Hills, Queens neighborhood of...
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John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by the stage name Johnny Ramone, was the guitarist for the seminal punk rock group The Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and along with vocalist Jeffrey Hyman, aka Joey Ramone, he remained a member throughout their career. he was placed #16 on Rolling Stone Magazines 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
He was raised in the Forest Hills, Queens neighborhood of New York City, where he grew up absorbing rock music. As a teenager, Cummings played in a band called the Tangerine Puppets alongside future Ramones drummer Tamás Erdélyi (better known as Tommy Ramone). When he was older, he was known as a "greaser," though was later described as a tie-dye-wearing Stooges fan. Also, he was a big New York Yankees fan. Johnny Ramone also worked as a plumber for his father before the Ramones was official.
He met future bandmate Douglas Colvin, later to become Dee Dee Ramone, in the early 1970s when he was...
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