AP - Apr 23, 2008
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit by a former Ramones drummer who says he was cheated out of royalties. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said in a ruling Friday that a contract Richard Richie...
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The personal assistant charged in the beating death of real estate agent and punk rock pioneer Linda Stein was denied bail Wednesday even though the defense argued new DNA evidence justified it. Stein...
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More details have emerged about a possible motive behind the alleged killing of former Ramones manager Linda Stein by her assistant Natavia Lowery. 26-year-old Lowery is accused of murdering realtor...
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Linda Stein, the onetime co-manager of Ramones, was found dead October 30 in her Upper East Side apartment in Manhattan. Stein, 62, who was once married to famous Sire Records head/Warner Bros. vice-...
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A former drummer from the 1980s punk band, The Ramones, sued Apple Inc, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, RealNetworks Inc and others for copyright infringement, claiming the companies lacked permission to sell downloads...
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CBGB is to close in September, it has been confirmed. The legendary New York City club has been at the center of the threat of closure for months, in a dispute between the owners and founder and current...
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The new Ramones musical Gabba Gabba Hey! is to make its U.K. debut in London next month, it has been announced. Gabba Gabba Hey! features 18 Ramones songs and has been musically directed by former band...
More »AP - Mar 21, 2005
There s a thin line, as Tommy Ramone learned, between therapy and documentary. Someone sticks a mike in front of you, and all of a sudden you start blabbering all the things that were on your mind for...
More »E! Online - Sep 16, 2004
Johnny Ramone knew better than anyone that we re all Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ramone, guitarist of the legendary punk rock band The Ramones, died in his sleep Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was...
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Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band The Ramones that influenced a generation of rockers, has died. He was 55. Ramone, who had been fighting a five-year battle with prostate...
More »Reuters - Sep 15, 2004
Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist with influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a long-time associate told Reuters. Ramone, 55, who...
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(2/12/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- We re A Happy Family: A Tribute To The Ramones hit stores on Tuesday (February 11), and it features a veritable who s who of Modern Rock. The tribute was put together by Johnny...
More »USRN - Nov 22, 2002
(11/22/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- When Johnny Ramone started conceptualizing the upcoming tribute album to his former band, We re A Happy Family--A Tribute To The Ramones, he thought that Bruce Springsteen would...
More »USRN - Nov 6, 2002
(11/6/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- The release date for the long-anticipated Ramones tribute album, featuring the Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, and Pearl Jam s Eddie Vedder, has been changed for the third time, only...
More »USRN - Oct 2, 2002
(10/2/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- We re A Happy Family, the Ramones tribute album helmed by Johnny Ramone and Rob Zombie, has been pushed back to a December 24 release. It ll give last-minute Christmas shoppers...
More »USRN - Sep 17, 2002
(9/17/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Former Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone died from an accidental heroin overdose, according to his autopsy report filed on September 12. Paperwork from the medical examiner s office...
More »USRN - Aug 20, 2002
(8/20/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Most of the recorded output of the Ramones during the first half of the 80s is revisited through four album reissues, out Tuesday (August 20) from Rhino Records. The group s fifth...
More »USRN - Jul 25, 2002
(7/25/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Kiss has recorded a version of Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio? for an upcoming Ramones tribute album. In a message on the band s official website (kissonline.com), singer-guitarist...
More »USRN - Jun 11, 2002
(6/11/02, 5 p.m. ET) - The Ramones tribute show/record release party/fund-raiser taking place on Wednesday (June 12) in New York City will have two purposes. The show at Don Hill s is to raise money for...
More »USRN - Jun 7, 2002
(6/7/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Dee Dee Ramone, one of the founding members of the Ramones, died from what appears to be an accidental drug overdose at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday (June 5), and bandmate...
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(6/7/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone died of an apparent drug overdose in Hollywood on Wednesday (June 5). When the group was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in March, some...
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