The Ramones' last surviving original member, Thomas Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone, has died, according to Variety. He was 62 years old. Ramone served as the band's drummer from 1974 to 1978, appearing on the band's Tommy Ramone, the drummer and last surviving original member of the American punk band the Ramones, whose aggressive and fast-driving … Read more
Ramones co-founder Tommy Ramone has died at the age of 65, according to The Washington Post. Ramone was the drummer with the hugely influential New York punk band and the last surviving original member. Tommy Ramone was born Erdelyi Tamas in Budapest, Hungary. A drummer, he co-founded the Ramones in 1974 in New York along … Read more
He founded the band with original singer Joey Ramone, bassist/vocalist Dee Dee Ramon and guitarist Johnny Ramone in New York City in 1974. Ramone, whose real name was Thomas Erdelyi, was replaced in the band by drummer Marky Ramone. Tom Erdelyi hadn't planned to become Tommy Ramone, but circumstances forced him into a new identity … Read more
The last surviving original member of legendary punk rock group "The Ramones" is dead.Tommy Ramone — the group's drummer on the first 3 albums — died… Tommy Ramone, drummer and last surviving original member of the punk-rock band Ramones, died Friday, confirmed the band's manager with Silent Partner Management. He was 62. Born Thomas Erdelyi … Read more