Tommy Ramone, the Ramones' original drummer and driving influence, dies at 65

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 with singer Joey Ramone, bassist Dee Dee Ramone and guitarist Johnny Ramone. All four band members had different last 

Born Erdelyi Tamas in Budapest in 1949, Ramone emigrated to America in 1957. He grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, where he began playing music with John Cummings (a.k.a. Johnny Ramone) while he was in high school. The two formed a garage band 

(CNN) — Punk rock fuel-injected the beat of rock and roll in the mid-1970s with a frenetic tempo. On Friday, the drummer who gunned out those rhythms with pioneering punk band the Ramones passed away. Tommy Ramone was 65 and the last living original 

Tommy Ramone, the last surviving founding member of the iconic punk band the Ramones, died Friday afternoon. There was conflicting information about Ramone's age, but a family spokesman told Rolling Stone the rocker was 65. The band announced on