Jump to content

Marky Ramone

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Radioramone (talk | contribs) at 21:23, 21 October 2008 (→‎Musical career). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Marky Ramone (born Marc Steven Bell, July 15, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American drummer. He is best known for being the drummer for the Ramones, but has also played in other notable bands like Dust and Richard Hell and The Voidoids.

Musical career

Marc started playing drums for hard rock band Dust. He recorded two albums with the band, before getting into the punk scene. In the mid 1970s, he joined Richard Hell & The Voidoids. He played on the Voidoid's first album, Blank Generation.

When Tommy Ramone decided to quit the Ramones in 1978, Bell was asked to be Tommy's replacement, and was renamed Marky Ramone.

Marky played drums with the Ramones for 15 years. He was asked to leave the band in 1983 due to alcoholism (or "to fight his demons" as he put it). He returned in 1987 and played with the band up until their retirement in 1996[1].

In 1995 Marky appeared with the Ramones on an episode of The Simpsons.

In 1996, Marky joined Dee Dee Ramone and his wife 'Barbara Ramone' to play with The Ramainz, performing Ramones songs for fun.

In 2000, Marky joined Joey Ramone, lead vocalist of the Ramones, to record Joey's only solo album, entitled Don't Worry About Me. That year he also joined the touring incarnation of horror punk progenitors The Misfits, with Jerry Only of the original Misfits and Dez Cadena of Black Flag. He toured extensively with the band on its 25th anniversary tour, and recorded one album with them, Project 1950, released 2003.

In October 2001, Marky appeared on MTV accepting a lifetime achievement award presented by Bono of U2 to the Ramones.

In March 2002, Marky was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at New York's Waldorf Astoria as a member of the Ramones.

He recorded some albums with his solo band Marky Ramone & the Speedkings, as well as many 7" releases. Marky Ramone & the Speedkings toured the world from 2002 to 2003.

In September 2004, Marky served as Executive Producer and released a Ramones DVD entitled Ramones: Raw on Image Entertainment, which featured footage of the band while on tour all over the world along with other various rare, vintage footage. Much of the candid footage is courtesy of Marky Ramone's personal video library. The DVD was finished just in time to include commentary from Johnny Ramone, who died from prostate cancer on September 15, 2004. The commentary also includes Marky Ramone]. Ramones: Raw is the only certified Gold selling Ramones DVD and one of only two US gold selling releases in the Ramones entire catalog. The other being the greatest hits double LP Ramonesmania released in 1988. Ramones: Raw is also the highest charting release in the Ramones history.

Marky now tours with his band, Marky Ramone and Friends. He hosts the Marky Ramone Punk Rock Blitzkrieg radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio.

On April 22, 2008, Marky Ramone appeared on a new CD in Canada playing drums with the Canadian punk band called Teenage Head. The CD is called "Teenage Head with Marky Ramone" and it was released in the USA on June 10, 2008. It was produced by Daniel Rey, who's worked with the Ramones among others. It was recorded in 2003 on two separate visits by Marky to Canada.

Discography

The following is a list of albums and singles Marky Ramone has played in.

With Dust:

  • 1971 - Dust
  • 1972 - Hard Attack

With Estus:

  • 1973 - Estus

With The Voidoids:

  • 1976 - Another World (single)
  • 1977 - Blank Generation (single)
  • 1977 - Blank Generation (album)
  • 1979 - The Kid With the Replaceable Head (single)
  • 1979 - Destiny Street (album)
  • 1989 - Funhunt (live album)

With the Ramones:

With Marky Ramone and the Intruders:

  • 1994 - Coward with the Gun (single)
  • 1996 - Marky Ramone & The Intruders
  • 1999 - The Answer To Your Problems?[2]
  • 2006 - Start of the Century (disc 1)

With Dee Dee Ramone:

With The Ramainz:

  • 1999 - Live in N.Y.C. (live album)

With Joey Ramone:

With Marky Ramone & the Speedkings:

  • 2001 - Speedkings Ride Tonight (single)
  • 2001 - No If's, And's or But's (album)
  • 2001 - Alive (live album)
  • 2001 - Ride Tonight/Hot Rods R' Us (single)
  • 2002 - Legends Bleed (album)[4]
  • 2002 - I've Got Dee Dee On My Mind/Chinese Rocks (single)
  • 2002 - Rawk Over Scandinavia (Live 4 tracks EP)
  • 2003 - Love Hates Me/Dirty Action (Split Single with Texas Terri Bomb)
  • 2003 - Speedfinns (Girls & Gasoline demo on a 4 tracks split EP)
  • 2003 - Good Cop Bad Cop/Sidewalkin (single)

With The Misfits:

With Tequila Baby:

Solo:

With Teenage Head:

Marky also did a blues album with Johnny Shines when he was nineteen.

Filmography


References

  1. ^ "Marky Ramone on ramones.com". Retrieved 2006-09-01.
  2. ^ The South American version of The Answer To Your Problems? was titled Don't Blame Me.
  3. ^ The United States version of Zonked was titled Ain't It Fun.
  4. ^ Legends Bleed is the United States title for No If's, And's or But's.

Marky also played with Johnny Shines

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marky_Ramone&oldid=246808751"