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Date Posted: 08:29:12 06/07/02 Fri
Author: The Dale
Author Host/IP: 195.93.33.168
Subject: another one goes

Dee Dee Ramone, original bass player for punk pioneers The Ramones was found dead Wednesday by his wife at their home in Hollywood. Investigators found drug paraphernalia at the scene, and the coroner's office reported that the cause of death might have been an overdose.

Dee Dee (whose real name was Douglas Colvin) started out playing guitar and singing when he formed a band with John Cummings (aka Johnny Ramone) in New York in the early '70s. He switched over to bass and backing vocals when Jeff Hyman (aka Joey Ramone) joined the band. Dee Dee remained a member of the Ramones until 1989, providing bass to some of the group's most well-known albums, such as Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin. Dee Dee left the Ramones in 1989, but continued playing music long after.

Dee Dee began his solo career as Dee Dee King, recording a rap-based album, Standing in the Spotlight, that barely saw the light of day. He decided to stick with Punk Rock after that, serving briefly as a member of G.G. Allin and the Murder Junkies, recording solo, and even forming a Ramones cover band, The Remains, with former Ramones members C.J. and Marky after the Ramones broke up in 1996.

Ramone was also an artist, actor, and writer. Later in his life, he developed a painting hobby. He appeared in such movies as Rock and Roll High School and Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie. He even authored two books - his autobiography Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones, and a novel Chelsea Horror Hotel.

Earlier this year, the Ramones were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, following Joey Ramone's death from lymphoma last year. Dee Dee was 50 years old.

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[> Pity, but "Paraphernalia" - good word. -- OD, 08:31:02 06/07/02 Fri (193.214.111.226)


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