Marky Ramone

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Marc Bell (better known as Marky Ramone, born July 15, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American drummer. He is perhaps best known for being the drummer for the Ramones, as well as for Richard Hell.

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[edit] Musical career

Marc Bell started playing drums when he was 16, 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 Hell's first two albums, as well as the classic single "Blank Generation." When Tommy Ramone decided to quit the Ramones in 1978, Bell was hired as Tommy's replacement, and was renamed Marky Ramone.

Marky played drums with the Ramones for 15 years. He was forced to leave the band in 1983 to get rid of his addiction to alcohol (or "to fight his demons" as he put it in his own words) and was replaced by Richie Ramone. He returned in 1987 and played with the band up until their retirement in 1996[1].

Since playing with the Ramones Marky lived in Argentina, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, and while there he produced two albums as Marky Ramone and the Intruders, both re-issued on the Start Of The Century double CD/LP, released 2006.

In 1996, Marky joined Dee Dee Ramone and his wife to play with The Ramainz, a tribute band to the Ramones.

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. He left the band in 2005.

On Monday, 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 released a Ramones DVD entitled Ramones: Raw, which featured footage of the band while they went on tour all over the world. The footage is courtesy of Marky Ramone and his 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 and producer John Cafiero.

Most recently, Marky toured around the world for a 'spoken word' tour, where he would speak about his time with the Ramones, along with photos. He now tours with his band, Marky Ramone and Friends, and plays for punk rock supergroup Osaka Popstar. He also hosts the Marky Ramone Punk Rock Blitzkrieg radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio.

In 2006, The Queers frontman Joe Queer stated he has a project in the works with Ben Weasel, Marky Ramone and B-Face.[2] This new band is planning to start recording in May 2007.[3]

[edit] Discography

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

With Dust:

With 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?[4]
  • 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)[6]
  • 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 Osaka Popstar:

With Tequila Baby:

  • 2006 - Marky Ramone & Tequila Baby Live


Solo:

  • 2006 - Start of the Century (disc two, live performances)

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Trivia

  • Marky is known to be a great fan of 1950's sci-fi-movies and also a collector of memorabilias associated with these films.
  • Marky's niece, Chessea, was previously married to CJ Ramone, with whom she has two children.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Marky Ramone on ramones.com. Retrieved on September 1, 2006.
  2. ^ http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=4812
  3. ^ http://www.thequeersrock.com/
  4. ^ The South American version of The Answer To Your Problems? was titled Don't Blame Me.
  5. ^ The United States version of Zonked was titled Ain't It Fun.
  6. ^ Legends Bleed is the United States title for No If's, And's or But's.

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Ramones

Joey Ramone • Johnny Ramone • Dee Dee Ramone • Marky Ramone
C. J. Ramone • Tommy Ramone • Richie Ramone • Elvis Ramone
Discography

Studio albums: Ramones (1976) • Leave Home (1977) • Rocket to Russia (1977) • Road to Ruin (1978) • End of the Century (1980) • Pleasant Dreams (1981) • Subterranean Jungle (1983) • Too Tough to Die (1984) • Animal Boy (1986) • Halfway to Sanity (1987) • Brain Drain (1989) • Mondo Bizarro (1992) • Acid Eaters (1993) • ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)

Live albums: It's Alive (1979) • Loco Live (1991) • Greatest Hits Live (1996) • We're Outta Here! (1997) • You Don't Come Close (2001) • NYC 1978 (2003)

Compilations: Ramones Mania (1988) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 (1990) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 2 (1990) • Hey Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (1999) • Ramones Mania Vol. 2 (2000) • Masters of Rock: Ramones (2001) • Best of the Chrysalis Years (2002) • Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits (2002) • The Chrysalis Years (2002) • The Best of The Ramones (2004) • Weird Tales of the Ramones (2005) • Greatest Hits (2006)

Tribute albums: Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones (1991) • Ramones (1992) • Rocket To Russia (1994) • Rocket to Ramonia (1996) • Road to Ruin (1998) • File Under Ramones (1999) • We're a Happy Family - A Tribute To Ramones (2003)

Films: Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) • Lifestyles of the Ramones (1990) • Ramones - Around the World (1993) • We're Outta Here (1997) • End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003) • Ramones: Raw (2004)
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