Dee Dee Ramone

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Dee Dee Ramone born Douglas Glenn Colvin September 18 1951  June 5 2002 was an American songwriter and musician best known as founding member bassist and main songwriter of the punk rock band the Ramones Though nearly all of the Ramones songs were credited equally to all the band members Dee Dee was the bands second most prolific lyricist and songwriter writing many of the bands most wellknown songs such as 53rd 3rd Commando Rockaway Beach and Poison Heart He was initially the bands lead vocalist though his then inability to sing and play bass at the same time resulted in original drummer Joey Ramone taking over the lead vocalist duties Dee Dee would serve as the bands bassist and songwriter from 1974 through 1989 when he left to pursue a shortlived career in hip hop music under the name Dee Dee King He soon returned to his punk roots and released three solo albums featuring brand new songs many of which were later recorded by the Ramones He toured the world playing his new songs Ramones songs and some old favorites in small clubs and continued to write songs for the Ramones until 1996 when the band officially retired Dee Dee struggled with drug addiction for much of his life particularly heroin He began using drugs as a teenager and continued to use for the majority of his adult life He appeared to clean up his act in the early 1990s but began using heroin again some time later He died from a heroin overdose in 2002 Description above from the Wikipedia article Dee Dee Ramone licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia

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D.O.B: 1951-09-18
D.O.D: 2002-06-05
Place of Birth: Fort Lee, Virginia, USA
Profession: Acting

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