Ramones guitarist losing battle to Cancer

[ShyShy]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The guitarist with pioneering punk rock band the Ramones is fighting a losing a battle with cancer in a Los Angeles hospital, Rolling Stone magazine reported on its Web site on Tuesday.

Johnny Ramone, 55, whose real name is John Cummings, was diagnosed with prostate cancer four years ago, and it has now spread throughout his body, Rollingstone.com quoted the band's drummer, Marky Ramone, as saying.

"Johnny's been a champ in confronting this, but at this point I think the chances are slim," Marky Ramone said in the report. "John never smoked cigarettes, he wasn't a heavy drinker and he was always into his health. It just proves when cancer seeks a body to penetrate, it doesn't matter how healthy you are or how unhealthy you are. It just seeps in and there's nothing you can do."

The Ramones, famed for playing their high-energy, unpolished songs at breakneck speed, rose to fame in New York City in 1974, paving the way for such British punk rock icons as the Sex Pistols and the Clash.

The band made its mark with such tunes as "Blitzkrieg Bop," "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" and "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker," but it never achieved the same commercial success as acts that followed in its path. The Ramones officially retired in 1996.

The band's singer, Joey Ramone (ne Jeff Hyman), died in 2001 of lymphatic cancer, while bassist Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) died from a drug overdose the following year.


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[MidnightViper88]

That sucks... I really like the Ramones...

[Mr Jones]

Maybe not quite as near deaths door as initial reports made out...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ic/3818711.stm

[ShyShy]

Yeah, I saw that, too.

[Mr Jones]

Seems he was ill after all...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ic/3661434.stm

Among those at his bedside were his wife Linda Cummings and friends Eddie and Jill Vedder and Rob and Sherrie Zombie.

Shit , imagine having Rob Zombie at your side as you prepare to shuffle off this mortal coil, wonder if he went up or down

[RDS skater]

that sucks Balls!! but it's still nothing compared to the death or kurt kobain

[NJK]

Originally posted by RDS skater
that sucks Balls!! but it's still nothing compared to the death or kurt kobain

what kind of shit remark is this ?

the dead of Johnny Ramone is not that important to you?
I take it you are not that old , at least not old enough to have been there when the Ramones made it big worldwide.

they where top of the bill in those days.

and I'll tell you one thing for sure, loosing the battle of life when fighting cancer is painfull for both the one who has it and for his/her family.
My own mother has been treated twice , radio therapy, chemical therapy, so i know what i'm talking about.


ps. to me Kurt was just a sad looser who couldn't face the reality of life.

[Mr Jones]

Originally posted by spaceplay



ps. to me Kurt was just a sad looser who couldn't face the reality of life.

Indeed.

The only sad thing about Kurt putting a new air vent in his head is the fact that he left a small child fatherless,which paints him more of a selfish arsehole than a tortured genius, what a nice way to grow up, I'm sure that it won't fuck with her head too much.

[MegaRock]

Consider this - Kurt somehow ended up married to Courtney Love. Sorry, I'd have vented my head too.

[Mr Jones]

Well yeah, you probably would all things considered.

[MegaRock]

Hi honey, I'm home!


Sad is the fact that she used to be kinda decent looking, now she looks like the hooker who runs up and slams herself on the hood of your car, face plasteted into the windshield going UEAHIOUEAHIOUEAHIO..

A good example of why crack is bad.