Joey Ramone on American TV - Interview July 1999 

did you know where he could get some fish?

What kind of fish?

@@sadvio666 A fish you get in the store (can’t remember the quote)

Makes sense, he was pescatarian so he didn’t eat meat, just fish

Wholey's fish market in the strip

Will R love

Will R Most punk stars are and were cool because they are real. I have had a chance to meet quite a few guys in the biz and most guys are who they are onstage and off. Only said hi to Joey a few times but one of my teen year aquatences, co- wrote and produced some of their later records. He also played guitar on Joey’s solo record.

He's the total opposite of GG Allin.

have SuCH a crush on him still

The punk scene is flooded with that. Stay away.

Certainly was. NZ

To me, he IS Rock and Roll!!

Every bit as good a fellow as you all imagine

Humble??? He calls himself the band that started punk

@@serdownofhousebad1127 And? Why does he say these things you ask, it's simple: facts.

@@theseanlegacy1795 bro Ramones are protopunk at best, just because they were loud doesn't mean they were the first punk band. There's no such thing as a first punk band, heaps of musicians were already changing into those sounds and beats before the Ramones like famously The Stooges. I like Joey and his personality but saying you started punk is so pretentious and non punk of him to say

​@@serdownofhousebad1127 But it's true!

TheDabdus :'(

What about The STOOGES? .. . THEY did punk before ANYBODY. Oh, and he looked like the actor Richard Belzer with the short hair.

Punk actually started in Siberia Russia. But it's rare anybody knows. Guess our ego is too big.

@@creepyskulldini581 it started in Russia homie.

@@jasonpuliz1563 That's right, I certainly did not know THAT. Who were the groups?

Marky is still alive, the definitive Ramones drummer.

Amen

The Ramone curse?!

theoldiemusician 1998 never!

What about CJ Ramone?

they stand up when every guest walks in lmfao

@@SuperNils666 They stood up faster and more eagerly.

They revered him

It’s a talk show, they do that a lot you’ll find

Whoo whoo I invented long hair and sunglasses, Robbin

always knew he looked like someone else

He actually stole it from Dee Snider, but his ugly ass ended up looking like Joey.

@@82avidfan all 3 of them are pretty ugly.

Slash

Yep he did

PabloCruise91 agreed!

So funny

well yeah but also he pissed in the beer

@@bgttgb100 well Rotten was a prick so he sorta deserved it I like rotten don't get me wrong but he was pretty violent in terms of attitude

RIP. Great musician

Joey is my favorite band member he is aowsome

He loved life till the moment he died

Actually he was a depressed Alcoholic that suffered from ocd, schizophrenia and severely low self-esteem.

Joey had been sober for some time, actually. By all accounts, according to his brother Mickey, he was at peace...besides the illness. No idea where you get your funny info.

Mega all the old punks back in the day we’re amazing for that, look jello Biafra and Henry Roland different punk styles but they were very smart

@@robmorris4426 exactly, not only for the style

Joey was always overly optimistic, believing in the slim chance that he would make it out. The band's longtime collaborator, the late Arturo Vega, recalled that even during Joey's final days, he refused being fed with tubes because he was afraid it would hurt his singing voice.

​@@ohnose4455🥺🥺 Joey Ramone was great..

I Know i just read that from you and i was amazed at his attitude. He was awesome , my favourite man of all times!!!

He just said that

Shame they pissed all over it.

@Erik Lawson woah ur buggin

Hugo Laguna Joey Ramone loved The Offspring and Green Day

@Erik Lawson youre too punk for us.

Yeah me too

Nice comment, man. I couldn't agree more. I really miss him. Greetings from Argentina.

I have a crush on him actually

I'm totally with you! I liked hearing them all speak, but I've always liked Joey the most

he seems really shaky.. i feel bad for the guy..

He has a big New York accent

Same though! Honestly he seems so cool!

Me too♥️

Even though he knew he was dying.

passive agressive much?

@@besteverepicmillennial5927 Hush...... Grown Ups are talking.

sam T like me 😝

Yeah, Conan has the best hair in showbusiness

I don't think he gives a flying FUCK!😆

*So True, Joey was such a great guy, on and off the stage.*

agree....conan sucks ---- show some respect ..

@@ronaldguida You watch what you say about Conan!

@Sledge Patrick 😡😠😡

Well said

A gem you say!!! A pure gem💎

Me too

loco live did it for me too

Stoney 21 That comment is so poignant even if he didn’t intend it that way.

Mine to

+Santi__ _ Jebus, was it that long ago?

Santi__ _ thought the same thing 😪😪

Santi__ _ :'(

Damn

What abt marky ramone

They live forever on albums...

His name was hyman lol

Quoted by babe ruth

I greed with you them never die👍👍👍

I want to hear more of this story!!

Ye

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Utter nonsense!!! Awesome front man agreed The remainder of your statement 👎👎👎👎👎PISH 😂😂😂

Aw god u lucky sod

I am so sad to read that. People are awful.

😂😂😂😂

Yeah i have their cds and still play them

Queens New York

Barbara Jenkins They were from Forest Hills

Forrest Hills is on Queens

He's from Queens,

Only if you don't know they are from QUEENS NEW YORK.Joeys voice is the typical NEW YORK ACCENT.

dk rock

But nobody compearz to the shit Skanks

D,K, man

Soup is good food.

Erik Lawson No he didn’t dipshit

Lucky bastard I wish I had 3 sec with Joey

@@-Vitalis- Ur an ASSHOLE SHUT UP DUCHE

@@vanessarizzo3992 Lulz.

@@-Vitalis-Joey was not 'cookie cutter' cute but in his way, he was beautiful. So many odds stacked against him from birth but he rose above and reached for his own personal star. In spite of his challenges, he became an icon, by many accounts he was kind, sweet and gentle by nature. He was quite shy but pushed himself. Shame that some still place more value on a persons looks over their soul and accomplishments.

@@carolk9s As long as they do good music e.g. The Ramones, they could look like a prolapsed anus for all I care. I was just joking... like if that wasn't obvious as fuck already.

Vladi Ramone same

100% Joey i still punk god!

Thanx man. The first "Line-Up" of a starting band is full of ideas. Fortunately have Joey and Johnny all the time retain the Ramones sound. Even with many exchanges of bandmembers!!! Greez from the Netherlands!!! Ron.

MrNorthernSol English punk was very diverse - Rotten may not have liked them, but the arrival of the first Ramones album was a huge influence on many bands, who were probably listening to the Stooges and MC5 also (and Patti Smith, and Television... and the Saints...) and for many it was just down to how fast they could learn not to sound awful so they could get out there and be part of their local scene... which was what made it exciting for all concerned.

@MrNorthernSol that's simply not true, lots of bands cited the Ramones as crucial including the Damned and the Clash - I'm pretty sure you weren't there or you'd know better. I was, and I do.

He DID have talent. But he definitely was "ugly"! Long live the RAMONES!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I found him quite attractive.

As a younger man, I think he was reasonably attractive. Just in a very unconventional way. Look up pics of him around age 30 without glasses. He looked alright.

dude joey is not ugly, he's just different... unusual haha

Joey Ramone was HOT , what are you talking about?

30 minutes? I could listen to him for 30 Hours

Joey was cool

Sid especially seemed very into Dee Dee, as he should be.

Johnny did in fact think the Ramones were a rough crowd, a gang even. I think it's written in Please Kill Me. The Ramones knew that and were kind of mad that the Pistols were giving punk this kind of nonsensical image. Joey mentions it in another interview.

@@ianjackson7916 That reflects how British bands were at the time, not the Ramones who were middle class and pretty well behaved. The Ramones were 'fun' in their own words and making music for teens...the Pistols were attempting something else entirely

15, April 2001