Unveiling Johnny Ramone's Guitar Origins 

Joey, Dee Dee, Johnny, and Tommy, the original four, all gone 😢. I still get bummed thinking about it. What an epic band.

The ‘ Attenborough ‘ narration is genius. Good work fella

10 points for most uses of the word "crucible" in a 30 minute documentary

My Favourite Band from 1976 to present day. I was lucky enough to see the Ramones live many times over the years and still say they are the Best live band I’ve ever seen.. We had a Punk band back in early 80’s and did mostly Ramones covers. To this day , at age 58, I still thoroughly enjoy playing my guitar along to Ramones live gigs and backing tracks .. RAMONES FOREVER 🎸❤️

I saw the Ramones on Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert in 1977. It changed my life forever. They played live with a small audience and they just blew me away. Playing songs about beating on brats and sniffing glue and some new weird dance called the Blitzkrieg Bop and wearing jeans, t-shirts, sneaker and for part of the show, leather jackets, their presence was unlike any other bands of that time who wore flairs and fancy, shiny clothes. Just raw, stripped down rock and roll. It made profound effect on me. I realized that music could become a part of your life and who you are and not just background noise on the radio by bands and groups that were so unattainable and living lives so far away from anything that you experienced. Nothing but respect and deep admiration for all the Ramones did.

Nice narration from Sir David Attenborough

This is a good mini bio but needed more emphasis on the Rocket to russia & Pleasant Dreams albums & how revolutionary those 2 were. Also the influence of the Beach Boys should ALWAYS be mentioned. 🎶🇺🇲

Can’t believe they are all gone now😢

He's been my main influence for 30+ years

Johnny Ramone & James Hetfield's downpicking & some jumper cables could power a small country.

The Dee Dee King LP is a riot. I recommend it

Absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful

So let me get this straight, out of the THOUSANDS of bands that The Ramones inspired, they show a clip of the Toilet Boys???...a band that I've only heard of in this video.... unreal...

I got to interview them 3 times😊

To me, the 1970's were the best decade of my life.

Lifelong Ramones fan here. While they weren't the best band of all time, one can make the arguement that they are/were, without a doubt, one of the most important and influential bands of all time. Modern rock wouldn't exist as it does if they hadn't come along. They didn't only popularize a certain sound and approach, but they made it 'okay' to be musical minimalists. Johnny is probably respsonsible for more young ppl picking up the guitar than any other guitar player..next to maybe the Beatles as a whole...after the Ed Sullivan Show. To people who want to get into this type of music, but know nothing about it...I always recommend the first 4 Ramones albums to them. They are essentially well written, sped up, oldies. Incredible, incredible stuff.

Excellent!!!!

Thank you for this video sir! Great work! Ramones forever!!

I feel like I'm listening to a David Attenborough docu.

"AI-tenborough" is great, but so are the research and writing here. A suspicious amount of rare, unusually specific details - for example, more than one photo of Johnny in military school! Wow. Props for going extra deep!

Grate documentary. Thank you

The synth sound in the background the whole time made it seem like a missing persons case 😆

Well done ,Thank You . GABBA GABBA HEY ! Long live Ramones

A jolly decent delivery in the King's Engish - highly appropriate to the subject matter at hand.

What's with the creepy AI Johnny pic?

Good work sir.🎉

Nice work❤

Johnny Ramone wasn't a construction worker from 1972 "for 5 years". The Ramones were formed in 1974 and by 1977 were a national touring act.

Además de ser uno de los músicos de rock más influyentes de la historia del rock al día de hoy,eso abarca músicos de todo tipo de género musical fue un exelente guitarrista rítmico,un estilo único de darle a las cuerdas siempre para abajo rapidísimo y siempre de la sexta a la primera cuerda.. además tocaba una guitarra rarita que éso también lo diferenció del resto de músicos de su momento,en aquellos tiempos casi nadie conocía las mosrite.un guitarrista con un estilo y personalidad única.

That picture sure isn't Johnny that you have to click on to watch this!!! Nice WIG Mark!

I actually really love the fact that it's Sir David Attenborough narrating this, even if it is AI! 😁👍 Very well done ❤

Viva La Ramones

ANY REFERENCE TO THE RAMONES & THE BEST OF TIMES. IS APPRECIATED. THANKS!!👍🏻

Great footage of old nyc.

well presented

"It's Alive" is one of the all time Double Live Rock Albums (bonus question: how many of the 28 songs were counted in by Dee Dee? Answer: all of them 😄)

Johnny Ramone was FOCUSED; A very no BS down to Earth person; *Correction: He did not write any songs at home and bring the cassette to rehearsals.

Greatest band of my entire youth. Saw them 6 times and talked to Marky twice.

Great perspective, when I saw them a couple of times in the late 70s they weren’t very popular with my friends….ffunny how now they are….

I love the old England voice of the speaker ! I imagine him cutting insanities in the same tone ,a cup of tea in hand with the little finger in the air….

Awesome band and awesome work. Good Job!

What's with the music? Can't wait for the raucous incidental backing you've got lined up for your Shoegaze documentary! Seriously though it's a nice video and I subscribed👍

I still remember the day he died…. RIP Johnny!!!

Legend !

"leaving only their drummers behind." Poor CJ. Brother can get no respect. lol

Saw them around 1997. the full band. They put on a excellent set. It was a outdoor show at a local bar. such a great memory.

A.I forever my robots! The Attenborough narration almost make Johnny feels like a one of a kind species. The now out dead species of Johnny Ramonesicus, one of the branches of The Ramonesicus family tree and the Homo Sapiens "Rock and Rollius" branch. I`m sitting here waiting for a mating call, like: Johnny..., who is a Alpha male rockstar, a top predator. Begins his hunt in the early evening, searching for groupies amongst the crowd..... Really funny !!!

Dude got Atten-bro working for him 🔥

The AI upscaled photos are a horror show. Aside from that, great video!

17:30 -- The narrator says that around the time of the recording of their second album "Johnny would write the songs alone in his apartment" and bring tapes to band practice for the rest of the guys to learn the songs. It's well documented that Dee Dee was the primary songwriter, with Joey contributing many of his own songs as well. The first 3 albums didn't list individual songwriting credits, so that's a little murky. Apparently there was a more collaborative environment while Tommy was in the band. With "Road to Ruin" we can begin to see who was responsible for the bulk of the songwriting duties. For my money, after Dee Dee left the band, the best Ramones songs of their post-Dee Dee era were still songs written by Dee Dee ("Poison Heart," "It's Not For Me To Know," "Makin' Monsters For My Friends," "Main Man," "Born To Die In Berlin," etc.). I love Johnny's guitar style but this is kind of a strange Johnny-centric documentary. By the way, those solo Dee Dee Ramone albums he made after he left the band ("Zonked," "I Hate Freaks Like You," and "Jump Around") are fantastic! If you're a Ramones fan and you haven't heard them, check them out A.S.A.P

Saw the Ramones play once back in the day. Totally hard out rock and roll and the best live band ever.

3 of them wiped out between 2000 & 2005.. Damn brah.

The guy who wrote the narration is actually amazing.

I was called to cut a base for a monument at hollywood as the service was tbe next day. After cutting it I was invited to the service. It was Johnny's. Ironic as I was a fan and a west coast punk when younger. A guitarist. I was ushered inside the outside ropes.....but not invited to the inside ropes. An experience IL. Not forget. Nice dd got upgraded drom a 28" flat grass marker to a proper monument. Johnny made mosrite guitars cool. Nice piece

I want this guy to read my eulogy to make my life sound a lot more interesting than what it really was.

This is awesome. Johnny Ramone #1! He's the reason i learned downstrokes! No disrespect to Marky, but Tommy is the best!

Why does the photo leading this video resemble Jeff Beck more than it does John?

Playing really fast with a down stroke only is really hard to do. He slung his guitar really low to make it easier to pull off, but even so it's a difficult technique. One has to resist playing up strokes even though that is what is intuitive. A perfect example of 'less is more'.

I dont think Johnny could care less about what people think of him today, he's forever etched in history as one of the greatest punk guitarists of all time. Rolling Stone has him in the top 30 guitarists of all time.

And never mentioned down picking in the entire video until the end calling him a downpicker with no context. 🤷

I interacted with Johnny quite a few time ...very serious and one of the greatest since the Beatles ,just ask him .he could be quite abrasive.!

13:23 I was there at the Ramones' 1975 performance at the Palace Theatre in Waterbury, CT. They were "snuck" onto the bill between headliner Johnny Winter and an opening act called "Storm," which included future Fabulous Thunderbirds member Jimmie Vaughan (Stevie's older brother). It was a mis-match. They weren't introduced; they just shambled out & played for maybe 25 min. A few cups were thrown at the stage. I thought for a minute, "Are these guys The Dictators?" but no, 'cuz the Dictators could play pretty well. 8 months later I open up a rock fanzine and there "The Ramones" with their classic look.

Excellent vid and kind of wierd as I'm trying to paint Dee Dee (I am old and play BASS because of Dee Dee) in watercolour whilst surfing youtube when I found this. Onetwofreefour...!

Hats off to Sir David.

THE BEST !!!

Narrators pronunciation is sometimes amusing but the footage is worth seeing. I liked this.

Johnny Ramone has not received nearly the critical praise that he deserved. An innovator, a passionate musician and a gifted guitarist he was indeed!

Down pick for the win.

Johnny wrote all of the songs at home? He wrote a rad total of 8 songs during his whole time in the Ramones, so I am a little confused by this nugget.

World's best garage band

Ramones. Bruh. 🤟🤟🤟🤟

Fact: The ‘Mones never toured America in a tour bus, it was always in a van.

I was waiting for Dave to have a lapse of mind and talk about the blue boo boo in Africa rock on DA.

AI is crazy here..those pictures are class

Mike Fox of Los Olvidados is the greatest downpicking guitar player of all time.

Johnny Ramone lived in Stewart Manor?! Im from Stewart Manor! I wonder where he lived

He'll mf. yea...am so glad I saw the Ramones at the Hollywood palladium. Up close and in ur face

What's that font in the thumbnail?

Question !, Could a Ramones be born and thrive in the 2020s, or have we long passed that possibility?

Amazing, when my city NY was full of Americans of all ethnicities and backgrounds. Now, this city outside of Manhattan is full of the hardworking 3rd world people. So, don't expect much to come out of NY whether its music or fashion. Same with London

This docu is as good if not better than Spinal Tap !

When was this made? No mention of Tommy's death.

No mention off Dee Dees contribution as the main songwriter in the band?

The Greatest American band ever!!! Gabba Gabba Hey!!!

👿🔱😈.. I would like to see joey on the drum kit and hear how it sounds ... Ive never seen such a tall skinny guy play them

The documentary is good however,that background noise is unnecessary and annoying.

Nobody played the guitar as hard as Johnny.

Is no one going to address that pic in front? IM NOT 😂

Johnny was cool, but i adored Joey!

The music bed is mixed WAY too high besides being mostly unnecessary.

Saw them over 70x mostly in the NYC/ Long Island area. Every show was the next big game. Only disappointment was the last show being played on the west coast to a bunch of clowns that finally figured it out.

Is this AI version of Attenborough's voice??

Looks more like Liam Gallagher than Johnny.

I can’t do the ai voice over sorry.

Nice concise stuff. But Attenborough would never pronounce penchant as pen-shant! 😱 Not saying it's wrong, but the AI needs a UK English mod.

David Attenborough?

great video but the tense horror movie type sonic ambience casts an odd vibe. better suited for a serial killer documentary.

First time i heard the Ramones in the late 70s totally changed my music appreciation of breaking down and destroying cock rock big venue guitar solos

lol god damn ai voice overs

Narrator David Attenborough? 😂