Dee Dee Ramone Gave The Most Savage Hall of Fame Speech Ever!

Dee Dee Ramone founded the Ramones, named the band, wrote the songs, and built punk rock from nothing. Dee Dee Ramone's story is the real Ramones history — the bassist and songwriter behind Chinese Rock, Rockaway Beach, Blitzkrieg Bop, and Somebody Put Something in My Drink. While Johnny Ramone controlled the money and kept the books, Dee Dee Ramone wrote every hit and watched the checks go elsewhere. When Johnny Ramone died in 2004, he left his half of the Ramones catalog to Linda Ramone — the woman he took from Joey Ramone, married without apology, and never once acknowledged stealing. Joey Ramone's brother Mickey Leigh spent twenty years in court fighting Linda Ramone over the other half of Ramones Productions. In November 2025, Linda bought him out. One hundred percent. Every song in the Ramones catalog. Every dollar generated by punk rock's most influential band. Every decision about what the Ramones mean and who gets to say so. Dee Dee Ramone died of a heroin overdose on June 5, 2002, eleven weeks after the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony where his bandmates accepted their plaques at the Waldorf Astoria. The man who named the Ramones never owned them. The name belongs to someone else now. #DeeDeeRamone #Ramones #PunkRock #JohnnyRamone 🔺MERCH https://legendsbehindthekit.com 🔺X https://x.com/Stickzonthakit https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... ⭕Test your drummer knowledge: https://lbtk-trivia.netlify.app Subscribe Now    / @legendsbehindthekit