Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
Douglas Glenn Colvin, known professionally as Dee Dee Ramone, was a German-American musician, singer and songwriter best known as founding member, songwriter, bassist and occasional lead vocalist for punk rock band the Ramones...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth18 September 1952
CountryUnited States of America
song play issues
The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.
rap party boys
Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.
strong caring people
I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.
song mean significant
I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.
quiet-people thinking rude
Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.
hard
It's very hard to tour.
rap tired rocks
I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
american-musician
We didn't do an American tour because it I know it wouldn't go down well.
band leave solo
I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.
gave
I was a big troublemaker in the group. I put them through a lot of pain, but as much as I gave to them, they gave right back to me.
bad cover hearing music playing ramones religion songs
I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again.
besides group growing weird
No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird 'cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was.
american-musician
I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
american-musician decisions fans final iggy plays pop
I like it when Iggy Pop plays his old stuff, so I know how the fans feel. But it was my show, so I made the final decisions on what was played.