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Dee Dee Ramone

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Musician

The Resume

    (September 18, 1952-June 5, 2002)
    Raised in Berlin, Germany
    Birth name is Douglas Glenn Colvin
    Bassist for the Ramones
    Recorded the albums 'Ramones,' 'Leave Home,' 'Rocket to Russia,' 'Road to Ruin,' 'End of Century,' 'Pleasant Dreams,' 'Subterranean Jungle,' 'Too Tough to Die,' 'Animal Boy,' 'Halfway to Sanity' and 'Brain Drain'

Why he might be annoying:

    After leaving The Ramones, he attempted to become a rapper under the name Dee Dee King.
    He died at the age of 50 of a heroin overdose.
    He started using heroin at a young age and continued through the majority of his life.
    He had been a prostitute.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He wrote most of the Ramones material.
    He wrote music for the Ramones even after he left in 1989.
    He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Ramones.
    His dad was an American soldier.
    Johnny Ramone and him formed the Ramones.
    After the Ramones retired, he formed a Ramones tribute band.

Credit: Toys in the Attic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 73 Votes: 64.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 39 Votes: 48.72% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 56 Votes: 41.07% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 77 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 153 Votes: 42.48% Annoying