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TOMMY RAMONE aka Thomas Erdelyi original drummer and producer of the influential founders of Punk THE RAMONES has gone to that great “Rock-rock-rock-a way Beach” in the sky.
Tommy passed at his home in Ridgewood, Queens on Friday after a long battle with bile duct cancer, Variety reported.
Tommy, 62 , was the last surviving member of the band joining Joey, John and Dee Dee Ramone in Rock Heaven.
For those not in the know, The Ramones were not their real last names but played as a “family unit” and despite a long standing feud between Johnny and Joey (over a woman, natch), they blew out the house no matter where they were.
Tommy played drums on the band’s first three albums, “Ramones,” “Leave Home,” and “Rocket to Russia,” including some of the band’s more influential singles: “Blitzkrie