July 15th, 2014
Tommy Ramone unedited interview from The Replacements film Color Me Obsessed
Late last Friday, Tommy Erdelyi, a.k.a. Tommy Ramone, drummer for one of the greatest bands of that or any era, died from cancer, at the age of 65. All four original members of the Ramones are now gone.
In a recent SPIN eulogy, Legs McNeil writes: "When every young person in New York City at that time looked like a rock god, Tommy, God love him, looked like a plumber's apprentice. He and the Ramones translated all the world's phony beauty, yeah, all the world's ugliness, into something fast, funny, and hummable. They said, 'Life sucks and we're crazy, but we're gonna play it loud and fast—and short--cause we know ya got things to do…' "
Tommy spoke to Gorman Bechard in 2011 when the director was filming "Color Me Obsessed". The complete and unedited interview with Tommy is now available on YouTube.
In a recent SPIN eulogy, Legs McNeil writes: "When every young person in New York City at that time looked like a rock god, Tommy, God love him, looked like a plumber's apprentice. He and the Ramones translated all the world's phony beauty, yeah, all the world's ugliness, into something fast, funny, and hummable. They said, 'Life sucks and we're crazy, but we're gonna play it loud and fast—and short--cause we know ya got things to do…' "
Tommy spoke to Gorman Bechard in 2011 when the director was filming "Color Me Obsessed". The complete and unedited interview with Tommy is now available on YouTube.