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Dee Dee Ramone was born Douglas Glenn Colvin in Germany in 1951. After immigrating to America he moved to Queens, New York, and became the bassist for The Ramones, a four-piece rock band that many credit for giving birth to the punk movement. Playing simple rock songs as hard and fast as possible, The Ramones, consisting of Dee Dee, Joey Ramone, Tommy Ramone, Johnny Ramone and later Marky Ramone, gained a loyal cult following that centered at the New York club CBGB`s. He remained a band mainstay until 1989, when he left the band and was replaced by `CJ Ramone` on bass. He became a rapper and performed under the moniker Dee Dee King, and later formed the band Chinese Dragons. He still occasionally played with the Ramones, and appeared on their farewell concert video, "We`re Outta Here." Ramone wrote two books, an autobiography and a novel about the infamous Chelsea Hotel. He released a solo album, called Latest & Greatest, in 2001, and along with the other Ramones was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Less than two months after his induction, he was found dead in his house by his wife. Dee Dee Ramone was 50 at the time of his death.
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I met DeeDee in 1973. He used to come into the building where I lived to see a girl he was dating. The door to my loft was always open and he would come in and talk to me while I painted. He only talked about girls. When I asked him what he did for a living his answer was that he didn`t like what he did, but did it anyway because he met a lot of girls.
Arturo Vega
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