Tommy Ramone RIP

Tommy Ramone (Tom Erdelyi) RIP (far right)

Official songwriting credits were shared by the full band. But Mr. Erdelyi was the primary author of several of its early classics, including “Blitzkrieg Bop,” which opens the first album with the chant “Hey ho, let’s go!” and features lyrics that boil teenage angst down to its most basic and kinetic: 

What they want, I don’t know
They’re all revved up and ready to go

Update:
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The Ramones and Uncle Floyd (those were the days)

Wombat : Tommy Ramone Dies

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— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 13, 2014