JOHNNY RAMONE - The Very Last Interview

[@TheSpicerD]

I was working at the front desk at The Chateau Marmont in 2000 and they were having a private party for Sofia Coppola releasing a new wine. Tons of celebs in the lobby as usual there. Very surreal moment when Nic Cage, Marilyn Manson, and Johnny walked in together. He was a fish out of water. He sat in a chair 10 feet away from me by the magazine rack by himself. We talked a bit. So fucking sweet. Very humble and kind. I hated working there because of all of the ridiculous egos. He was such a gem. Love the dude. Rest in peace.

[@CmsrL337]

You are one very lucky person to have had that opportunity. That would be a life-time highlight for me.

[@TheSpicerD]

indeed.

[@thomasdupont7186]

does it pay well to be a servant for "celebs" ?

[@jennimadden1061]

@@TheSpicerD I'm sharing this with Linda Ramone in a private message. She will love this. I hope you don't mind. It's a wonderful tribute to a wonderful man.

[@TheSpicerD]

@@jennimadden1061 Of course :)

[@jasondrums2331]

He knew he was dying at this point. He was very very tough. I never met him. But he brought me so much joy and I will love him until I die myself.

[@michaelr.4878]

Totally. To steal a term from those disgusting rappers, Johnny Ramone was 'the realest' rock legend to ever live. He was as real and authentic as they get. Knew what he believed in and stood by it. Dude was a real 'working musician'. The guy, along with this bandmates', took a childhood dream and made it happen. I have nothing but respect for the man. On top of that, the most important thing he did was inspire countless of young people to pick up a guitar. He proved that you don't have to be a virtuoso to be a great player or write good songs. Build your skills, but don't forget to serve the song. Respect.

[@2008alde]

well he must have gotten tough after he attained fame. I knew John in addition to the rest of the Ramones prior to them becoming the Ramones. We were just a bunch of friends from Queens NY who all had the same love for British Rock ... 60's and 70's. One summer night We ( John, Tommy, Dee and Jeff Salen - Tuff Darts) drove out to Long Island to a club called Zero's in Glen Cove. Jeff and I had gone out there a few times because of the "Long Island Girls". Anyway, there was always a long line to get in but the club never pulled the bullshit that the NYC clubs did by picking and choosing who they would let in on a particular night. Anyway .. there were a bunch of typical "Long Island" guys who were getting a little loud and raucous and John said "hey those guys look like trouble and I don't want to get my ass beaten ... Dee and Tommy nodded in agreement but Jeff and I called them pussies .. Since it was John's car that we went in, we didn't have much of a choice but to leave ... real tough guys the Ramones were back then ... but still loved them none the less. They're all gone now ( including Jeff).

[@TT-hl5ql]

@@2008alde that's not what all the people in his inner circle said.

[@2008alde]

@@TT-hl5ql Listen ... maybe he projected a tough image after he attained some fame, but he wasn't aq tough guy, in terms of dealing with people when it came to physical confrontations. I am not saying that he didn't face death courageously ... he most likely did.

[@chesseking1234]

@@michaelr.4878 “disgusting rappers” bruh the fact that you can’t enjoy all music without putting down another let’s me know how lame you are lol

[@Flipper1974nz]

Johnny (The Sargent) kept The Ramones from falling apart - he was the backbone of that legendary band...

[@kennybennett9875]

JOHNNY RAMONE IS NOT DEAD 315 656 7608 KENNY SRYACUSE NY

[@dralfredcarroll9567]

kenny bennett Good to know.

[@87JuliR]

Ramones is the grafitti you will read on every wall in Argentina. They've been hugely popular here for ages.

[@soulCracka1]

I love that. Makes me want to visit some day.

[@antonhaq3503]

Really sad, he even sounds different but you can tell he's still got the drive.

[@pierrebenoit-j1q]

Johnny Ramone wasva hell of a guitarist...RIP

[@2009armstrong]

The words and tone of his voice said it all.

[@moester75]

I just finished the book "Commando". It was a great read man. I highly recommend it to any Ramones fan. Johnny was just a blue collar dude that believed in hard fuckin work. RIP Johnny.

[@thomasdupont7186]

a "blue collar" yeah sure ^^

[@svennovichgaduniaan369]

It's a very fun read as well

[@TryNSave]

@@thomasdupont7186I mean, yeah. Blue collar ethos. He invested well by the end of his life, but he wasn’t born into wealth.

[@thomasdupont7186]

@@TryNSave That guy never worked in a factory my dude (may be once when he was 18 ? for a month or two ?) He was mainly a rock star.

[@TryNSave]

@@thomasdupont7186 “Blue collar” is not synonymous with “working in a factory”, my dude. Just because you're not fitting pipes or working machinery does not mean that you're someone who routinely brushes elbows with high society. Moreover, I don't think you appreciate just how much work touring really is. Regardless, the point still stands that it was the blue-collar mindset of working hard that helped propel the band for so long. They did not fit the traditional concept of “rock stars”, and it was only through persistent work ethic and respect for their fanbase that they were able to be modestly successful.

[@TroyDurrance]

I'm 47 now, I've been a fan of the RAMONES since about age 13. As a kid, not so much, but as an adult, not a single day goes by that I don't listen to a RAMONES song. (If not an album or two.) They have always been a huge part of my life.

[@andremadeira6916]

u sir are living it. blessings

[@Boogieboy138]

Loved when he was asked if the younger punk bands that came out way after their time, getting more recognized and more successful than the Ramones, if that pissed off Johnny, Johnny's response was "I'm happy to see rock n roll still alive" What a class act man. He's a true musician at heart through and through, never about the money or fame.

[@plaztikexplosives5953]

Soldier till the end. Thank you Ramones.

[@horizonxx_1]

Johnny had the best stance on stage

[@UKArchives-2024]

These people are so irreplaceable. We'll never see their likes again. The Ramones may not have been commercially successful but they left quite a legacy behind them.

[@Hans-be6sm]

100% and influenced popular culture. There are two bands in my opinion that made western culture travel the courses that it did. Iggy and the Stooges and The Ramones. Research the history and look how it became. There is no question about it.

[@rmhopper3]

this is what Rock and Roll was originally about ..having fun still being able to think ......Putting on a show and and still being a human being..... Rock On Johnny Ramone

[@santtusan6387]

Too Tough To Quit, love Johnny. Love The Ramones. Legends and indeed bigger than ever

[@seandecastro]

rip johnny! You are gone but not forgotten !

[@willsaenz6320]

I love these interviews but hate that you can feel the pain in Johnny’s voice. As you get older and you have more experiences with cancer patients, you start to understand more where they’re coming from. Certainly more than I did the first time I heard this interview many years ago as a teenager.

[@jbramlett]

Its so sad that he's gone.

[@michaelr.4878]

It definitely is. Of all of the musicians we have lost over the years, he is the one that I miss the most. It is heartbreaking that he didn't get to live to see what kind of legacy he and the band left and how truly love they are. Even worst is that he worked his ass off for so many years, saving his money to buy his dream home, retired...and then died shortly after. It is heartbreaking. Dude was the man. Coolest dude to ever live, imo. He stood by what he believed in and made no apologies. Everyone could learn about how to be a man from Johnny Ramone.

[@TheOfficerMahoney]

Fire until the end. Loved what he did and gave to the world. Thank you Johnny!

[@TobcioccLeyton]

I met him a few times, so friendly and welcoming.

[@kirby711]

Thanks for your humanity Love the Ramones always ❤

[@owenwilberforce6138]

Johnny, tough New York dude. Under that cool facade was probably a sweet human being. The thing is, I believe living in New York you harden up or just get stomped. Johnny was no nonsense, all business and perhaps that’s why the band never fell apart. Like Iggy said, “We got no V for victory, cuz we know things are tougher.” Johnny knew.

[@5HlNOBI]

R.I.P. Johnny.

[@phrumpster0]

Had both a great baseball card collection and a great "cheesecake" collection. A musician with good sense. Miss ya, dude.

[@tallywhacker1]

Ramones left us too soon. Great musicians. Humble and down to earth.

[@apogeedata]

Hi absolutely loved Johnny

[@listentothenightfilms]

Kills me to hear my man so sick. He always sounded tough as fuck. Never forget Johnny.

[@sherylF5610]

Johnny had a great smile. When he smiled he looked very handsome

[@bannedfrom992]

Hu

[@dominicconroy810]

love ya Johnny

[@margretdupont1]

I never saw Johnny smile except for this one photo. Can't hardly believe they are all dead, with exception to Markey. VIVE LOS RAMONES!!

[@kromedome0101]

My favorite band after the Beatles. They busted their balls touring / recording constantly but were ignored by radio and much of the general public. I'll never forget those CBGB shows, great memories.

[@dpmaine]

Johnny for President !

[@Gorgi93]

Long live the ramones for ever..rip🙏🙏never forget them..he talks the truth..i stared listen the ramones when I was 8 yrs old in Mexico city..every one listen to them. When I came to the USA..nobody here know them I brought a shirt of the ramones and they think it was a Mexican band lol..

[@CuteCatFaith]

It's nice to hear how people from so many other countries loved and love them, as you hear mentioned in this clip, somewhat to his bemusement. I was lucky in a way, I was there in NY, I saw them at Toad's Place once, wow was that loud, and I even had a date, one date, with Joey Ramone, in the Bowery no less one winter's day. It was excellent in such desperate times and places -- really what art and rock 'n' roll are all about. xo

[@LynnThomas-c5g]

❤❤❤❤❤RIP JOHNNY RAMONE❤❤❤❤❤🕊🥀

[@SpanHog]

Still love the Ramones! Miss those guys

[@riverplate0101]

I lived in Jersey City in my youth and I worked in Manhattan and I would very occasionally see Joey or Johnny walking down the street never approached them because you don't do that there. Grateful for that at least.

[@InMemoryOfUteh]

We love you forever and always in my heart 19 April 2019

[@redlabl]

Yeahhh I was bummed out when I heard Johnny was gone..."sigh"

[@vincesarmento4854]

This was great, thanks!

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

died 16 years ago today! RIP Johnny!

[@peteberwick]

Great interview.

[@AlmostReady504]

Poor Johnny here. The last time we heard his voice. Thank you for the Ramones Johnny

[@imsocuteimsorich4952]

Rest in peace joey johnny+dee Dee,I hope your in a happy place God bless you amen 💙✌

[@glenatkinson7732]

One of a kind...iconoclastic bombastic bullying but irreplaceable and one of a kind! Rest in Peace Johnny

[@JesusGarcia-zx4yf]

Amazing

[@chrishellams1755]

when I liked them in 78 nobody heard of them and when I played them people didn't get it 20 yrs later now people get it

[@2mdcoe]

God Bless him.

[@slientrageskaters1]

I red the book in 2 days I loved it it made me cry at the end

[@Anthony-uf3oz]

*read

[@docnasty74]

Fucking sad. You can hear Johnny having shortness of breath. R.I.P. Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee and Tommy.

[@PaulRodriguez9]

.The Ramones. The epitome of Rock and Roll

[@theitineranthistorian2024]

beyond legendary

[@That1Guy]

Masterpiece

[@keithadamo304]

Glad I found this life is to fucken short!!!! ROCK ON JONNY 🍺🍺

[@PONCALIPER]

up all ramones always on our minds greetings from Argentina

[@charlesmaximus9161]

He actually sounds to be in really bad shape here. Poor guy. It’s now been 17 years since he reposed. We miss you, Johnny. God rest his soul.

[@noshow22]

Imagine that, someone that is close to death sounds in bad shape. Who would have thought?

[@mikescott433]

...at 2:53 shows a photo of Johnny and Dee Dee standing in front of a german RAF wanted poster!!!

[@Foxforce_6]

They’re all gone now Rest In Peace to them all

[@Ecosse57]

man, that was both tough to listen to and a pleasure.

[@davidjones6262]

One of my fav docus cool to hear what Johnny had to d sAY about their movie, End of the century rules

[@ZUrlocker]

This was the final interview Johnny Ramone did and it was on the KFOG morning show in San Francisco.

[@cappnzak]

Hey! Ho!-Let's go! Thankyou for the post.

[@Endo-uu8mo]

1:04 joeys Big Love

[@juliandereus2]

Incredible man.

[@imannonymous7707]

down to earth and honest , ya RIP ,gone too soon

[@Julia-ip4jf]

He's was so tired!god ):

[@craigeyler4495]

You can hear the morphine in his voice. Terminal cancer patients always seem to get morphine. You can hear it in Frank Zappa's voice during his last interview too.

[@cigdamagelungs]

Best right hand ever

[@virtualjones]

It was posted to youtube oct 2011.

[@TheMomseloc]

Beautiful pic at 2:30, he's poised, powerful and ready to pounce! I wanted to have Joey's lovechild but Mightn't intensity was palpable even when we was just sitting there.

[@Jonny2guns1984]

thanks, for clariying good sir.

[@Univox68]

Johnny got taken way too soon. RIP.

[@jennimadden1061]

*teardrop*

[@onikzenitram38]

Ramones, Clash forever man!

[@punkgrl325]

This man epitomized the aspects of being a republican that I loved. It's something I don't see in a lot of republicans today sadly. Both sides are more content with blaming each other than getting anything done. I'm glad the Ramones never got into political bullshit. RIP, Johnny.

[@busterthebear6756]

butterstix 24 They didn’t other than Bonzo

[@busterthebear6756]

GayJew frankly I’m glad about that. The Ramones represented a fun alternative to a lot of the political punk coming from the U.K. like the pistols.

[@mebeasensei]

He says, (when asked if he was actively involved) "I always left it to the director"...which means to my ear, he actually ha editorial control...Perhaps he was a producer, or executive producer? i.e. he put bucks in. Anyway, that's fine if it were so.

[@daevidharvey7113]

If had to immediately pick one Ramones Song to crank up through the airwaves I'd love it be Poison Heart - Mondo Bizarro might very well their best album .

[@TheBerzerker666]

A true punk rock hero,the seventies made some great bands

[@rothbj1]

Hard to believe he was just days away from passing on....

[@SunRider69]

He left his mark

[@MrKittles1123]

First, let’s be clear: no single member of the band WAS the band. This is evidenced by the fact that none of their individual endeavors surpassed the success or recognition of the Ramones. Second, I am amused by the left vs right comment war. It’s ironic cause I view art as being un-political. Last, this was a pretty interesting piece of material. It’s a rare glimpse into the mind of someone totally unique who took an unlikely situation and made it work, and I’m ever thankful that KZbin allows for little moments like this to be shared and enjoyed.

[@rogerthat5679]

He said something in the middle is probably what's best not flat out said it's either right or no dice so...

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, the Ramones

[@Viperplayer187]

Omg his voice sounds so different here. Very frail. RIP you fucking legend

[@daevidharvey7113]

Especially in this day , I Love and Respect Conservatives' Simple Truth & Logic

[@ermes6626]

great Johnny

[@jennimadden1061]

My favourite Ramone ever

[@MrNEILSUPERNAUT]

Hello Jenni! Fancy bumping into you here! Small world, huh?

[@TheDukeOfPannekoeken]

RIP ❤️

[@danielgustavokaemmerer3562]

very sad..... R.I.P, maestro!

[@jamesheath7601]

RIP Johnny 🎸

[@daevidharvey7113]

If had to immediately pick one Ramones Song to crank up through the airwaves I'd love it be Poison Heart - Mondo Bizarro , as a whole , might very well be their best album and the First & Road to Ruin ... so many great songs , some average ones too but the good ones are exceptionally Great Indeed

[@TS50ER]

The photo with Joe Strummer

[@MrNEILSUPERNAUT]

Very interesting to hear him say that if anything bothers him, it's their peers becoming bigger than them when there's a famous clip used in the EOTC docu-film (the bit with the Blondie clip) where johnny says it doesn't at all bother him.

[@michaelahles1586]

True but that clip is from 81 so they probably thought down the road they be more successful sooner. But then the fact that there peers continued to outsell them in the late 80s and early 90s probably botherd him

[@maxf234]

ohfoolishworkerbee Ah, well, he wouldn't be very sad if at all, they were considered friends but, Johnny had a strong dislike of Joey. He teased him, bullied him, beat him up, so talking about his death would only really semi-sound sad. Not to mention that he was sick during this time and I'm quite sure that he's more concerned about doing things before his inevitable death and settling the dust between things. A death in business sucks quite frankly, and ya know, dealing with an estate is no easy task.

[@TT-hl5ql]

That smile @2:53 though 💛

[@TT-hl5ql]

And @4:48

[@gordonbrooks3081]

How many last interviews of Johnny are out there?

[@monstergod888]

He was the "bad guy",you know,but the bad guys are always the best,i mean,he was a punk,he had to be tough,too tough to die!

[@tomitstube]

well put.

[@edsreturn2012]

The Ramones Rock!

[@siauciunaite]

Clearly a case, of having to separate the artist from his art. In his politics, he was a bootlicker, with a wicked case of Stockholm syndrome. BUT, in his art, a pioneer, and visionary, responsible for the continuation, and uplifting, of our beloved ROCK and ROLL. Long Live THE RAMONES.

[@rogerthat5679]

He just said we need something Towards the middle of both side Is best and you call him a bootlicker the disrespect is unreal oh he was a piece of shit for his views on politics but I like some of his songs and influence in music get the hell outta here I hate how people try to have their cake and eat it too.

[@joejones9520]

anyone who really explores history and politics with an unbiased approach, and reads truthful materials, not propaganda, is ALWAYS going to end up on the right, in any country even. It's the only view that makes sense in almost every way. What people dont get is the na.is were actually a bunch of leftists, many were gay, they were artists, dancers, bohemians..leftism left unchecked turns into terrible authoritarianism and dictatorship eventually, as we saw..

[@siauciunaite]

@@joejones9520 Please read Howard Zinn's " A Peoples History of the United States." Also helpful is Michael Parenti's ,"To Kill A Nation" , or his , "Contrary Notions" , also, Eric Frommes , " Marx's Concept of Man". Maybe , Ward Churchill's " On The Justice of Roosting Chickens". As always the great ,"Communist Manifesto" by you know who. Most, by Chomsky.

[@joejones9520]

@@siauciunaite It doesnt work, logically it cant work because marx's premise was flawed, he didnt even get it right about what countries it would start in first, he got it backwards actually, and economically, it cant work for long, china is only appearing to do well because of its dependence on capitalist economies.

[@siauciunaite]

@@joejones9520 Yes. China, is state capitalist. It again, depends on the quality of a persons nature, and their definitions politically. One mans treasure, and all that. I left the party, when I became a "God fearing" communist. Still, I sometimes yearn for that "Rocket to Russia".lol Any philosophy, or weapon/tool , is only as good, as the hand that wields it.

[@krisbrand354]

He doesn't sound well here. Poor guy, miss him

[@kalimeraHellas]

Yea, the system crash him too. Nikos Kazantzakis said one time "it is like we hit the irons with our heads, too many heads are smashed but eventually the irons is going to break too.

[@OnlyForAngels]

The picture @ 2:45 - 2:50 is priceless.