Marky Ramone

Marky Ramone is the engine room of punk as far as I'm concerned. Born in New York in 1952, he sharpened his chops in Dust and the Voidoids before joining the Ramones in 1978, and becoming their longest-serving drummer is no small feat. Anyone can admire the band's snarl, but I have a special respect for the discipline behind that relentless eighth-note assault, the stamina and metronomic precision required to drive those songs night after night. He still carries that current-day energy online, and to me he embodies the idea that punk isn't a phase but a lifelong stance. That tempo lives rent-free in my head.

Name (English)

Marky Ramone

Name (Japanese)

マーキー・ラモーン

Reading

まーきー・らもーん

Born

July 15, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

drummer / rock musician / songwriter

High school

Erasmus Hall High School

• Official sitehttps://www.markyramone.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/markyramoneofficial/
• Xhttps://x.com/markyramone
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marky%20Ramone
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454573

Tags

• New York
• drummer
• rock musician
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-18

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