Category The Ramone

The Ramone- A One Man Tribute Band plays “Rock Inn Dice” in Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan. This is set #2

The Ramone- A One Man Tribute Band busks in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan It was raining and I set up in front of a shop with an extended roof. A friendly Police officer told me I was on private property but showed me a spot about 100 yards away that was public.

The Ramone- A One Man Tribute Band does a 4 Way cover of “I remember you” for his Patreon Supporters

The Ramone- A One Man Tribute Band busks on the street in Kabukicho District, Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, Sept 24th 2023

I visited URAMONES in Fukui Japan before my gig at Bar Style. We jammed on some Ramones tunes and I recorded it. I had a great time and plan to go back to visit them again. The full video is available as exclusive content to my Patreon supporters.
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Rocky The Ramone is going out on a 5 day road trip
Check out the dates and see if your town is on the list!
I will be adding Ramones Karaoke to my performance so come out and sing with me

The winner of this month’s 4 Way Cover Poll is “You should Never Have Opened That Door” All Patreon members get to vote on which Ramones song I will cover next patreon.com/rockulaproductions

Rocky The Ramone plays “Blitzkrieg Bop” for a Toy Drive at KNON studios 12/10 2022 patreon.com/rockulaproductions

The Ramone- A One Man Tribute Band does a 4 Way Cover of “Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy” for his Patreon Supporters
You can vote on what Ramones song I cover next when you support The Ramone on Patreon for as little as $1 per month!
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I fell pretty lucky that I have not had any physical issues during my 35 years of drumming but last year saw my first worrisome injury
Of course, there was always the banged up knuckles from bashing but I developed problems with my left elbow when playing for the traditional Ramones Tribute band in 2017
The injury was a result of over practicing a technique that I had never really used before
For the un-initiated, playing Ramones music on the drums involves playing the hi hat very fast
The secret to this technique is to smooth out all the normal dynamics, replacing the punches and stabs with an even wash of 8th notes
I have been playing 90% punches and stabs for my entire drumming existence and my muscle memory was pretty much set in stone
Things would have been OK but I insisted on overd...