With the passing of Tommy, The Ramones have all gone. Certainly brings it home to you...saw them twice ( at the Roundhouse and The Lyceum - both non-seated, get-right-down-the-front venues ) and they're memories I shall cherish.
I saw them at MK Bowl in the early eighties. Tommy was already producing and not playing by then. End of an era.
I didn't like that sound when I first heard it, but it grows on you. It's got that garage band simplicity that has legs.