You might be wondering how can the name “Ramone” come from Paul McCartney?First of all, you must know a little bit about this awesome band: Jeffrey Human co-founded the band with his friends John Cummings and Douglas Colvin. They all adopted stage names using “Ramone” as their surname.
This way Cummings became Johnny Ramone, Colving became Dee Dee Ramone and Human became Joey Ramone. The Ramones took their band name from the pseudonym Paul McCartney would use when checking into hotels: Paul Ramone. He also briefly used this same name in the early days of the Beatles when the band’s first name was “The Silver Beetles”.
The Ramones served the punk rock movement throughout the United States with their great albums, “Ramones Mania” being the best one. Some people consider them the second greatest rock band right after the Beatles.So what are you waiting for?Go listen to some “The Ramones” records while you still surf OMG-facts!