Dee Dee Ramone

Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Glenn Colvin, September 18, 1951) was an American songwriter and musician, best known as founding member, bassist and main songwriter of the punk rock band the Ramones. He was initially the band's lead vocalist, though his (then) inability to sing and play bass at the same time resulted in original drummer Joey Ramone taking over the lead vocalist duties. Dee Dee would serve as the band's bassist from 1974 through 1989, when he left to pursue a short-lived and ill-advised career in hip hop music under the name Dee Dee King. He died from a heroin overdose in 2002.




















Note his technique - strangle the thin end and hit the fat end as hard as you can.