Tommy Ramone: His Story as Told to Legs McNeil — billboard.com

In 2003 Tommy Ramone – a.k.a Tommy Erderly or his birth name, Erdelyi Tamas -- sat down for an interview with me for research I was doing on Mickey Leigh’s book, "I Slept With Joey Ramone." (Mickey, whose real name is Mitchel Lee Hyman, was Joey’s brother.)  I knew it was going to be a tough interview because of all the drama, craziness and hatred that the Ramones nourished in the band’s 22-year existence. The Ramones never caught a break, and so they turned their frustrations and anxieties inward— and on to one another. It was a nasty business, and Tommy, the most rational member of the band, seemed to carry a lot of emotional fallout from his experience. Tommy, who died on Friday at the age of 65, the last of the original Ramones, talked openly and honestly about the band’s formation and writing those first amazing Ramones songs.  

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