DEE DEE RAMONE, EX-BASIST

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Real name: Douglas Colvin
Date and place of birth: Date and place of birth and R.I.P *Sniff*: September 18, 1952, Fort Lee, Virginia./ June 5, 2002, Los Angeles....
Ramones career: Dee Dee replaced Ritchie's (RITCHIE BEAU IS OTHER PEOPLE) soon after beginnning in 1974. Dee Dee quit from the Ramones in August 1989.
Play on official Ramones -albums: Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket To Russia, Road To Ruin, It's Alive, End Of The Century, Pleasent Dreams, Subterranean Jungle, Too Tough To Die, Animal Boy, Halfway To Sanity, Brain Drain and We're Outta Here.
Something else: His last Ramones (+performance in a final Ramones show) gig was in 5.7.1989 in Santa Clara. Born in Fort Lee, but spent fourteen years as a service brat in Germany. His father's family were originally from Scotland and mother's family from Germany. He wanted to be rap performer Dee Dee King after quitting from Ramones, later career with the I.C.L.C., Chinese Dragons etc. Dee Dee lived his I.C.L.C. time in commune in Amsterdam etc. Dee Dee lived his last years in Los Angeles and was married with Barbara Zampini.
Dee Dee's first wife was Vera Boldis. Dee Dee and Vera started dating in 1977 and on September 2, 1978 they got married. Dee quit the Ramones in 1989. One month earlier Dee Dee's and Vera's ways were separated (even they officially divorced many years later in 1995). Of their story is written in a book called Rock Wives and in Vera's book Poisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee Ramone (The Ramones Years) (2009).

Dee Dee Ramone on the official releases:
- Some backvocals on Dead Boys -album: We Have Come For Your Children (1978).
- Dee Dee King: Funky Man (12 Inch Single) (1987)
- Dee Dee King: Standing In The Spotlight -album (1989)
- Dee Dee Ramone And The Chinese Dragons - Single
- Dee Dee recorded songs with Johnny Thunders (RIP), Stiv Bator (RIP) etc. Recording released with name Stiv Bator: Last Race.
- Dee Dee Ramone I.C.L.C.: I Hate Freaks Like You -album(1994)
- Dee Dee Ramone I.C.L.C.: Chinese Bitch -CDEP and maxi (1994)
- Dee Dee on Furious George: Goes Ape! -EP (1996)
- Dee Dee with a Violent Life (1997/1998).
- Dee Dee Ramone: I Am Seeing UFO's -7' single (1997)
- Dee Dee Ramone: Zonked/ Ain't It Fun -album (1997)
- Ramainz: Live In N.Y.C (1999)
- Dee Dee Ramone "sessions" on GG Allin compilation-CD: Res-Erected (1999)
- Dee Dee Ramone: Hop Around -album (2000)
- Dee Dee Ramone: Greatest And Latest -album (2000)
- New Prohibition: A Musical History Of Hemp -album features Dee Dee Ramone (2001).
- Dee Dee Ramone with Youth Gone Mad at Ramones Maniacs -tribute (2001)
- Youth Gone Mad Featuring Dee Dee Ramone -album (2002)
- Too Tough To Die Live CD (2003)
- Ramones' Solo Performances 7' (2007)

Dee Dee's books/zines and book by his ex-wife:
- Poison Heart/Teenage Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones.
- Chelsea Horror Hotel: A Novel
- Legend Of A Rock Star.
- Dee Dee had released couple issue of his fanzines called Taking Dope (1996-1998 and fifth issue in 2001).
- Book by his ex-wife Vera Boldis: Poisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee Ramone (The Ramones Years)

Dee Dee's movie appearances:
- "Ramones-movie" Rock'N'Roll Highschool (1979).
- On underground movie What About Me.
- Hated: G.G. Allin and the Murder Junkies (1994, 90min).
- Born To Lose (The Last Rock'N'Roll Movie) (1999, 90min).
- Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (1999, 100min).
- Dee Dee as the Pope on the film.... Tool singer Maynard James Keenan released his feature film debut in an underground flick titled Bikini Bandits, a full-length realization of Steve Grasse's Bikini Bandit series. (2001/2002)
- Hey Is Dee Dee Home (2003, 63min).

Dee Dee's arts:
- Dee Dee has did cover art for the Youth Gone Mad -releases: Rotten '7 (4 song EP) and Pollenate-CD.