Vera Ramone King released her controversial tell-all, Poisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee Ramone (The Ramones Years) depicting what the legendary musician was really like.

This story is from the perspective of Dee Dee’s first wife Vera Ramone King and probable second love (crazed junkie/prostitute Connie Gripp was first), and it tells of an enduring love that would’ve sent most people to the brink – and over it – several times.

Sep 2, 2020 · Over-intellectualizing about a subject as pure and simple in its perfection as the Ramones sort of defeats their entire purpose, now doesn’t it? The proverbial “dancing about architecture,” as Steve Martin (by way of Frank Zappa) might well say.

Apr 30, 2016 · I lent some of my 20 year old Ramones swag to the Queens show and at the opening April 10th I ran into the gorgeous, gracious Vera Ramone King, widow of Dee Dee Ramone, who I had not seen in about 25 years. Vera was the envy of all back then, her sunny smile and sleek punky outfits made heads turn.

May 17, 2009 · A new book “Poisoned Heart: I Married a Ramone” (Phoenix Books) by the Ramone bassist’s first wife, Vera Davie — writing under the pen name Vera Ramone King — takes a piercing...

Sep 22, 2009 · Recently, Vera Ramone King released her controversial tell-all, Poisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee Ramone (The Ramone Years) depicting what the legendary musician was really like.

Douglas Glenn Colvin (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002), better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician. He was the bassist and a founding member of the punk rock band the Ramones.

Dec 7, 2022 · Setting the U.S. music scene on fire in the 1970s and '80s, the Ramones were raw, tragic and violent - especially the band's most unique personality, Dee Dee.In 'Poisoned Heart,' Vera Ramone King pays tribute to her late husband, revealing what is was like to live with and love the genius behind the Ramones.

Sep 18, 2021 · Dee Dee and Vera (Image: Courtesy of Vera Ramone) All four original Ramones are long dead, but Ramones music will never die. As it happens, bassist-songwriter Dee Dee Ramone would have celebrated his 70 th birthday Sept. 18 if not for, well, you know…