25 years ago today (4/15/01), the world lost one of rock’s most unmistakable figures when Joey Ramone passed away at just 49. As the voice and visual focal point of Ramones, Joey turned vulnerability into power—his cracked, nasal delivery and gangly, leather-clad presence becoming just as essential to punk as the band’s breakneck tempos and buzzsaw guitars.
Check the Ramones tearing through a set at London’s Rainbow Theatre in 1977…