The death of Joey Ramone in the summer of 2001 & Dee Dee Ramone in June 2002 provided ample evidence of the high regard that his band was held by fans & critics. Once regarded as a joke their music little more than an adrenaline rush of one minute five second noise The Ramones have come to be regarded as having influenced almost every star struck guitarist who knew just three chords & wanted to write a song.