John on Johnny Ramone in the November issue of MOJO
Yet again, John has a tiny mention in a magazine feature about the Ramones. This is from the November 2005 issue of Mojo, page 80. Many thanks to catwoman from the Ramparts forum for this bit…
Being friends with Johnny [Ramone] for 7 years is a privilage that’ll never be topped.
What he did for music will ring forever. His guitar playing was the same as Erik Satie’s early piano works, in that he broke everything down to it’s simplist form, to true shapes of chords and constant down strokes. With that formular he was albe to express colours, shapes and sounds meaningfully as any of the great guitar players. That inspired so many people over the world to pick up a guitar and express something. The first time anybody ever told him he was a legend, he thought they were crazy, but the more he saw the effect that the Ramones’ music was having on people, the more he started realising that they were great. He was very proud of the Ramones.
