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Hey, Ho, Let's Go to Court! Ramones Drummer Sues

Posted Sep 22nd 2007 3:40PM by TMZ Staff

A drummer who played with punk-rock pioneers the Ramones is taking Apple, Wal-Mart and Johnny Ramone's estate to court for allegedly selling his songs without permission.

Richard Reinhardt -- who took the nom de rock Richie Ramone when he kept the beat for the band from 1983-87 -- is after $900,000 in damages and a permanent injunction barring the defendants from selling six songs he wrote for the band. Reinhardt claims that Ramones Production, Inc. and the estate of band founder John Cummings -- aka Johnny Ramone -- took the songs without his consent and put them up for sale on Wal-Mart's and Apple's music services.

The suit was filed in Manhattan District Court yesterday, and reps for Wal-Mart and Apple had no comment.

Tags: Johnny Ramone, JohnnyRamone, Ramones

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1. Who cares about thisd retard? Is this really breaking news? Or a waste of internet space????

Posted at 5:40PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by Dr. Dave from Toronto, Canada

2. DON'T CARE. NOT INTERESTED. WHO IS HE? I HOPE HE GETS HIS MONEY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

Posted at 5:52PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by ME

3. stupid has-been is tryin to get more money. broke already richie?

Posted at 6:06PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by becky

4. HUH!! WHO??????? WHAT???? DO WE CARE?????????
I THINK NOT - I'M JUST SAYIN

Posted at 6:29PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by Shery

5. Ritchie Ramone wrote one of the best ("Somebody Put Something In My Drink") and worst ("I'm Not Jesus") Ramones songs. But if someone's making money off those songs, he deserves some of it.

Posted at 6:37PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by DeanDTSM

6. KOVED the Ramones, great music.

Posted at 6:38PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by FlBiker

7. Loved the Ramones, great music.

Posted at 6:39PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by FlBiker

8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ramones

As hard as it is to imagine - they grew up in Forest Hills Queens - but after moving to England - became the first Punk Rock Band.
Although they never had any US commercial success.

Posted at 6:41PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by Beatle Beatles

9. This for Becky, better to have been ahas been than a never been ! How would you like it if you made your living in the music industry and all of your efforts were given away or some one else reaping the fruits of your hard work. You would be singing a different song then. Just because of your ignorance that you have never heard of the Ramones doesnt mean you should blast something that clearly shows you know nothing about not to mention making yourself look like a fool !

Posted at 7:36PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Ryan

10. I thought all those punk rock guys were dead by now.

Posted at 6:43PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by Dean

11. hmm...I think I would have added another 0 :P

Posted at 6:50PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by Sparkin

12. I hope he gets the money. Better to be paid than sedated.

Posted at 7:04PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by wasted days and wasted nights

13. Gen Y is, if possible, more insipid then the boomers on a bad day. And that is sayin something

Posted at 10:17PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by Lilz

14. ****As hard as it is to imagine - they grew up in Forest Hills Queens - but after moving to England - became the first Punk Rock Band.
Although they never had any US commercial success***

The Ramones never had US commercial success? Wiki definitely needs some correcting...

If Richie wrote the songs in question he deserves some cash.

Posted at 10:23PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by I Love Old Punk Rockers

15. He never wrote those songs. The band signed away the rights years ago. He'll get nothing.

He must be broke and he's just trying to get some cash from a settlement.

Posted at 10:43PM on Sep 22nd 2007 by Britney's Dad