Ramone's last member is past!

Drummer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving founding member of punk rock band The Ramones, died Friday in New York, said Saturday the group on social networks.

"We are sad to announce the death of Tommy (Erdelyi) Ramone, a founding member of the group, the company said on his Twitter account.

Born in Budapest, Tommy Ramone, whose real name Tamás Erdélyi, died of cancer at age 62, reported Variety magazine.

Other members of the group who had all taken the surname Ramone - guitarist Johnny, singer Joey and bassist Dee Dee - died between 2001 and 2004.

Nostalgic punk or rock stars are still nearly twenty years after the official dissolution of the group the black T-shirts, or even roses in their glory.

According to critics, this is 1976, the output of the first album, made ​​in two days, the four dressed punk leather and tight jeans, hair falling over his eyes, gaining a decisive influence. Their tour in Britain mark including the Sex Pistols, the Clash, but Bruce Springsteen.

In his introduction to the book Punk: The Brutal Truth, the British rock critic Paul du Noyer wrote: Ramones "inspired the English stage, their musical minimalism remains the essence of the punk genre. Like Motorhead, the Ramones have become icons. "

Their biggest hits - Now I wanna sniff glue Some, Sheena is a punk rocker, I wanna be sedated - have never dominated the Top 50, but have influenced several generations of rockers. U2, who played in concert some of their songs.