After the original Ramones from NYC disbanded and, sadly, died, Hamburg Ramönes have taken over the duty to serve the world with fresh and BRAND NEW Ramones songs. If you are a Ramones Fan for life and look for new, ramoniac kicks, hold your breath! We are NOT doing cover versions, our records are full of all original, new material! The fast and catchy power tunes have it all, the big beat, downstroke guitars and the great melodies. Watching from above, da Bruddas will hopefully be very happy to watch that their own legacy goes on and on and on…!
Whilst we started as cover band in 2000, we soon got bored to only cover the original Ramones tunes. As from 2002 we started to work on new songs and in 2004/5 we recorded our much acclaimed first album „FREE PHIL SPECTOR“. The CD was sold to 22 different countries at the time. After our rhythm section was subject of an upgrade thereafter, 2008 saw the release of "LONG BLACK HAIR“, our homage to Joey Ramone and the Fuzztones’ alpha Rudi Protrudi. "Long Black Hair" contained several Radio favorites such as "Surfpunks Back in Town" and „Rock’n’Roller Coaster“. The album was released by Nicotine Records, Italy in CD and Vinyl format and made waves in International Indie circles.
For the 2011 follow up „UNIFORM THING“ Tommy and Ecki were joined by 2 guest stars: Jason Ringenberg from our US-Cowpunk favorites "Jason And The Scorchers" graced the title track and the King of Bavaria, our idol Gerhard „Sweety“ Schönherz provided lead vocals on a German Version of “Fugger City” an ode to the City of Augsburg which had become our second home for a while. “Fugger City” was a big success voted Rock Song Of The Year in Augsburg that year. "UNIFORM THING“ was released in Digipack Double CD format and, on the back of significant live activity, became our bestselling Album up to this stage. On the back of the album’s success we were invited to concerts in the UK and Poland.
Due to a welcome increase in budget the follow up album was recorded at Horus Sound at Hannover. One of the finest recording studios in Germany, home of Guano Apes, prog dinosaurs Eloy and many others. With a big sound and several great tunes Ham Ram’s fourth Album „GOING DOWN IN HISTORY“, released in 2014, gained 9/10 star reviews in German music publications. It also broke the ice for distribution into big chain stores like Media Markt & Saturn in Europe.
Following the previous 3 year record release cycle, album No. 5 „THE SONG RAMÖNES THE SAME" was released on 19th May, 2017, which would have been Joey Ramone’s 65th Birthday. The album contained 14 songs full of reference to the Ramones-catalogue. It manifested our fans believe that we were “the only Band capable of taking "da Bruddas" legacy one step further“. The album contained several great tunes, inter alia “She Never Cam Back”, a ballad in true Joey Ramone like fashion. The vinyl Edition comes in true FC St. Pauli-brown-colour. In support of the release we played 5 concerts in the UK and Dublin/Ireland.
The next release “FLYING SAUCERS OVER HOLLYWOOD” from 2020 was a homage to the late great Ed Wood, allegedly the worst film director of all time. Released on CD, Download and Vinyl, the album suffered badly from the COVID lockdown madness. Stuck at home, without the possibility to promote the album live, FYLING SAUCERS is perhaps our least known release with poor sales. It was totally bad timing, the album deserved much better and contains several fan favourites, inter alia “Fuck Brexit” a song particularly popular in London these days.
In 2022 our luck changed to the positive again in that Party Sprenger Records suggested the release for a Best-Of compilation. It was a dream come true to us and we were able to negotiate a budget for a vinyl double album with a full gatefold cover. After a few weeks of digging in dusted boxes in the attic we finally arrived at “HAMBURG RAMÖNES MANIA”, a 32 song compilation with all hits and deep tracks from all singles and albums. The album also contains 1 unreleased cover song, namely “Lonely Boy” by the Sex Pistols. The cover contains a stunning front page, a remembrance to the original “Ramones Mania” album released by Da Bruddas in 1988. MANIA is a true gem and contains so much loving detail, a true must-have for all die hard Ramones fans! Unfortunately, the vinyl edition of “HAMBURG RAMÖNES MANIA” has sold out, but you may perhaps still find copies on Discogs or similar second-hand platforms. Get HAM RAM MANIA while you still can!
In 2023, back to the 3 year release cycle, our 7th album “HARVEY” arrived. After the excitement created by “HAMBURG RAMÖNES MANIA” Ham Ram 7 was eagerly awaited. With Olli Ramöne from Galway/Ireland now on board on Bass and as additional songwriter “HARVEY” fulfilled all expectations, contains classic Ramones music and has sold very well again. You will find these great tunes on all streaming platforms but for best results you should buy the purple vinyl edition of “HARVEY” in our web store whilst stock lasts. Apart from the vinyl release, “HARVEY” was released by Waterslide Records Tokyo on CD simultaneously. It was our first official release in Japan, another mile stone in the Band history.
Right in time for Christmas 2024 our “Best Of” double album “HAMBURG RAMÖNES MANIA”, sold out in vinyl format, is now available oo all streaming platforms.
