European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hey to let s go Dee Dee Ramonis Back on the Road by Deedee Arrington Doke staff writer t s a sunny Spring afternoon in Frankfurt Germany. But the City s junkies Don t wait for Nightfall to shoot up on the sidewalk outside Dee Dee Ramone s business class hotel. Now drug free after years of using heroin and other drugs the former Bass player for the ramones did t like what he saw when he ventured outside. Quot i see them All shooting up together and i Don t see them using bleach or anything Quot said Dee Dee who wrote the new York Punk pioneers classic / Wanna be sedated. Quot who the hell is Selling the stuff to these kids Quot five years after splitting from the ramones Dee Dee is also divorced from his wife Vera and now one third of a new band , inter celestial Light commune. The group has recorded a new album i hate freaks like you and an extended play single that Are currently available Only in Europe. Fie and band mates Johnny Carco on guitar and Danny Arnold Lorn men Drums live in a Small Village in the Netherlands. Quot i got upset that i had to move out of new York but it was just awful there. It s just too Creepy there Quot Dee Dee said. Quot i tried to move to the Midwest and j did t fit in. J lived in England a lot but it s Crummy there  tattooed All Over his arms and Chest Dee Dee Ramone favors Black leather Black jeans Black High tops and Ultra Black hair. He s tiny. His voice is Gravelly the remnants of too Many lost weekends rolling around in his Throat. For a amps Scott Childress Dee Dee Ramone snarls through a song at the Nash Fteben dub in Frankfurt Germany. He plays with the rings on his fingers fluffs his thick Black hair and laughs easily during a conversation in his train compartment sized hotel room that overlooks a Triangle shaped Green spot used As a drug shooting gallery. Dee Dee whose real name is Douglas Colvin is the son of a former army chief warrant officer and was raised in military communities in Europe including Munich bad Tolz pin Sens and Berlin. The first nudge he Felt to leave the ramones came from a Johnny Winter album he heard in either 1987 or 1984 a he does t remember exactly when. "1 liked How he was playing again Quot Dee Dee said of the Albino guitarist. Quot he was starting his career again. He was singing this from an adult viewpoint a As much As he could for a dysfunctional Type like me Quot Dee Dee recalled. Quot Fie would sing about More like different subjects than the ramones would sing about. I was struggling to try to grow up. I d been playing pro since i was 17, and so i Felt like i could t accept what i was doing in the  a a a inspired by Winter s blues Dee Dee wanted to try playing guitar instead of Bass "1 tried to practice and the Ramon Esdido t want me to play a you know to practice in the dressing room cause it s annoying. 1 was. Like bored with it . By then Dee Dee wanted out. He was trying to kick his drug habit. He had tired of being the chief songwriter but encountering Quot too Many different opinions Quot about the songs. And he wanted to play the blues. Quot i just ran for my life Quot he said. Quot you know there was. Nothing wrong with playing with the ramones. I made a lot of Money. I was really Well taken care of. But i just could t take it  but a career in blues was t in the offing for the reluctant Ramone in either Chicago or Detroit where he looked for opportunities to Jam in Small dubs. Quot i tried to play the blues and nobody wanted to hear me do it Quot Dee Dee said. Invariably Quot the owners of the clubs would come up to me and say would you play sedated for everybody so finally i was just getting lonely Arr then 1 said 111 try. To play in a band again. Quot but i did t really want to and somehow i had to get in a band As a defense against All the other bands. No one would leave me in peace. I tried to hide. Nothing  a \ a a songs on his new album have the same Short Hook Laden Bounce As the tunes he penned for his old band. The Netherlands in t the Best Home front for his creativity he said but it s the Best base for his playing. Quot i think i write really Well in the Chelsea hotel in new York see Quot Dee Dee said chuckling referring to the infamous haunt of Andy Warhol s clique and new York s drug fringe Quot but it s the Netherlands Good for the playing because we had to get away from the music business and become musicians again. Quot i like it there Quot he Sard Quot there s nothing to do at  his old cronies in the ramones have been celebrating their 20th anniversary As a band this year. A new Bass player has assumed Dee Dee s place in the lineup does Dee Dee every get the urge to say Quot Gabba Gabba hey and go Back to the band Quot somehow i get along with those maniacs. I Don t know Why but i do Quot Dee Dee said Quot when i see them i feel sorry for them they have a lot of courage. But i would t want to Ever play with . For s4s Scott undress of s Gabba Gabba hey for the Multi tattooed Dee Dee Ramone. Top Oft he c Hart shop singles 1.1 swear Aii-4-one 2. Ill remember Madonna 3. Any time any place a and on and on Janet Jackson 4. Dont turn around Ace o base 5. Regulate. Warren g. Amp Nate Dogg 6. Back and Forth Aaliyah 7. You mean the world to me Toni Braxton 8. The sign Ace of base 9. Baby i love your Way big Mountain 10. The most Beautiful girl in the world Princeton albums 1. Ill communication Beattie boys 2. The sign Ace of base 3. The Crow soundtrack 4. Not a moment too soon Tim Mcgraw 5. Above the rim soundtrack 6. August amp everything after counting crows 7. Chant Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de silos. B. The division Belf Pink Floyd 9. Fruitcakes Jimmy Buffett 10. All-4-one, Aj-4-Ono country singles country albums latin tracks 1. Wink Neal Mccoy 2. Whenever you come around Vince Gill 3. Walking away a Winner Kathy Mattea 4. That ainu to no Way to go Brooks amp Dunn 5. Spilled perfume. Pam Tillis a 6. How can i help you say goodbye Patty Loveless 7. Don t take the girl Tim Mcgraw 8. Little Rock Collin Raye 9. Daddy never was the Cadillac kind Confederate Railroad 10. Why Haven t i heard from you Reba Mcentire 1. Not a moment too soon Tim Mcgraw 2. Read my mind Reba Mcentire 3. Kickin it up John Michael Montgomery 4. Maverick soundtrack 5. Ten feet tall amp bulletproof Travis Tritt 6. Rhythm country amp blues various artists. 7. In pieces Garth Brooks a 8. Hard Workun Man Brooks amp Dunn 9. War paint Lorrie Morgan 10. Only what i feel Patty Loveless 1. Amor Prohl Bido Quot Selena 2. Vida la mafia 3. Mas y Mas los fantasias de carib 4. To y to Luis Miguel 5. A blame do Furente Ana Gabriel 6. Ayer Gloria Estefan. 7. Con in Nudo in la Garganta Pimpinela 8. Site Vas Jon Secada 9. Presence to Amor Olga Tanon 10. Una Noe he de Amor the Barrio Boazz the stars and stripes Friday june 17, 1994