Editing Joey Ramone (section)

== Career ==
=== Sniper ===
In 1972 Hyman joined the [[glam punk]] band [[Sniper (American band)|Sniper]]. Sniper played at the [[Mercer Arts Center]], [[Max's Kansas City]] and the Coventry, alongside [[New York Dolls]], [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]], and [[Jayne County|Queen Elizabeth III]].<ref name="autogenerated1997">{{cite book
| title=Please Kill Me: The Uncensored History of Punk
| author=Legs McNeil, John Holstrom
| year=1997
| publisher=Penguin
| isbn=0-14-026690-9
| url=https://archive.org/details/pleasekillmeunce00legs_0
}}</ref> Hyman played with Sniper under the name Jeff Starship.<ref>{{cite book
| title=I Slept with Joey Ramone
| author=Mickey Leigh, Legs McNeil
| year=2009
| publisher=Touchstone
| isbn=978-0-7432-5216-4
| url=https://archive.org/details/isleptwithjoeyra00leig
}}</ref>
Hyman continued playing with Sniper until early 1974, when he was replaced by Alan Turner.

=== Ramones ===
[[File:Joey Ramone.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ramone in the 1980s]]
In 1974, Jeffrey Hyman co-founded the [[punk rock]] band the [[Ramones]] with friends [[Johnny Ramone|John Cummings]] and [[Dee Dee Ramone|Douglas Colvin]]. Colvin was already using the pseudonym "Dee Dee Ramone" and the others also adopted stage names using "Ramone" as their surname: Cummings became Johnny Ramone and Hyman became Joey Ramone. The name "Ramone" stems from [[Paul McCartney]]: he briefly used the stage name "Paul Ramon" during 1960–61, when [[the Beatles]], still an unknown five-piece band called the Silver Beetles, did a tour of Scotland and all took up pseudonyms; and again on the 1969 [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]] album ''[[Brave New World (Steve Miller Band album)|Brave New World]]'', where he played the drums on one song using that name.

Ramone initially served as the group's drummer while Dee Dee Ramone was the original vocalist. However, when Dee Dee's vocal cords proved unable to sustain the demands of constant live performances, Ramone's manager [[Tommy Ramone|Thomas Erdelyi]] suggested Joey switch to vocals. Mickey Leigh: <blockquote>I was shocked when the band came out. Joey was the lead singer and I couldn't believe how good he was. Because he'd been sitting in my house with my acoustic guitar, writing these songs like 'I Don't Care', fucking up my guitar, and suddenly he's this guy on stage who you can't take your eyes off of.<ref name="autogenerated1997" /></blockquote> After a series of unsuccessful auditions in search of a new drummer, Erdelyi took over on drums, assuming the name Tommy Ramone.<ref name="allmusic" />

The Ramones were a major influence on the punk rock movement in the United States, though they achieved only minor commercial success. Their only record with enough U.S. sales to be certified gold in Ramone's lifetime was the compilation album ''[[Ramones Mania]]''. Recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now represented in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' lists of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and 25 Greatest Live Albums of All Time, [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, and Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums. In 2002, the Ramones were voted the second greatest rock and roll band ever in ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', behind [[the Beatles]].

In 1996, after a tour with the [[Lollapalooza]] music festival, the band played its final show and then disbanded.

=== Other projects ===
[[File:JoeyRamonePlaceBowery.jpg|thumb|Ramone was honored with the creation of "Joey Ramone Place" outside the address of [[CBGB]] in New York City.]]
One of Ramone's earliest side projects was with a band called The Seclusions in 1983. Ramone sang vocals alongside his brother Leigh on a cover of the song [[Shape of Things to Come (song)|"Nothing Can Change the Shape of Things to Come"]] from the album ''Isolation For Creation''. Also appearing on the track were [[Jimmy Destri]], [[Holly Beth Vincent]], [[Jimmy Rip]]p, [[Busta Jones]], and [[Jay Dee Daugherty]].<ref>{{Citation |title=The Seclusions – Isolation For Creation |year=1983 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2987054-The-Seclusions-Isolation-For-Creation |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref>

In 1985, Ramone joined [[Steven Van Zandt]]'s music industry activist group [[Artists United Against Apartheid]], which campaigned against the [[Sun City, North West|Sun City]] resort in South Africa. Ramone and 49 other recording artists – including [[Bob Dylan]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Lou Reed]] and [[Run DMC]] – collaborated on the song "[[Sun City (song)|Sun City]]", in which they pledged they would never perform at the resort.

In 1994, Ramone appeared on the [[Helen Love]] album ''Love and Glitter, Hot Days and Music'', singing the track "Punk Boy". Helen Love returned the favor, singing on Ramone's song "[[Mr. Punchy]]".

In October 1996, Ramone headlined the "Rock the Reservation" alternative rock festival in Tuba City, Arizona.<ref name="VH1 News">{{cite web|last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/508440/19961022/story.jhtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209003637/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/508440/19961022/story.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |title=Joey Ramone Rocks The Reservation |publisher=Vh1.com |access-date=September 30, 2015 }}</ref> "Joey Ramone & the Resistance" (Daniel Rey on guitar, John Connor on bass guitar and Roger Murdock on drums) debuted Ramone's interpretation of Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World" live, as well as Ramone's choice of Ramones classics and some of his other favorite songs, such as [[The Dave Clark Five]]'s "Any Way You Want It", [[The Who]]'s "[[The Kids Are Alright (song)|The Kids are Alright]]" and [[The Stooges]]' "[[No Fun (The Stooges song)|No Fun]]".

Ramone co-wrote and recorded the song "Meatball Sandwich" with [[Youth Gone Mad]]. For a short time before his death, he took the role of manager and producer for the punk rock band [[The Independents (band)|the Independents]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theindependents.net/bandbio.htm |title=Band Biography |publisher=The Independents |date=April 15, 2001 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724100441/http://www.theindependents.net/bandbio.htm |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref>

His last recording as a vocalist was backup vocals on the album ''One Nation Under'' by Navajo punk band [[Blackfire (American band)|Blackfire]]. He appeared on two tracks, "What Do You See" and "Lying to Myself".

Ramone produced the [[Ronnie Spector]] EP ''[[She Talks to Rainbows]]'' in 1999. It was critically acclaimed but was not very commercially successful. The title track was previously on the Ramones' final studio album, ''[[¡Adios Amigos!]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joey Ramone Producing Ronnie Spector |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/cgbuxn/joey-ramone-producing-ronnie-spector |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501034713/https://www.mtv.com/news/cgbuxn/joey-ramone-producing-ronnie-spector |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref>