Talk:Ramones band members

"Ritchie" Stern vs. Richie Stern
The Ritchie spelling is incorrect according to just about every source I've ever seen. Dee Dee himself uses the proper "Richie" in Lobodomy:Surviving The Ramones, as does Jim Bessman in Ramones: An American Band and Jim Fields in End of the Century. I've also seen commentary from Joey's brother who interviewed him some years back, using the "Richie" spelling. I believe the earliest reference may have been a 1976 issue of Punk. Whoever insists on using the "t" spelling needs to provide a citation. Here are the current Google results for each spelling;

[] Richie Stern

[] Ritchie Stern (and most are erronious Wiki entries)


 * That is true except for the Ramones book Ramones: An American Band in which Joey Ramone discusses Ritchie and the fact he was in the band for two rehearsels. He even goes on saying Ritchie later was a button manufacturer.

But this is just an issue of spelling. I did notice On The Road With The Ramones uses the 'Ritchie' spelling, and what the hell, I don't have Bessman's book with me at the moment so I could be mistaken about the spelling in that, but I maintain that most other sources (including Dee Dee's autobio and the 1976 article) use 'Richie'. BTW, it's likely that what Joey meant by "button manufacturer" was simply that he was making pinbacks and hawking them outside shows. Roz666 06:11, 27 July 2007 (UTC)