Marky Ramone : (5) " There’s too many bands going out there with one original member and calling it by the original name. " - Marky Ramone " My father wanted the high school diploma on the wall, so I got that and then started hanging out in New York in the punk scene. " - Marky Ramone " I think more people wanted to sound like the Ramones than The Velvet Underground. So many bands try to imitate us. Anywhere I go in the world, I hear it. " - Marky Ramone " I did five albums before I joined the Ramones. " - Marky Ramone " Van Halen stood out from the corporate rock clones being churned out monthly by the music industry. " - Marky Ramone