C.J. Ramone

C.J. Ramone (born Christopher Joseph Ward on October 8, 1965) is an American punk and rock n roll musician best known for being the bassist for the punk rock band Ramones from 1989 to 1996. He also served as a songwriter for the group and helped keep it going before its demise. Since then, he's had a solo career in the same style while also working with multiple other punk artists and helping to archive as well as promote the Ramones' band history.

His hometown is Queens, New York. Ward replaced original band-member Dee Dee Ramone, though Dee Dee continued to write songs for the group. C.J. sang many well-known Ramones songs, and gave the band a young image as well as major shot in the arm musically. He was an ex-Marine and Ramones fan before he joined the band, being a Dee Dee Ramone fan in particular. Ward ended up playing with Dee Dee in a band called The Ramainz (also known as The Remains), which featured the two men alongside Marky Ramone and Barbara Zampini (Dee Dee's wife, also called "Barbara Ramone"). He has also played with the punk groups Los Gusanos and Bad Chopper.