BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — Ramones drummer Marky Ramone announced an upcoming reunion show that will feature hologram versions of Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, and Dee Dee Ramone, confirmed sources who couldn’t wait to maybe check it out.
“It’s been 30 years since the Ramones disbanded and now we’re back. This time in 3D,” said Marky Ramone while repeatedly flickering the switch for hologram Dee Dee Ramone on and off. “It was about time the founding members put their differences aside from beyond the grave and reunited iridescently. Unfortunately, we only have the hologram technology for one show. Then hologram Joey is going to embark on a 50-city solo tour. Kind of a dick move. But to be honest, hologram Joey Ramone and hologram Johnny Ramone can’t be in the same room together for too long before bickering, which then makes their three-dimensional light waves neutralize each other. It’s like nothing’s changed.”
Fans of the bands couldn’t be more excited for the reunion.
“I’m so pumped to see hologram Joey Ramone stand motionless and stare at the floor during the entire set, just like back in the day,” said longtime fan Kenneth Yousef. “I heard there will also be a meet and greet with the holograms after the show too. I have so many questions to ask hologram Johnny. Like, what is his favorite song to play live? And what is it like to be digitally recreated like puppets and exploited for profit for powerful concert ticket distributors like Ticketmaster? Man, this show is going to rule.”
Music historian Grace Reynolds believed these kinds of concerts could be gaining steam.
“When multiple members of your band have deceased, it can be hard for the surviving members to cash in on that sweet reunion money,” said Reynolds. “Thankfully, hologram technology has made it possible for aging musicians to join in on the nostalgia bucks. And at some point, hologram technology will become so powerful that it will be coming for the currently living musicians’ jobs too. Let’s face it. No one wants to see a 70-year-old dude up there playing songs they wrote as a teenager. We’d prefer to see them in laser form. They might as well be dead.”
At press time, hologram Dee Dee Ramone was replaced by real-life C.J. Ramone after Marky Ramone remembered he was still alive.
