Editing Johnny Ramone (section)

== Early life ==
John William Cummings was born in [[Queens]], New York City, on October 8, 1948, the only child of Estelle, a waitress of Polish and Ukrainian descent, and Francis William Cummings, a construction worker (a [[steamfitter]]) of Irish descent.<ref name="autogenerated">{{cite book
| title=Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone
| author=Johnny Ramone
| year=2012
| publisher=Abrams Books
| isbn=978-0-810-99660-1
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dBZlyEn5H1gC
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/johnnys-last-stand-20040916 |title=The Last Days of Johnny Ramone |website=rollingstone.com |access-date=June 6, 2017 |date=October 14, 2004 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143821/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/johnnys-last-stand-20040916 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was raised in the [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]] neighborhood of Queens, where he grew up absorbing rock music.<ref>Silverman, Stephen M. [https://people.com/celebrity/punk-rock-legend-johnny-ramone-dies-at-55/ "Punk Rock Legend Johnny Ramone Dies at 55"], ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', September 16, 2004. Accessed June 2, 2009. "Johnny Ramone, 55, was born John Cummings and grew up in Forest Hills, N.Y., soaking up the rock in the 1960s but then moving to an edgier sound."</ref> Cummings's father was a strict disciplinarian. Johnny is quoted as saying: "My father would get on these tangents about how he never missed a day's work. I broke my big toe the day I had to go pitch a [[Little League Baseball|Little League]] game and he's going, 'What are you – a baby? What did I do, raise a baby? You go play.' And even though my toe was broken I had to go pitch the game anyway. It was terrible."<ref name="Melnick, Monte A 2007, p.41-43" />

As a teenager, Cummings played in a band called the Tangerine Puppets alongside future Ramones drummer Tamás Erdélyi (better known as [[Tommy Ramone]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.markprindle.com/erdelyi-i.htm |title=Mark Prindle interview with Tommy Ramone |publisher=Markprindle.com |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> Cummings was known as a "[[Greaser (subculture)|greaser]]", though he was later described as a [[tie-dye]]-wearing [[The Stooges|Stooges]] fan. He was a lifelong [[New York Yankees]] fan. Cummings also worked as a plumber with his father before the [[Ramones]] became successful. He said he  attended [[Peekskill Military Academy]] in Peekskill, New York.<ref name="Melnick, Monte A 2007, p.41-43">Melnick, Monte A. and Frank Meyer, ''On the Road with The Ramones: Updated Edition'', 2007, Bobcat Books, p.41-43</ref>