KMHK: The Classic Rock Station » CJ Ramone http://kmhk.com Classic Rock That Really Rocks Sun, 19 May 2013 04:45:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 CJ Ramone Nixed Chance to Replace Jason Newsted in Metallica http://kmhk.com/cj-ramone-nixed-chance-replace-jason-newsted-metallica/ http://kmhk.com/cj-ramone-nixed-chance-replace-jason-newsted-metallica/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:00:20 +0000 Chris M. Junior http://tsminteractive.com/?p=52080 When CJ Ramone was approached a decade ago about possibly replacing Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, he declined the chance even though he took Dee Dee Ramone’s spot in the final years of the legendary punk band the Ramones.

Ramone’s reason was simple: Touring with the metal band would not have been beneficial to his family, specifically his son Liam, who had been diagnosed with autism.

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