Born Erdelyi Tamas in Budapest, Tommy Ramone died Friday at his New York home following treatment for cancer, the entertainment magazine Variety reported. He was 62.

'€œWe are saddened to announce the passing of Ramones founding drummer Tommy (Erdelyi) Ramone,'€ the band said on its Twitter feed.

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The four original members, who all took on the last name Ramone, formed the band in the mid 1970s and emerged as a fixture of the New York punk underground.

'€œThe Ramones revitalized rock and roll at one of its lowest ebbs, infusing it with punk energy, brash attitude and a loud, fast new sound,'€ reads the band'€™s biography in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Tommy Ramone, who '€œanchored the frantic beat with superhuman energy,'€ surrendered his drumsticks to a new drummer, Marky Ramone, in 1978, but remained as the band'€™s co-producer and advisor through 1984.

Lead vocalist Joey Ramone died in 2001, bass guitarist and vocalist Dee Dee Ramone died in 2002, and guitarist Johnny Ramone died in 2004.

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