Cassie Ramone

Cassie Ramone is an American songwriter, musician and artist. Ramone rose to prominence as the guitarist and vocalist of indie rock band Vivian Girls, who formed in 2007 and achieved international success with the release of their debut album Vivian Girls in 2008. She also formed the band project the Babies with Kevin Morby (of Woods). During the Babies' hiatus, Ramone embarked on a solo career, releasing her debut album The Time Has Come in August 2014.

Biography Born and raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Ramone attended Ridgewood High School, where she met her later bandmate Katy Goodman. In 2004, she moved to Brooklyn and began studying at Pratt Institute.

Ramone formed the band Bossy along with Jamie Ewing and Justin Sullivan, that lasted until 2007. The same year, she co-found the indie rock band Vivian Girls with Goodman and Frankie Rose. They released three albums, Vivian Girls (2008), Everything Goes Wrong (2009) and Share the Joy (2011), before breaking up in 2014. In 2019, the band reformed and released their fourth album, Memory. After meeting Kevin Morby of Woods, they started a side project called the Babies who released albums in 2011 and 2012.

In 2014, Ramone embarked a solo career and released her debut album The Time Has Come, featuring Ariel Pink on bass. In early 2015, she formed Melt, who only conceived a demo. She also formed another band with Dee Dee from Dum Dum Girls and OJ from XRay Eyeballs called OCDPP. They debuted as a live act in 2015 and released an EP called 7" Long Player in 2020.

Ramone released a Christmas album titled Christmas in Reno on December 11, 2015.

On June 28, 2024, Ramone released her third studio album, Sweetheart, on YouTube as a full-length music video.

Art Apart from music, Ramone is an artist who designed the cover art for the Vivian Girls and the Babies' discography. She also does drawings, paintings, sculptures and collages that uploads in her Instagram and Flickr accounts, as well as on her website.

Influences Ramone cites Neil Young, The Wipers, Burt Bacharach, The Shangri-las, The Bananas, The Carpenters, Dead Moon and Elliott Smith among her favorite artists.

Discography

Solo artist

Studio albums Title Album details The Time Has Come Released: August 26, 2014 Label: Loglady Formats: LP, Digital download Christmas In Reno Released: December 11, 2015 Label: Burger Formats: LP, Digital download Sweetheart Released: September 17, 2024 Label: CD-R Records Formats: LP, Digital download

Split singles Year Single Other artist 2010 "The Beets/Cassie Ramone" The Beets2013 "Less Artists More Condos Series #5" Hunx "I'm a Freak/Only You" Xray Eyeballs

Album appearances YearSongArtistAlbum 2010 "Are Your Parents Still Together?" Gospel Music Duettes 2014 "Hanging On" Various Artists Love Anyway!!! Even If... Fuck Off!!! (The Hi-Lo Tunez Plan: 20th Step)

with Bossy The Best of Bossy (2009)

with Vivian Girls Vivian Girls (2008) Everything Goes Wrong (2009) Share the Joy (2011) Memory (2019)

with The Babies The Babies (2011) Our House on the Hill (2012)