"They were there, but he had a license to carry." According to Marky Ramone, however, the story is a complete fabrication: "There were no guns pointed at anybody," he told NME in 2008. The most prevalent tale is one of Spector pulling a gun on DeeDee Ramone when the bassist threatened to leave a recording session, effectively holding the band hostage. The tales of the chaotic recordings sessions are notorious. A large part of the Ramones' DNA is the classic "Wall of Sound' pop styling made famous by the producer at the same time, it pushed out longtime member Tommy Ramone, who'd produced the group's records since stepping down from the Ramones' drum throne. With the 1970s coming to an end, and the band (and its label) chomping at the bit to reach the next level, Ramones took a huge chance by agreeing to work with the legendary Spector on the record. Instead, the New York band was still slugging it out in clubs across the country to middling album sales, despite inspiring the world around them to see what was really cool in revolutionary rock. After crafting four albums of genre-defining and indelible punk rock classics, Ramones were somehow not massive rock stars. The incredibly true story of the Ramones and producer Phil Spector coming together to make the band's fifth studio record, End of the Century, is one of the great legends in the history of rock 'n' roll.
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