Claim: Rocket to Russia (filmed in Bongiovi's Power Station studio) sound engineer Ed Stasium was told to incorporate better productions that the Sex Pistols who Johnny says ripped them off.
Evidence: Rocket to Russia is the third studio album by the American punk rock band the Ramones, and was released on November 4, 1977, through Sire Records. Rocket to Russia's final mastering was mainly done in Bongiovi's Power Station studio. He emphasized that the album's sound engineer Ed Stasium needed to incorporate better production than that of the Sex Pistols, to which Stasium replied "no problem". Johnny relates: "These guys ripped us off and I want to sound better than this."