He began putting out his records under his new symbol on his own Paisley Park label, and just recently his contract with Warners expired and he resumed using his birth name. The record took nearly a year to record, and by the end the band was becoming pretty burnt out. The Ramones just wanted to leave the studio for a bit and get a slice of pizza, but Spector would have none of it. He whipped out a pistol and started pointing it at the band, demanding that they get back inside and finish the album. The band reluctantly complied, and the resultant record is one of their worst.
Big concerts are no good.
But no rock disaster compares to the Rolling Stones' free concert at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, as the Summer of Love was turning into the Winter of Our Discontent. For a number of reasons, the California Hell's Angels were hired to provide security, and the show climaxed with an Angel beating a member of the crowd to death with pool cues. Three other people died during the show, one of the greatest tragedies in rock history. We're not even going to try to explain the immense popularity of Vanilla Ice. That's the biggest crime of all.