however, wanted to work out "how to phrase his singing" and was not a fan of this method of recording. Johnny stated that Dee Dee Ramone, while credited as bass player on the album, didn't actually play on it, with producer Daniel Rey playing his parts instead. On the band's relationship with producer Daniel Rey, Johnny stated that no one involved with the album would listen to Rey nor let him make the decisions he needed to, adding that Joey and drummer Richie Ramone made it particularly difficult for Rey because they wanted to remix or change tracks. Richie did not get along with Rey, saying that the two would "butt heads" often due to the fact that he only liked writing songs with one other person. Richie has explained that this may have indeed been the reason why he never cowrote any songs on the album with Joey, saying that Rey "always came with the package." Tour manager Monte Melnick, on the other hand, said Rey eventually befriended all the band members. In 2018, Richie stated that the rift between him and Rey occurred when Richie remixed five songs on the album on a request from Joey and although Johnny approved it, he refused to credit him for it on the album. Richie added that Johnny, along with their manager Gary Kurfirst, made the album process difficult by keeping the band to a tight budget. He explained that he himself wanted the music to be more radio-friendly and promote it more so they might have a hit album, but Johnny and Kurfirst did not think it would make a difference. Richie would later recall: "Why would you not want an album to be as successful as it could be? Gary Kurfirst seemed to want to keep the Ramones an underground band, I guess his thinking was, he'd profit more." The band's publicist Ida Langsam agreed that the band and their record company all felt the need to keep to a strict budget for recording, production and promotion of the Ramones' music. She pointed out that just because much of their album process was done "cut-rate," it did not mean that their performance on the album was not done well. Rather they were trying to find people who could do things more cheaply, along with cheaper places to record, such as Intergalactic Studios, where they had also recorded their previous