 The lack of record sales was largely due to the fellow punk band Sex Pistols turning people off the genre " with their antisocial behavior , " as put by author Brian J. Bowe . Rock music historian Legs McNeil relates : " Safety pins , razor blades , chopped haircuts , snarling , <unk> that had nothing to do with the Ramones was suddenly in vogue , and it killed any chance Rocket to Russia had of getting any airplay . " Joey also insisted that the Sex Pistols were partially responsible for the low sale numbers , concluding that before 60 Minutes 's focused on the Sex Pistols , Rocket to Russia had decent airplay . After this , Joey asserted that " everyone flipped out and then things changed radically . It really kind of screwed things up for ourselves . " 
