1978 Aspiring musician and topless dancer Sandy Kane gets her first introduction to Spector's gun in a limousine where she and performers Nino Tempo, April Stevens, and comic Kenny Kramer (the inspiration for the Seinfeld character) are hanging out after

1978

Aspiring musician and topless dancer Sandy Kane gets her first introduction to Spector's gun in a limousine where she and performers Nino Tempo, April Stevens, and comic Kenny Kramer (the inspiration for the Seinfeld character) are hanging out after a comedy club show in New York. The boozed up Spector is purported to later bring her to his hotel room where he holds her down and forcibly kisses her. Then he tells her to perform oral sex on him. When she refuses, he pulls a gun.

1979
Spector is known for extreme methodology in the studio, but he takes the reputation to its limit during the recording of the Ramones' End of the Century, when he makes the band wait eight hours as he mixes a single opening guitar chord for "Rock 'n' Roll High School."

The band is also privy to a behind-the-scenes look at Spector's castle, a fortress surrounded by barbed wire and electric fencing riddled with dead insects, as well as warning signs that read, "Beware of the big dog," and "Achtung Minefield." The former admonishment apparently refers to a St. Bernard that dwells in one of Spector's closets.

During this period, Spector out-punks the Ramones in his usual pistol-packing manner. When bassist Dee Dee Ramone attempts to leave the producer's home, Spector allegedly points a gun at him, saying, "You're not going anywhere, Dee Dee." Then, like a robber holding up a bank, he leads the band over to his piano at gunpoint; ultimately forcing them to listen to him play his hit, "Baby I Love You."