road ruin album road ruin fourth studio album american punk rock band released september records album feature new drummer replaced founding member tommy left lack album sales stress touring stayed band produce album artwork concept designed fan later modified include instead tommy songs road ruin considered fans critics attempt band airplay album incorporated musical elements punk rock guitar solos ballads difference style caused mixed reviews critics pointing band trying sell records change form attempt band failed road ruin debuted billboard nearly places predecessor rocket russia conception band previous album rocket russia saw poor album sales drummer left performing position focus primarily producing band tommy suggested search new drummer began looking new_york_city based clubs bassist approached previously drummer asking interested joining month confrontation bell invited audition band auditioned drummer tommy overseeing final choice bell played don care punk rocker member agreed allow band weeks joined band began recording road ruin manhattan premises album engineer explained recording process tommy left band went straight working road ruin album rehearsed long time getting went studio recorded mixed record spent lot money entire summer road ruin music critic rolling_stone called album production clean simple pointed track bad brain contained funny noises drum beats prevents song having humorous intended artwork concept originated fan illustrated members performing coming snake feet following drawing completion sent band decided road ruin album cover sketch include original drummer tommy drawing modified depict instead alteration undergone artist punk magazine associate designer lyrics compositions album introduced characteristics previously punk rock guitar solos acoustic rhythm guitars ballads attributes debated band fans critics questioned changes expand musical fashion band simply selling abandoning punk rock edge bad brain wanted serve basic punk songs intensify behavior audience popular tracks album pieces initial style road ruin reflected enduring love pop desire expand confines seconds search new vocabulary hooks albeit linked guitar established albums album opens piece want contains lyrics pertaining song manages rhyme second avenue chicken track wanted compared song december called punk counterpart rock author ballad focusing failing relationships heartbreak don come close uses elements heard country music suggests band continue making records cover song rolling_stone critic noted song easily joke puts beautiful lyrics pulls wanna written hospital treated burns face throat injury result exploding boiling water served treat album concludes long way written depicts childhood germany reception band slight change musical style material included album intended gain sense mainstream acceptance band members felt achieved tommy relates road ruin flop deliberate attempt secure american album lack commercial success showed negative impact member morale continue band future records tours billboard road ruin peaked number albums chart reached album debuted swedish chart drive sell albums united_states failed evident comparing charting positions road ruin predecessor rocket russia peaked billboard initially album received mixed reviews critics called album uneven lazy preferred tommy drumming style writing light distinctive jazz influenced drumming missed road ruin heads school rolling_stone critic noted album humorous influential debut band losing grip observes band modified style dumb people understand music smart people young wanna album killer cut comparing critical acclaim album fully decades release allmusic senior editor stephen_thomas_erlewine gave album stars saying album fails yield results records examined music repeated past formula band prime material sounds good record energy abundant hooks music critic robert_christgau wrote band constantly topping implied track album bad brain theme called track listing songs written composed indicated notes tracks issued hey let anthology track original soundtrack album remix engineer track previously unreleased road ruin sessions appears later album track issued stuff volume produced written recorded demo sessions personnel following personnel verified allmusic
Road to Ruin (Ramones album)