The craziness would escalate when Spector reunited with Lennon to record a rock and roll oldies project called "", which would eventually come out in 1975 under the title "Rock 'n' Roll". The sessions took place in a chaotic fog of drugs, booze, and hangers-on as the equally troubled Lennon drank his way through his infamous "lost weekend". In the 2003 book "Phil Spector: Wall of Pain", biographer Dave Thompson recounts one famous incident when Spector fired a pistol in the studio. "Listen Phil, if you're goin' to kill me, kill me", Lennon remarked dryly, "but don't fuck with me ears. I need 'em." Such behaviour did Spector's reputation no favors, and as the hits dried up he was viewed more and more by the rock press as an oldies act.