Editing Halfway to Sanity (section)

==Background==
Before [[record producer|producing]] the album, [[Daniel Rey]] had opened for the Ramones in the late 1970s as a member of [[Shrapnel (American punk band)|Shrapnel]]. He had worked with lead singer [[Joey Ramone]] and lead guitarist [[Johnny Ramone]] separately when writing songs for ''[[Too Tough to Die]]''.<ref>{{Harvnb|True|2010|page=273}}</ref><ref name="melnickxxi">{{harvnb|Meyer|Melnick|2007|p=xxi}}</ref> "I was producing a lot of young bands in my basement," Rey explained. "Johnny heard one and said, 'It's better than our last record.' He knew that he could get me cheap and I was the only person who got along with Johnny and Joey at the same time."<ref name="melnickxxi"/> In his 2012 autobiography, ''[[Commando (book)|Commando]]'', Johnny Ramone stated that this period was a "stressful time" for the band.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ramone|first1=Johnny|title=Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone|date=2012|publisher=[[Abrams_Books#Abrams_Image|Abrams Image]]|isbn=978-0-8109-9660-1|page=158}}</ref>