Greazy Will

Yeah, no, he's dead.

Because I like to leave us on an even happier ending because we go through a lot, don't we here at Bastards Random?

What?

We go through a lot, right?

It's just, you know, I listened to the Himmler episodes.

It was hard, man.

Or the Varenti Beria episodes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that guy.

This shit's sad, you know?

So I want to leave you with a happy ending.

I love a happy ending.

After escaping Phil Spector in 1972, Ronnie Spector, or as she would later go by her maiden name, Ronnie Bennett again, entered what she later described not as a triumphant comeback, but a long grinding fight to reclaim her life, identity, and voice.

The divorce left her financially constrained and legally silenced, while Phil, retaining control over much of her catalog and publishing,

For years, Ronnie struggled with alcoholism and instability, problems she openly acknowledged as scars from her captivity.

Like, this is what she went through and this is why she is like that, right?

But she never fully disappeared.

Throughout the 70s and 80s, she continued recording and performing sporadically, collaborating with artists like Eddie Money, Joey Ramone, and slowly rebuilding her sense of self outside Phil's shadow.

Survival, not stardom, was the priority.

Hold on a second.

Fuck, I forgot to mention the Ramones.