Phil Spector: To Know, Know, Know Him Is…

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…to figure he's guilty of the homicide for which he's been taken into custody.

Spector, the legendary "Wall of Sound" music producer may have been the first fully realized "studio genius" not only in terms of technical chops but in terms of amazingly erratic behavior. George Harrison once suggested that Spector's main contribution while working the boards on All Things Must Pass was showing up drunk and spilling cherry brandy over everything in sight.

More on point, he reportedly pulled a gun on Dee Dee Ramone once (called a "positive learning experience" by Joey Ramone).