This change is due to guitarist Johnny Ramone obtaining more priority over the style choice. Unlike previous albums, Subterranean Jungle shifted the band's sound output focus towards getting back to their punk rock roots, rather than trying to expand fan-base by releasing more pop-oriented songs.
This is the last album by the band to feature Marky Ramone on drums until the 1989 album Brain Drain. The singles released from the album did not chart either. Subterranean Jungle was not very successful commercially, peaking at number 83 on the US Billboard 200 and failing to chart internationally. The album was deemed by critics to be an attempt to retreat to the band's roots and received mostly positive reviews. Lyrics circle various themes, while the structuring of the songs shifted towards hard rock, psychedelic rock. The album begins with two cover songs, and features a third on Side 2. The recording sessions saw disputes between band members, mainly because many of the band members were dealing with alcohol addiction, or in bassist Dee Dee Ramone's case, cocaine. The album appealed to a hardcore punk rock style rather than featuring several pop oriented pieces this is because guitarist Johnny Ramone received more leeway with steering the overall genre with his hard rock influenced riffs. Subterranean Jungle is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band the Ramones, released by Sire Records in February 1983.
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