record label on August 10, 2004, with the band's cover of the Spider-Man theme song included as a bonus track.

[citation needed] In a 1992 interview for an Argentinian newspaper, Johnny Ramone said of the album, "Generally I always find two or three songs that I hate.

"[14] The song "Censorshit" was written by Joey Ramone about how rock and rap albums were being censored by the Parents Music Resource Center, a group of politicians' wives who sought to put parental advisory warning labels on records, a practice which has since become standard.

The 2004 CD reissue bonus track, "Spiderman", is a cover of the theme song from the original Spider-Man animated series.

(omitted on later editions), and a slightly different version was available on the 1995 various artists compilation album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits.

Although Mondo Bizarro was considered to be a "comeback"[16][17] for the Ramones—following both lineup and label changes, and the dwindling sales of their previous albums from the mid-to-late 1980s (up to and including Brain Drain, which was originally meant to be the band's "comeback")[18]—the album peaked at number 190 on the Billboard 200 chart, the lowest chart position in their career.

[19] However, the album's lead single, "Poison Heart", did become one of the Ramones' top ten hits in their native America, peaking at number six on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

[21] Robert Christgau, who gave it a positive review, stated: "More like an old country singer (George Jones leaving Epic, say) than the world's greatest rock and roll band (greater than Mick's side project, anyway), Joey and whoever [...] do right by their formula.