It is said that Johnny Ramone stole Joey Ramone’s girlfriend and Joey wrote the song "The KKK Took My Baby Away" about the exper
ience, and in retaliation. Because Johnny was conservative Joey compared him to the KKK and even suggested that he carried a KKK membership. When his "baby" first went away where did she go? Away to New York
Away to prison
Away to California
Away on holiday
Away to L.A in fact, there are many versions of what the meaning of this is , the drummer of the band claims that it was because Joey got depressed after losing a friend in the mental institution, although in an documentary of the band one close fan says that Johnny stole joey’s girlfriend and that is the reason why the song was written but Joey’s brother Mickey Leigh tells a different story, he says his brother was in a relationship with an Afro-American girl and her parents disapproved the interracial relationship he asked his brother what happened to his girl, and he answered ‘-the kkk took her away from me-‘
