The Greatest Rock N' Roll Myths

Is it just me or has there been a severe drought of far-fetched rock n' roll myths in recent years?

Over the past century, music nerds, students and social retards with far too much time on their hands have made up preposterous fallacies supported by flimsy evidence that strangely only came to light when they'd smoked enough weed to knock an elephant out cold. Somehow these glorious misconceptions spread like proverbial wildfire, then became entrenched in history and are still talked about to this very day and beyond.

Back in 1966 of course, some drugs addled genius/loser (delete as you see fit) decided to spread the rumour that Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash and was replaced by a sound alike, Billy Shears, who had corrective surgery to look more like The Beatles star. Err right.

Theorists went on to write hundreds of articles on the fallacy, meticulously analysing every last tiny detail in every subsequent Beatles song, album and artwork to support their ridiculously far-fetched claims. There are even entire websites dedicated to it today.

Was the fact he was barefoot on the Abbey Road cover symbolic of his death considering certain cultures bury their dead without shoes on? Why is he holding his cigarette in his right hand when he is left-handed? Is 'Blackbird' symbolic of his death? Does the three string guitar on the sleeve to Sgt Pepper symbolise there are only three Beatles left? Is the line "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together" in 'I Am The Walrus' referring to Paul's imposter. Even more far-fetched, it's thought that when you play 'I'm So Tired' backwards you can hear Lennon singing "Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him".

Nowadays, while the internet is a perfect portal for everyone to endlessly spout shite, in my opinion the sheer saturation of media has had an adverse effect on the rock myth. No famous rock or pop star can disappear or die like Macca supposedly did in the sixties as daily they're hounded by paparazzi every time they pop out for a coffee or to buy a newspaper. Duly, there are hundreds of websites willing to publish these inane photos, hence proving they're still alive and kicking!

Below I present ten other classic rock n' roll myths from the bowels of history.

If you can think of any new ones you'd like to make up, then post them in the comments below!