DBWI: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

The naivety of artists would be smaller. I dubt we would se people like Ozzy Osborne invest in Microsoft or Lennon's investments in parmasuticals.
 
WI Ronnie Biggs hadn't swindled a bunch of rock stars out of millions?

"Supposedly, Biggs returned to England several times during the making of a documentary about the Great Train Robbery, always in disguise. He also recorded vocals on two songs for The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Julien Temple's film about the Sex Pistols. The basic tracks for "No One is Innocent" (aka "The Biggest Blow (A Punk Prayer)") and "Belsen Was a Gas" were recorded with guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook at a studio in Brazil shortly after the Sex Pistols' final performance, with overdubs being added in an English studio at a later date. "No One is Innocent" was released as a single in the UK and reached #6 on the British singles charts, with the sleeve showing Martin Bormann playing bass with the group (in actuality this was American actor James Jeter)"--Wikipedia.

OOC: Biggs stealing money from the Sex Pistols/Maclaren is obviously the most plausible, but it doesn't feel right, know'wa'I'mean?

IC: Tough titties to Phil Collins for falling for Ronnie's con. Did the ex-Genesis frontman really believe Bigg's had put together a production company in Brazil to film that dreadful 'Buster' script? Bloody bollocks was nothing but a tissue of lies about the Great Train Robbery!
Pratt. Taking out a mortgage on his county estate and depositing it all into a Paraguyan bank account. I'm glad it ruined his sanity. Drummers!
Though I wonder if Collins' hadn't had the nervous breakdown in '85, and kept recording, would he have continued being as really cool as he was during his Miami Vice phase?
 
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