Rock and Pop: rock myths?

[chris]

What are some myths that have permeated rock and roll history despite being untrue?

I'll start off with one i hear a lot around here:
Bob Dylan turned the Beatles onto marijuana. I'm reading the book Magical Mystery Tours -- My Life With the Beatles by Tony Bramwell, a childhood friend of John, Paul, and George before they even started the band, and just kind of hung around with them as they got famous. In the part I just read P.J. Proby went partying with John, an experience where John got so drunk and high that he ended up puking in a bathtub. The story is followed by the quote "And this was still several months away from the hot August night when Bob Dylan would be famously credited with turning the Beatles on, in a New York hotel."
At another part, earlier in the book far before The Beatles were even known in America said that The Beatles "fell upon weed like rabbits," and that they never really thought of it as illegal, just naughty in a schoolboyish way.

I'm interested to see what you guys come up with
lol Rocker Kidd I've heard about Bowie and Mick. Didn't Angela Bowie supposedly find them? I don't find that one hard to believe, they were both pretty... sexually rambunctious. I've also heard Angie and David met each other 'cos they were sleeping with the same guy but i dunno if that one's true

 

[RockerKidd]

If you go to www.snopes.com you'll find tons of stories like this. Here's some of my favorites:
David Bowie and Mick Jagger were caught in bed together
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/bowie.asp

'Mama' Cass Elliot died by choking on a ham sandwich
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/mamacass.asp

Keith Richards beat a herion addiction by having all his blood replaced
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/richards.asp

Edit-
In some versions of the tale, it's Mick's wife who catches them, not David's. I've never heard how Angela and David met though, but that still makes for a good story though!