Rock and Roll Myths Channel 4 Television 6x15'

Paul McCartney is dead. Elvis is Alive. Marc Almond had his stomach pumped and seven pints of spunk came out. Bob Holness played the saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street.

Really?

Preposterous myths & Chinese whispers have long been the backbone of rock n’ roll folklore and have helped fertilise the star-making machinery since it began. Some of these myths never go away and some get wilder every day.

Rock N Roll Myths is a series of 6 15 minute inserts for Channel 4’s 4Music strand and goes in search of the biggest and boldest urban myths, scurrilous rumours and backstabbing bitchery in rock n’ roll history for an excess all eras look at one of the most celebrated rumour mills in the world.

The series was presented by DJ and journalist Sean Rowley.

Episode 1: Robert Johnson
Episode 2: Mick Marianne & The Mars Bar
Episode 3: Keith Moon
Episode 4: Beach Boys and Charles Manson
Episode 5: Tupac is alive
Episode 6: Rock N Roll is Evil.