Conspiracies/plots in music history

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Conspiracies/plots in music history

What are the most famous legends, conspiracies about music, bands, musicians etc you know, and what do you think about them?

Me personally - the famous Jimi Hendrix conspiracy. The theory goes it was actually the CIA who ordered the mob to kill Jimi Hendrix. They made it look like it was alcohol & drug poisoning, however they discovered in the autopsy that his whole stomach had been filled with wine and that no one could actually drink that much him- or herself. So why CIA and the mob? Well there were all sorts of documents that used to be classified about Hendrix. The later revealed files had all the important bits covered, however the general belief is that Hendrix, due to his pacifistic movements both throughout the music and by participating in different peace demonstrations, especially due to the war in Vietnam, he got on government's nerves. At the same time he was also recording in the mob's territory. Mob didn't like police, however music often was paralelled with drugs and loud parties - something the cops often came to visit. That meant more police activity on the territory. So alegidly it was actually the CIA, under orders of government, who ordered mob to kill Hendrix.
What do you think about this plot and do you believe it to be real or not? Me personally am more inclined towards yes, rather than no, however both are plausible.

There's another one that has been fiddling my mind recently. It's The Beatles - real or fraud?
The Beatles have A HUGE amount of backwards music, album covers and even lyrics that are, some more direct than others (for instance - Let It Be backwards goes He is dead, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is also an album full of hints, especially the cover [hint use mirror at the middle of Lonely Hearts Club Band part], Abbey Road cover also full of hints), but all point towards Paul McCartney having died in a terrible car crash that decapitated his head and body and replaced by a Fake pAUL or FAUL as they have named him, whose real name is William Campbell. The conspiracy goes that Paul had a fight with Lennon and on November 9th, 1966 drove off at 5 AM from EMI Records studio. He picked up a lonely girl, Rita, who was walking home as it was raining hard. When she realized it was the famous Paul McCartney she started hugging him while they were driving. Due to this Paul didn't see the lights go red and he crashed into lorry. Rita called the police who forwarded the call to MI5. She was able to get out of the car, but Paul was trapped. While waiting, the car exploded. Paul was dead (do check some of the lyrics - there are some talking about early morning at 5 AM, not noticing the lights had changed, etc.). The rest of The Beatles were called by MI5 and taken to confirm the body was Paul's. They confirmed and MI5 took them to one of the safe houses. The guy's name was Maxwell (there's one song that says, backwards "Fock you Maxwell"). They had to swear to secrecy because it would cause mass hysteria and mass suicides. That was what the royal family and MI5 made them order. They told them they could continue working as Beatles and arranged a Paul McCartney-look alike contest. The winner, William Campbell, was taken to The Beatles where he had to under-go a series of plastic operations, voice and guitar lessons to sound and act like Paul. That's why they stopped live performances for a few years in 1966, as they had to train Faul and his scars had to heal. From 1966 onwards, Paul was always looking differently than the rest of The Beatles on covers. Beatles were supposed to keep the secret to their graves, but they couldn't. Due to their hints on covers and in tracks, they were threatned by death by MI5. John Lennon was, alegidly, killed just as Maxwell had told them they would have been, if they hadn't stopped with hints about Paul's death as MI5's involvement would have been discovered and that'd shake public's trust in them. There's a great movie on this subject - Paul McCartney really is dead - The Last Testamen of George Harrison worth checking out.
I personally belive, due to all these facts that it can't be a coincidence. Since 1966 we have been watching and hearing Faul, not Paul.
What do you think?

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