The amazing secret life of Clash bassist Paul Simonon

by Adrian Mack on Dec 1, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Paul Simonon modelling his Terror on the High Seas line

How much staggering awesomeness can one person achieve in a lifetime? As if being in the Only Band That Mattered wasn’t enough, Paul Simonon revealed to the Guardian recently that he did jail time earlier this year after taking part in a Greenpeace raid on an oil rig off the coast of Greenland.

Not only that, but he was working undercover on the Greenpeace boat MV Esperanza at the time. Simonon was known to his oblivious crew mates as “Paul the assistant cook.”

Seriously. Simonon explains below.

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PT Barnum
Dec 1, 2011 at 3:43 pm
He is also a talented painter and has produced some critically praised work that most people find attractive.
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John Lucas
Dec 2, 2011 at 10:15 am
I just wanted to post this here because I like it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjZAsObkkdI
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Jimmy Jazz
Dec 4, 2011 at 12:08 am
Seriously, this guy can do no wrong. Still a cool motherfucker after all these years.
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