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This Day in Rock History - Mar. 18th

1965: One of the most famous arrests in the history of rock and roll took place on this day when the Rolling Stones are busted for urinating on the side of a gas station.

The arrest cements their reputation as rock’s “bad boys” and makes them definitely the #1 alternative to the far better-behaved Beatles.

Today, many people believe the whole stunt was conceived by the Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham purely as a publicity stunt.

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