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Sex, drugs, and rock and roll can get you arrested or put away, so it's not a surprise that a lot of rock stars have been arrested or spent time in jail... You have people like Axl Rose of Guns n Roses, who had already been arrested 20 times before he was considered an adult, to Motley Crue's Vince Neil, who was drunk behind the wheel and ran head-on into another car, injuring the passengers in that car, and killing Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle. Neil was charged with vehicular manslaughter, sentenced to 30 days in prison (he served 15 days), and had to pay 2.6 million dollars to the victims of the crash. Mick Jagger was arrested for having a bag of amphetamines while staying at Keith Richards' country house--he served two days of his sentence...Keith was sentenced to 1 year--he served two months....you've got the famous Paul McCartney pot bust at the Tokyo airport, where he had 1/2 pound of weed in his luggage...he ultimately spent nine days in jail and was deported afterward...Here's the details of those, and many other arrests and incarcerations of people like David Bowie, Tommy Lee, Kurt Cobain, Glenn Frey, David Crosby, and more...