Stories from the Rainbow Warrior: Jailhouse Rockstar

In Episode 6 of our web series of Stories from the Rainbow Warrior, Paul Simonon, formerly of the Clash, joins a Greenpeace ship as a crewmember, concealing his identity and taking on the role of assistant cook. When he scaled an oil rig to join our demand to stop Arctic oil drilling, he ended up in jail for two weeks. Here he is reunited with a fellow former prisoner who didn't know until hours before that he'd shared a cell with a rock and roll legend.

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[emmanuellesomer]

Great! Congratulations for your involvement. I wished more musicians and artists were involved like you are. This surely would make our humane world a better world... Hopefully more will follow your example!

[noidea26]

I really hope he was dressed in his Gorillaz captains outfit when he was on the boat.

[FroggyFilmWorks]

God, with so many resources, so much experience, and so many passionate crew members, yet you still refuse to work with seashepherd, come on, with your combined efforts, the potential for change would be enormous, yes you've both critisised each other for years, but Paul Watson has made it clear that he regrets these unneeded arguments and wants very much to combine forces with greenpeace, think about it, combined you would have 7 large ships, 3 helicopters, and dozens of inflatable boats and j

[kindnessnfriendship]

Got the warn fuzzes from this video. Wouldn't we kick ass if every popular celebrity, used their influence...that powerful magnetism, plastered their respective faces, bodies and voices all over the place for Greenpeace et al! People follow heroes!

[jimmyjazz95]

Simmo-The coolest bloke on the planet

[JHandcock1111]

There is NOTHING wrong with wearing leather - it is the responsible thing to do. When you kill a animal you should use as much of it as possible. Throwing away the skin (leather) is a waste and a insult to the sacrifice the animal made to become our food. Please don't get started on the 'animals shouldn't be food' crap - that is why animals exist - to feed us. Live in the bush for a couple of months w/o the comforts of society, living off the land and you'll understand.

[Sue Ioannidis]

Beautiful Beautiful man. As well from the inside as from the outside !!

[Toni Clima]

"Paul Simonon, ex miembro de The Clash, se une al barco de Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior, como miembro de la tripulación, ocultando su identidad y ocupando el puesto de ayudante de cocina"

[tramac1964]

As a huge Clash fan since 77 always loved Simmo anyway, but he has now gone up 1000 times in my estimation for doing this.

[DetractMedia]

Are you vegan?

[DetractMedia]

I wish Damon would stop walking around in a leather jacket, banging on about greenpeace. Whats peaceful about wearing the skin of a slaughtered animal?

[wesseavey]

Thanks very much. It's good to know there are people like you that know Love for others, and for our ecology is the only thing that can bring light to our eyes and really change this world. Wishing you Love and light always...