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The Wild Men of Rock

Allegations of prostitutes and drug taking, breaching bail conditions and death threats. The news that AC-DC drummer Phil Rudd was re-arrested at the weekend has reignited the debate over whether drummers are the true "wild men of rock". Ken Mundye from the 1960's band The Merseybeats - which supported the Beatles in the Cavern in Liverpool more times than any other band - remembers his own days as a badly behaving drummer.

(Photo: Ken Mundye playing his drums in the 1960s)

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3 minutes