
19. Jimi Hendrix
You might remember Hendrix from your old records collecting dust in the attic, or you might be still listening to him on a daily basis. Although we would advise the latter, nobody can deny that he was a mastermind for the guitar, a real virtuoso of his time.
And then you learn that he enlisted in the army to avoid going to prison for driving around in a stolen car. Now that’s real rock ‘n’ roll. Funny thing is – Jimi was the absolute worst candidate you could have for a foot soldier.
According to his discharge papers he was sleeping on work, missing bed checks, failed to perform pretty much any duty given to him and was even caught masturbating several times by other members of his platoon. Guess you could say that Jimi took everything he was with him to the army, and refused to let go of it, no matter the cost.