UB40 has claimed that MI5 spies bugged the band’s phones amid fears they were plotting a socialist revolution. Jimmy Brown – the drummer of the reggae group best known for their 1983 hit “Red Red Wine” – alleged that the British security service were watching UB40 members’ homes and tapping their phones in the Eighties.
Brown told The Guardian: “MI5 were tapping our phones, watching our houses. All sorts. ” “We thought, ‘Haven’t they got criminals to catch?’” he said. “We were just a bunch of potheads, smoking weed and playing music, talking about solving the world’s problems. ”The 63-year-old continued: “We weren’t planning the revolution, but if the revolution happened, we knew what side we were going to be on. ”Brown’s claims concur with.
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