{"id":5725,"date":"2011-11-16T15:56:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T20:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=5725"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:46:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:46:31","slug":"rock-legend-paul-simonon-was-arrested-during-greenpeace-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/rock-legend-paul-simonon-was-arrested-during-greenpeace-expedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Legend Paul Simonon Was Arrested During Greenpeace Expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_5726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5726\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paulsimonon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paulsimonon-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"paulsimonon\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paulsimonon-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paulsimonon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Cellmates&quot;  Paul Simonon and Martti Leinonen. Photo: Greenpeace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>The bass player for British punk rock band The Clash, Paul Simonon, was arrested earlier this year during a Greenpeace mission on a ship, said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Simonon was cooking food for the crew of the MV Esperanza during a protest against the Leiv Eriksson oil rig off the coast of Greenland. He was one of 18 activists arrested when the Esperanza launched speedboats to the rig, and spent two weeks in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The protest was organized because Cairn Energy did not reveal how it could clean up a BP-style oil spill in the Artic. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\" target=\"_blank\">Greenpeace<\/a> said the company didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do that because it simply can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be done (one of the many reasons <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\" target=\"_blank\">alternative energy<\/a> is better).<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the crew did not know about Simon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rock star past. He approached the organization asking to join the protest and was told he could if he agreed to keep his identity secret and take up a lowly job.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He was a quiet, humble and funny guy who just fit in. He worked really hard, cooking even on Sundays, which is usually the cook&#8217;s day off.&#8221; said Martti Leinonen, who shared a cell with Paul. <\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday Simonon joined fellow rock stars Damon Albarn, Simon Tong and Tony Allen as The Good The Good the Bad &#038; the Queen in a performance aboard Greenpeace&#8217;s Rainbow Warrior near Tower Bridge, London, followed by a benefit gig at the Coronet. 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