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Coffee Break: Songs of mayhem and mischief

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?Douglas Grundy/Getty Images, via NPR

by Anna Reed

October 30, 2017

Today in 1970, Jim Morrison of The Doors was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500 for allegedly exposing himself during a concert in Miami, and today in 1990, Axl Rose was released on $10,000 bail after being arrested for allegedly hitting a neighbor over the head with a bottle.

Was it because October 30, the night before Halloween, is "Mischief night"? We're not quite sure. But let's put together a setlist of songs this morning that feature people behaving badly and getting into trouble.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs of mayhem and mischief do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Ike and Tina Turner - I Smell Trouble
Beastie Boys - Egg Man
Styx - Renegade
Arctic Monkeys - Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Snow - Informer
The Suburbs - Tape Your Wife to the Ceiling
Judas Priest - Breaking the Law