  == More stupid rumors ==  No, Bruce did not steal the tapes from the Subterranean warehouse, or anywhere else.  This rumor seems to be a conflation of 2 separate unrelated incidents (er, except for the drugs...).  Rubin said originally that he was interested in signing the band for a new recording and licensing the Subterranean albums for CD reissue, but the contract he presented to the band at a meeting in Los Angeles gave him exclusive ownership of them, plus publishing rights for their songs.  It's unclear if the band had actually read it before signing.  In any case, the band got $20,000 and got to record one new album, Rubin got the rights to the 4 released albums, plus a completed but still unreleased 5th album (recorded at the same time as Gone Fishin' and completed after Will's death) which he's still sitting on.  After a brutal, exhausting and very expensive legal battle, Subterranean walked away with the rights to continue to press the LPs, but only for US domestic distribution.