[1] Calling himself "Acid King David", he participated in a government drug set-up of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, resulting in the infamous 'Redlands' bust.
[2] It was later discovered that he had been caught carrying drugs at Heathrow airport and had been offered a deal by the authorities, to avoid jail and deportation, if he helped set up the Rolling Stones, who were considered to be subversive.
Ochs also co-wrote Jove's only feature film, "Stranger Than Love" (originally "I Married My Mom!
"), and, with Jove, formed one half of Oxygen, a studio band which fused rock and disco and in 1979 recorded an EP of six original Jove/Ochs songs, "The Bones of Hollywood".
Producer/director/writer Harold Ramis, a friend of Ivers, noted, "As I grew to know David a little better, it just accumulated: all the clues and evidence just made me think he was capable of anything.
"[4] However, Derf Scratch (of the band Fear) and several other members of the Los Angeles punk and new wave scene maintained Jove's innocence.
[5] In the immediate aftermath of Ivers’ killing, Jove was offered help by Ramis, and together with Flattery, created and made "The Top" for KTLA.