― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 5 March 2004 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 5 March 2004 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 5 March 2004 17:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 5 March 2004 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Will (will), Friday, 5 March 2004 19:40 (twenty years ago) link
Not quite, but in his autobiography the Boy specifically named Rossdale as being the latest Sweet Young Thing of a friend of his, talked about meeting Rossdale for the first time etc. Rossdale has spent the rest of his time trying to pretend that didn't happen and getting an arranged marriage set up with a labelmate oh dear did I say that clearly that was my mistake I shouldn't spread such gossip around oh now.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 5 March 2004 19:42 (twenty years ago) link
What about Rock Stars Who Aren't Realy Dead:-Elvis-2pac (2pac is always still alive, but Biggie remains dead, weird, that.)-Jim Morrison
― Randy Reiss (undeadsinatra), Friday, 5 March 2004 23:20 (twenty years ago) link
― jonviachicago, Saturday, 6 March 2004 02:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 6 March 2004 02:20 (twenty years ago) link
― John Fredland (jfredland), Saturday, 6 March 2004 10:22 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Saturday, 6 March 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago) link
This actually was true of (early 20th c Ital poet) Gabriele d'Annunzio.
― E. Pluribus Unum, Sunday, 7 March 2004 02:45 (twenty years ago) link
Also, I heard that prince had removed a rib so he could auto-fellate. I never heard no stomach pump stories though.
― Elliot (Elliot), Sunday, 7 March 2004 03:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Andy K (Andy K), Sunday, 7 March 2004 03:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Jamie, Tuesday, 9 March 2004 11:34 (twenty years ago) link
i remember, very clearly, sitting on my neighbors couch and MTV news came on. it was on mtv news, i assume they verify their sources? or maybe i assume wrongly. and even said, had her stomach pumped of whatever amount of semen. that's the only thing i don't remember.
― sylvia, Friday, 19 March 2004 17:03 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pics/10cc.jpg
.... well, they obviously didn't call him "Creme" for nothing
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
and it was FRANK ZAPPA who was rumored to have eaten shit whilst onstage w/ alice cooper.
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 17 July 2004 13:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Guymauve (Guymauve), Saturday, 17 July 2004 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Probably true. Anyway, he would have appreciated it. But curious sexual behaviours were usual among the fascist intelligentsjia.
― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Saturday, 17 July 2004 16:36 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, I heard that Whitney Houston was Mariah Carey's mother.
And, I admit that as of reading this thread, I thought that the Elvis on the toilet thing was true. Seems like not such a far-fetched time to have a heart attack, actually...
― wetmink (wetmink), Saturday, 17 July 2004 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Saturday, 12 February 2005 00:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― La Camilla Henemark, Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 February 2005 06:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Saturday, 12 February 2005 07:11 (nineteen years ago) link
* AC/DC = "Ant-Christ, Devil's Child".
* The old "In The Air Tonight" story about Phil Collins witnessing (from afar) a guy who witnessed a drowning and refused to help, etc, etc. (I remember hearing this one referenced in Eminem's "Stan" a decade later and thinking, "Wow, that story's got legs".)
* The recipient of the belly-full-of-semen was NKTOB's Donnie Wahlberg.
― Tantrum (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 12 February 2005 16:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― charleston charge (chaki), Saturday, 12 February 2005 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
"bowie is biosexual" (note spelling)
Various rumours about punk bands (all unnamed, "I heard it from my brother in London") went the rounds in '76/'77:
that there was a band who killed themselves en masse on stage during a gig.
that there was a band who wouldn't go onstage unless they all had boners.
that the singer from a punk band murdered an audience member mid-set with a chainsaw.
(most weirdly) that the boomtown rats(!) had a video in which domestic cats were electrocuted during the course of the song (!!! I know!! what the fuck!!)
I have no idea where any of this came from, unless one of my peers had a really fucked imagination/soh. We believed it all though. (we were, like, 12)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 12 February 2005 22:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, around 95 or so, that Dave Matthews had AIDS.
― Dapes, Sunday, 13 February 2005 00:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Sunday, 13 February 2005 11:23 (nineteen years ago) link
I believe that this band was Motorhead.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 25 September 2005 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Sunday, 25 September 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Some Guy, Sunday, 25 September 2005 21:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Some Guy, Sunday, 25 September 2005 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Terminator X was white, and this was the reason all Public Enemy band photos were shot in monochrome so nobody would know.
― Kanye raps about stuff other than shoes on the radio, Saturday, 13 September 2008 13:23 (fifteen years ago) link
kurt cobain killed himself because he had aids, "teen spirit" was about aids.
― internet person, Saturday, 13 September 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Two GG Allin suicide-on-stage stories - 1) he was going to go onstage firing a machine gun, or 2) he was going to shove a stick of dynamite up his ass and light it, then jump into the crowd. TBH there are enough real documented on film incidents of Allin crapping on stage, drinking pee from a bottle, etc., that just about anything is believable about him.
Luther Vandross didn't invent the Luther burger, but was a bit fan of them, and (here's the sketchy bit) he invented the practice of turning over the donut halves so that the icing is on the inside, because he was fed up of getting sticky fingers.
― snoball, Saturday, 13 September 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
A bit later than school, but a friend claimed and I believed that Autechre used to be Jive Bunny.
― Neil S, Saturday, 13 September 2008 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
In my school, during the mid 80s, there was a cruel rumour being spread about George Michael being gay. The girls were very upset by us boys spreading such a vicious rumour........
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 13 September 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
The stomach pump story mentioned several times upthread probably existed as an urban legend about a random cheerleader before it was attached to any pop star:
http://www.snopes.com/college/risque/cheerleader.asp
― Tuomas, Saturday, 13 September 2008 15:25 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/rockstar.asp
According to the Snopes page on the pop star version of the story it's also been told of Jon Bon Jovi, which sounds a bit odd to me. I've never heard of him having a "gay" reputation.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 13 September 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/Entertainment/Clarissa/ceia.gif
― Camille Pagliacci (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 13 September 2008 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Btw, I've heard the "gross-out contest" story mentioned upthread being told of Alice Cooper and Frank Zappa. The version I heard was that they were on stage at the same time (the story doesn't explain why they would have shared a stage), and decided to have a contest on who could the grossest thing in front of the audience. So Alice Cooper pulls down his pants and shits on the stage, then gets up with a smile on his face, thinking he has won. But then Zappa eats the shit.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 13 September 2008 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
"overindulgent cheerleader"wau
― ian, Saturday, 13 September 2008 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Huh, I didn't realise there were that many variations on the "stomach pump" story...
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Thursday, 9 March 2017 14:04 (seven years ago) link
"George Michael is gay!"― Michael B, Thursday, March 4, 2004 9:23 AM (thirteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Michael B, Thursday, March 4, 2004 9:23 AM (thirteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The version at our school was 'George Michael had a sex change!'
― how's life, Thursday, 9 March 2017 14:13 (seven years ago) link
All three of the Beastie Boys died of drug overdoses sometime after License to Ill was released.
― The twin snake of violence and sex is more like a sick wolf. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 March 2017 14:21 (seven years ago) link