I believe he also came up with the "no brown m & m's" in the contract riders to ensure that the promoters read the entire contract so as to keep the band safe on stage from light rigging disasters, electrical malfunctions, etc. Smart guy.
@@nitedreamer23 His uncle was the legendary club owner and impressario Manny Roth. David Lee Roth knew everything about show-business before even starting ! DLR is an absolute legend.
I had just turned 18 when my mates and i were in a hotel bar in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana where there was Rod Stewart slobbering all over some blonde. There was no one else in the bar(we had no idea where you were supposed to go drink legally) and I asked the bartender if that was Rod Stewart. He said “yes” and that he’d been staying there for over a week charging everything to his room. I told them I didn’t think it was and asked what it was worth if I could prove it. He said you and your friends will drink free. I didn’t drink, but my friends were happy. I asked “Rod” if he could answer a question for me and he dickishly said “I suppose” and I asked him who played drums on the first Jeff Beck Group record he was on. This guy’s face changed and he shouted in a southern accent “FUCK YOU MAN” and tried to run for it. Hotel security snapped him up and that was the last I heard about it. You never know when you are going to run into that music nerd out there(oh yeah, the answer was Mick Waller not FUCK YOU MAN!).
Even though it has been more than 20 years since I have heard a David Lee Roth song, I still remember the sound of his voice well enough that the imposter would not be able to fool me if I heard him singing karaoke. I was a pretty big fan of several of his songs and I would sing along with his records over and over and over. The sound of his voice is burned in my memory.
I love how the Weiland impersonator thought he was playing a hilarious prank on the police, only to wind up getting $95,000 bail that he was unable to afford. Talk about getting more than you bargained for...
@@BlueTearDconnor lol. Yes. We all know tv is trash. It hosts "news" that propagates division between our society. It pushes manufactured identities so we can buy "their" garbage through commercials we can relate to. People watch dumbass shows that make people envy superficial and petty personalities. Really doe, do people over the age of 50 watch tv anymore? At least nobody I know does. I try (and sometimes fail) to surround myself with big brain people. So I can live in a community with like minded people that know what's important in life. People can be stupid anywhere. We can change our environments so that were far away from the stupid. *just woke up, on my first cup of coffee, watches phil dude segment still thinking it's kinda funny*
I met and spent lots of time with Rikki Rockett in NZ on that tour and he was nothing but the nicest rocker I have ever met. Was totally shocked by the news and didn''t believe it for one nano second. Love the guy.
What's weird about the Sixx story is that I remember something odd back in the early/mid eighties. I read a lot of the rock magazines (Circus, etc) and I distinctly remember a couple of shots of Sixx that did not look like him at all. I thought at the time that was weird and only remembered it when I heard this story. It was during this same time period for what it's worth.
I think there is more to Tripps story than just dismissing him. There were many publicity photos of sixx at the time that were definitely of someone other than the original sixx
@@jorndoff2002 maybe they got in a replacement person for a few photos if Nikki was battling drug addiction but no way it was anything more like writing songs and playing . Firstly nikki would have never allow it as motley was his creation - why would want a random guy taking his place and his drug problems got progressively worse as the decade wore it on . I doubt there’s any validity in the story at All
Sixx didn't have as much energy as Sixx on Theatre of Pain. I don't doubt that there was an impersonator. There was a period where he was likely very unable to function.
Isn't it ironic that some people do this for the perks of being a rich rockstar.If you think about it rich people always get free stuff when a lot of them are stinking rich but poorer people have to pay.
I remember first hearing about Christopher Dickinson impersonating Peter Criss.... When I saw his photo I thought, 'why is David Cassidy pretending to be Peter Criss??'
My brother looks just like Dale Earnhardt. Once someone asked him if he was and he said no. They didn’t believe him and then got a little pissy towards us. So he just said that he was and he hated them and told them to GTF away from him. It was amazing. Fame must really suck.
The Arnolds were involved in so much publicity during their relationship that I totally forget their role in the Peter Criss imposter story. I remembered the ex and the ticket but then tuned out the rest of that mess but that Donahue episode is specialness. Wow.
I actually met David in the late 80s I knew it was him for real.he was gonna be on a radio station.my friends and I waited out side across the street .we saw David walking down the street with a short haired woman.they went into the radio station.this took place in Montreal Canada.cant remember the street though.thanks for this video.rock and roll all day and night!
Well, just because someone can write a song does not mean they can then arrange the song in a manner to be a hit. Take the band Rush. Neal Peart wrote most of their songs but it was Lifeson & Lee who arranged them and produced them into masterpieces. True successful song production is typically a team effort...unless your Prince then, well, you can do everything.
This is more common than people know. There’s so many look alikes out there that impersonate celebrities because people just want to meet someone famous.
When I was living in Chicago playing music with my first husband, we met a guy at a park pretending to be my husband!! I shit you not! We didn’t confront him. These people can be mentally fragile & possibly dangerous.
1. I always remember hearing "The Real Nikki Six" being thrown around in conversation when I hung out with my metal friends back in the day. 2. "Take it to the Limit" was the first music I ever purchased...I bougtht the song on a '45 and still played it even when the vinyl got a little warped. 3. Now I understand how "Oprah" overtook "Donahue" (and the downfall of Tom and Roseanne) 😆
I was born and raised in Fort Myers FL and this an urban legend that still stands today. I think Nikki making the statement "he only wanted our musical rights, he didn't want to be in the band ANYMORE" 🤔 as in he HAD been in the band but now isn't!!
I met the fake David Lee Roth back around 2007 when my band played a show at a bar in Chilliwack. He had our drummer convinced that he was the real deal and he was offering to help manage us and help write songs…but he was gonna need a bit of money up front 😂
I got a story. My uncle Bill was on a beach in Hawaii in the 80's. Girls on the beach would come up to him and ask him for his autograph. He had no idea what was going on. They were smiling and giggling. They thought he was Huey Lewis from the band Huey Lewis and The News. Yeah he did kinda look like him in those days. He was just like fuck it I'm Huey Lewis and played it out. People bothered him all week at his hotel. It's one of the funniest stories. He still talks about it today.
I'll never forget being 17 and going to see Fleetwood Mac. (1970). My future husband and I did acid, and we were so AMPED. But imagine us not "getting " the music. I looked at him and said, "these songs are awful and not real!" BAD trip, man. Haha. Later it was all over media that a band was calling themselves Fleetwood Mac. Weird. They made lots of appearances and $ Never were arrested. Old days were easier for that kind if thing.
😳 that's so bizarre...fried outta yer gourd on acid...duped by sub par imposters, too freaky, I don't know if I would have been able to maintain any composure? 😂great story! 🎯
@@valeriewilliams6576 u lived in the best time possible so many days I wished I grew up then instead of the 2000s being 21 nowadays sucks Compared to then 😂
Ricky rocket is a badass I met him twice and he remembered me from the first meeting. He even remembered my name without me telling it to him again. He gave me a hug and is a real good dude. Also Scott weiland I’ve met and he also was a great guy so sorry again you can’t talk shit about him.
Watching the Donahue show clips about Peter Criss. How ironic it is that the homeless lying about being Peter Criss for money isn't nearly the most devious thing in that story.
After my band played a show in Providence Rhode Island back in 2006-7ish a guy came up to me said he liked our band and that he was a former New York doll. He was like 5'5" and the only person that he looked like was Johnny Thunders but he had been dead for 15 years at this point. To this day I don't know if he was an impostor, a crazy person, or a member from before they got famous.
I've been watching alot of your back catalog recently. It's amazing that you/ you all upload everyday. I was a kid in the early 90s and remember alot of the stories you cover about alt/grunge when they happened at the time. Also very cool to here stories I've never heard; mostly the ones from the 70s/80s. These stories have been retold many times over the years, but your "matter of fact" persona makes listening to them enjoyable and like new. Right on man, I dig it ✌🎃🤘
I used to know the original singer from Motley Crue. I thought it was a joke and he was crazy, but it turned out to be real! O'Dean was a really good singer. There's videos of him on RUclips. You should reach out to him.
A lot of people don't realize that at the time this whole imposter nonsense was going on nobody outside of his neighborhood and a few friends, colleagues and family knew what Peter Criss actually looked like. He'd left Kiss before they appeared on MTV without their stage makeup. And people who were fans of the group had the idea that he had left the band because of substance abuse problems, so the idea of him being destitute and on the streets was not too far fetched to a lot of people.
Why do so many people lie? I was in the military. I was in the band then guarded embassies. All I ever meet are SEALS and snipers. No cooks, mechanics, S3 or 0311 grunts. It’s amazing.
Holyyyy shit, Matt Trippe was the subject of a conversation I had with a band in the studio not a week ago. And I was told he was from the city I grew up in, which is a shithole full of crazy people to begin with. Amazing.
I know of a guy who imitates the mid 1980s version of Rod Stewart and tries to pass himself like that today. Doesn't even try to look like the current version. Does the accent too.
I met a Rod Stewart impersonator in New Orleans as well (but during the 80s) I might remember his name at some point. A lot of us knew it wasn't him but what really gave him away is when he won a local marathon and was interviewed on local TV station captioning his real name on screen ("Desmond Somebody") Oh well it was a long time ago and it's not important. I called him by name embarrassing the fuck out of him next time I saw him out in New Orleans. He had a good scam going. Scamming the pants off of unsuspecting gullible girls in the mid-80s. What a douche!
Protip: if you're gonna impersonate a drummer, better be able to swing the sticks. Having Portnoy waiting for him at the station was a fucking epic move, though.
He was brought to the police station where the real Portnoy was waiting. No, bro, I'm you. I know everything except how to drum. Seriously, though, what a bunch of criminals. It wasn't enough to be an impersonator or tribute band or just try to score girls and drinks.
Just to think how shocked the audience was and how defensive those two women were after Tom Arnold said they basically begged for $10,000 is really telling. These days so many people on the internet beg for money, it's become common. They beg, get money and spend it on material shit all the while holding their heads up high and rubbing it in the faces of those who question their intentions. If I could only find my time machine...smh.
Imagine getting arrested for scamming drinks at a bar by impersonating a rock star. i would think the worst that could happen is getting your ass kicked.
If you're a true fan of STP, and V.R. fan like me your absolutely know immediately that's not Scott. God I miss him. Ik he wasn't from Seattle but STP are criminally overlooked cuz they called them grunge posers trying to be like pearl jam. I like pearl jam and mother love bone but STP are 1 of those bands that are soundtracks to my early to late teens. Still on my playlist at 41. And that guy looked nothing like Diamond Dave
I remember first hearing STP on the radio, during the height of Grunge, but no one I knew thought they were a Grunge band as they sounded nothing like them.
@riproar11 that's what they got labeled by rolling stones mag and other media and they weren't completely wrong. (Disclaimer: stp is my favorite band of all time also I'm a singer) The reason they were labeled that was because of weilands singing. He copied Eddie's style, and it's not a style you can copy by accident. You can tell it wasn't natural for him. If you you listen to stp albums in order you'll hear him gradually shifting away from it but he did copy Eddie to begin with
That's so true. Seeing the imposter, its immediately apparent that's not Scott Weiland! Scott you're so missed ❤ I hope you've now found the peace that you craved, but clearly struggled with, this side of life xXx
My cuz looked like Prince, he was a total freak, doing Prince routines at Family Reunions in the 80's. He was good at it. He used to tell the Ladies(really smokin Hot), that he was "Prince's cousin or Bro! He would get laid nooooo problem! Especially at a Prince show.
I remember that just after Gangnam Style was a RUclips sensation a fake Psy fooled a number of celebrities and did the party scene at Cannes. It's pretty funny if you Google the picture of all the celebrities having photographs with him and then they all put them online. However, you cannot get away with that sort of thing now as pretty much instantly the real Psy said he was in Korea. I don't know if the fake was still at a Cannes party with A-listers when he was exposed. He really did look like him. To an old white guy anyway.
I'm reminded of a story back in the late 1980's of a guy that was going around stating he was the brother of U2 bassist Adam Clayton. He would hang out in bars in cities where U2 was playing and scam people out of drinks with stories of the band. He was eventually caught and found not to be related to Clayton.
Motley was my favorite band growing up. I bought the shout at the devil 45 at 8 years old lol. The last 2 decades have been a Shameful cash grab. Vince hasn’t been able to carry a note since Clinton was elected. Mick and Tommy always carried the band. Vince and Nikki couldn’t have been more a distraction. One for his ego and one for his awful singing.
Loved Crue since bout same age .Can't believe Vince even still goes on stage n even more crazy that people will pay to see him..He was in a great band but time to retire.
Isn't this why they did that contract thing saying they wouldn't tour anymore? I mean from what I remember they wanted to bow out so that in the future nobody would be talking about them the way we are now.
@@kimberlymisfit3544. Vince is a great performer and vocalist whose voice is shot - of course I would pay to see him - he is a legend - what is wrong with you - live performers get old - are you gonna satisfy when you wear out - being a motley fan I know you will so no worries there.
I was good friends with a master manipulator like the DLR fake. The closest I have gotten to being either locked up or killed is with that guy. Took me a while to figure him out but he was always getting the invites, the chicks, the jobs, the backdoor into clubs. What amazed me is how he could get employees to break rules. Example. Hotels, room service all FREE but to be paid when leaving. He ran up girls CCs and gifted $$ things. They are out there....
Was the kiss fan the eventual drummer for Type O Negative Johnny Kelly? He joined around '94 I believe and is a kiss fan, has the Brooklyn accent and is a drummer...??
A few years ago a guy was going to Jason Bonham's Zeppelin experience shows pretending to be Robert Plant and enough people bought it that they were taking pictures with him and posting them on the internet believing they'd met Plant. This guy didn't really even look like Plant outside of his hair but some people apparently could not tell the difference. ( Mainly women)
One night Eric Brittingham from Cinderella bought me 2 beers at the Button South Hallandale, Florida. We had a really nice conversation and he was a gentleman. We had just seen the band in concert, and he was wearing the same thing sans the scarf , and Freddie was a few folks down the bar. Impersonators were common in South Florida but no one dare do it at the Button South. Too much of a chance the real thing or someone who knew the real thing, was there.
Why in the hell would anyone think that telling the police that you’re a famously troubled musician, would get you out of an arrest in Beverly Hills? Are you kidding? They live that kinda stuff! No points for brains (assuming that that was his real intention. Who knows?)
back in the 90s during the cool days of Metal Fest in Milwaukee, WI, one summer i just wanted to see King Diamond/Mercyful Fate but didn't want to pay full price to see one band so, lol, i told them i'm Akira Takasak from Loudness. lmao, it work, you know us Asians, we all look a like, i got in the show for free and i left right after King Diamond/Mercyful Fate.
18:00 Talk about innocent until proven guilty, seems like they could have easily proven he wasn't even in their state but no that would require, work.. Just arrest him on some baseless allegations and make him prove that he wasn't in the state.... 🙄 This country is a fucking joke anymore....
Did you cut out a part about Nikki Sixx? I'm seeing a bunch of comments about him and it's even tagged but there's nothing about him. Not really rock 'n roll (but she still might make it into the R&R hall of fame) but my wife and I met "Ariana Grande" in a park in OKC about two years ago while hanging out with my son. She was obviously living on the streets, pushing 60, and close to 200 lbs. She was hiding in Oklahoma because she wanted to get away from the paparazzi. Her body guards were hiding around in the bushes to make sure no one got to her. I acted like I didn't know who she was because, "I don't listen to pop." and just let her talk because she was pretty entertaining and nice. We really don't know if she was trying to scam us, all she got out of us was a sandwich and a soda, which we would have given her anyway. Maybe she just wanted to be important, IDK, but mental health can be scary.
There is this thing in men's fashion where you just adopt some style thing, Keef's rings and bracelets, Addy's moustache, Slash's hat and Lemmy's sideburns. (And my beard) and never let it go. If you build a brand, there will be impostors.
@Tony it really depends on what you consider stealing, every band have songs with similarities to previous bands, like structures or chord progressions but there's a difference between inspiration and similarities to downright stealing
The funniest part of the Peter Criss imposter story was when Peter told the guy "Why couldn't you impersonate the Lone Ranger or something?", also Tom Arnold got involved. But it was sad that Peter's mother died before the situation was fully resolved.
If Roth answers "I'm not allergic to peanuts but I've got an allergy for criticism" then you know that's the real Roth
Ironically hes nothing like everyone thinks he is
Priceless
lol
David Lee Roth speaks 3 languages, is a black belt and sword master. He also went and became an EMT in NYC just for the challenge. He's a genius.
I believe he also came up with the "no brown m & m's" in the contract riders to ensure that the promoters read the entire contract so as to keep the band safe on stage from light rigging disasters, electrical malfunctions, etc. Smart guy.
@@nitedreamer23 His uncle was the legendary club owner and impressario Manny Roth. David Lee Roth knew everything about show-business before even starting ! DLR is an absolute legend.
And ?!?
Met him. (Roth)
He's still a huge asshole.
Period.
@@tamikat4745 So what? 🤔
@@nitedreamer23 yeah really , if you walk in your hotel room and see brown M &Ms you know they didn’t read shit lol
I had just turned 18 when my mates and i were in a hotel bar in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana where there was Rod Stewart slobbering all over some blonde. There was no one else in the bar(we had no idea where you were supposed to go drink legally) and I asked the bartender if that was Rod Stewart. He said “yes” and that he’d been staying there for over a week charging everything to his room. I told them I didn’t think it was and asked what it was worth if I could prove it. He said you and your friends will drink free. I didn’t drink, but my friends were happy. I asked “Rod” if he could answer a question for me and he dickishly said “I suppose” and I asked him who played drums on the first Jeff Beck Group record he was on. This guy’s face changed and he shouted in a southern accent “FUCK YOU MAN” and tried to run for it. Hotel security snapped him up and that was the last I heard about it. You never know when you are going to run into that music nerd out there(oh yeah, the answer was Mick Waller not FUCK YOU MAN!).
Great story! Loved it.
Dave is a genuine character. Real working man and an amazing visual artist to boot. One break coming up!
Even though it has been more than 20 years since I have heard a David Lee Roth song, I still remember the sound of his voice well enough that the imposter would not be able to fool me if I heard him singing karaoke. I was a pretty big fan of several of his songs and I would sing along with his records over and over and over. The sound of his voice is burned in my memory.
I love how the Weiland impersonator thought he was playing a hilarious prank on the police, only to wind up getting $95,000 bail that he was unable to afford. Talk about getting more than you bargained for...
More like the cops f--ed up the simplest processing procedure and tried to save face. They took his prints and he was in their database already.
@@ffnendhgrgd that’s pretty funny tho
The tv segment with peter chris on that phil dudes show is some amazing television
Dude is a friggin’ savage; and when you can get your ex wife to take your side, you’ve got a solid story
@@ECopas I have literally never seen anyone so happy to hear from their ex lol
More like garbage tv... Geraldo and all those "reality tv" are the reasons why America went stupid.
@@BlueTearDconnor lol. Yes. We all know tv is trash. It hosts "news" that propagates division between our society. It pushes manufactured identities so we can buy "their" garbage through commercials we can relate to. People watch dumbass shows that make people envy superficial and petty personalities. Really doe, do people over the age of 50 watch tv anymore? At least nobody I know does. I try (and sometimes fail) to surround myself with big brain people. So I can live in a community with like minded people that know what's important in life. People can be stupid anywhere. We can change our environments so that were far away from the stupid.
*just woke up, on my first cup of coffee, watches phil dude segment still thinking it's kinda funny*
I saw it when it aired... Totally knew dude wasn't the catman. People. Duuuuuumb.
I met and spent lots of time with Rikki Rockett in NZ on that tour and he was nothing but the nicest rocker I have ever met. Was totally shocked by the news and didn''t believe it for one nano second. Love the guy.
Anyone calling themself "Rikki Rockett" is guaranteed to be a wanker,just the same as anyone calling themself "Ice Cube" or "Notorious BIG" lololol
@@mjh5437 bro is just racist. bringing up those dudes for no reason cuz he wants to slam successful black men
@@gffn7316 but the first person was a white guy sorry dude no racism there
What's weird about the Sixx story is that I remember something odd back in the early/mid eighties. I read a lot of the rock magazines (Circus, etc) and I distinctly remember a couple of shots of Sixx that did not look like him at all. I thought at the time that was weird and only remembered it when I heard this story. It was during this same time period for what it's worth.
I remember those pictures! He was shorter and had green eyes instead of blue. I think that guy's claims are true.
I think there is more to Tripps story than just dismissing him. There were many publicity photos of sixx at the time that were definitely of someone other than the original sixx
@@jorndoff2002 maybe they got in a replacement person for a few photos if Nikki was battling drug addiction but no way it was anything more like writing songs and playing . Firstly nikki would have never allow it as motley was his creation - why would want a random guy taking his place and his drug problems got progressively worse as the decade wore it on . I doubt there’s any validity in the story at All
Sixx didn't have as much energy as Sixx on Theatre of Pain. I don't doubt that there was an impersonator. There was a period where he was likely very unable to function.
ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't it ironic that some people do this for the perks of being a rich rockstar.If you think about it rich people always get free stuff when a lot of them are stinking rich but poorer people have to pay.
I remember first hearing about Christopher Dickinson impersonating Peter Criss.... When I saw his photo I thought, 'why is David Cassidy pretending to be Peter Criss??'
Probably because Peter Criss is more of an artist
The mother daughter in the kiss thing are clearly the most nuts in all of this
My brother looks just like Dale Earnhardt. Once someone asked him if he was and he said no. They didn’t believe him and then got a little pissy towards us. So he just said that he was and he hated them and told them to GTF away from him. It was amazing. Fame must really suck.
If I read the "Is Peter Criss on Skid Row?" headline, I thought he substituted for Rob Affuso 😄
The Arnolds were involved in so much publicity during their relationship that I totally forget their role in the Peter Criss imposter story. I remembered the ex and the ticket but then tuned out the rest of that mess but that Donahue episode is specialness. Wow.
I actually met David in the late 80s I knew it was him for real.he was gonna be on a radio station.my friends and I waited out side across the street .we saw David walking down the street with a short haired woman.they went into the radio station.this took place in Montreal Canada.cant remember the street though.thanks for this video.rock and roll all day and night!
Got to love the Star Mag. I think they said Gene Simmons was actually Bigfoot
🤣🤣🤣
Ok but has it been proven he's NOT bigfoot?
If this guy wrote all those iconic songs and looked Enough like Nikki to get people believe he was Nikki, why not write just one mega hit
Well, just because someone can write a song does not mean they can then arrange the song in a manner to be a hit. Take the band Rush. Neal Peart wrote most of their songs but it was Lifeson & Lee who arranged them and produced them into masterpieces. True successful song production is typically a team effort...unless your Prince then, well, you can do everything.
This was one of the most entertaining videos I've viewed on this channel. Digging the long format
The 80s Generation's version of "Paul is dead." Paul McCartney was a bassist too.
This is more common than people know. There’s so many look alikes out there that impersonate celebrities because people just want to meet someone famous.
When I was living in Chicago playing music with my first husband, we met a guy at a park pretending to be my husband!! I shit you not! We didn’t confront him. These people can be mentally fragile & possibly dangerous.
1. I always remember hearing "The Real Nikki Six" being thrown around in conversation when I hung out with my metal friends back in the day. 2. "Take it to the Limit" was the first music I ever purchased...I bougtht the song on a '45 and still played it even when the vinyl got a little warped. 3. Now I understand how "Oprah" overtook "Donahue" (and the downfall of Tom and Roseanne) 😆
How desperate do you have to be to impersonate Rikki Rocket?
Ikr😂😂
you would have to ask Poison , pretty I'd say
*I was trying to think of someone on a lower rung....& couldn't.*
@@MarkLipka the lowest rung of a ladder that leads to a sewer?
Yea really.
Another great video, thank you for your hard work. It's also great to see a video longer than two-and-a-half to three minutes!
I was born and raised in Fort Myers FL and this an urban legend that still stands today. I think Nikki making the statement "he only wanted our musical rights, he didn't want to be in the band ANYMORE" 🤔 as in he HAD been in the band but now isn't!!
Or that he was telling them he wanted to be in the band with them, and that he'd decided at that point he didn't want to be in the band anymore.
I met the fake David Lee Roth back around 2007 when my band played a show at a bar in Chilliwack. He had our drummer convinced that he was the real deal and he was offering to help manage us and help write songs…but he was gonna need a bit of money up front 😂
Upvoted for Chilliwack.
@@bearbryant3495 Great band!
In his prime David Lee Roth is the greatest frontman of all time..
Not a big fan of his solo music BUT have seen him in concert twice and you are correct. He puts on an awesome show!
David Coverdale
Did you happen to watch the video MrHaterbehatin
Your opinion.
Jani Lane was a great frontman
i don't know nothing about nothing, but I could plainly see Ozzy and Halford looking at him like disapproving uncles.
I got a story. My uncle Bill was on a beach in Hawaii in the 80's. Girls on the beach would come up to him and ask him for his autograph. He had no idea what was going on. They were smiling and giggling. They thought he was Huey Lewis from the band Huey Lewis and The News. Yeah he did kinda look like him in those days. He was just like fuck it I'm Huey Lewis and played it out. People bothered him all week at his hotel. It's one of the funniest stories. He still talks about it today.
Dude amazing output from your channel, unreal pace. keep it up always love the videos.
When an ex-wife comes to a guy's defense...🤣
Never listened to Van Hallen after they parted with David Lee. They weren't the same band.
Van Hagar 😅
I'll never forget being 17 and going to see Fleetwood Mac. (1970).
My future husband and I did acid, and we were so AMPED.
But imagine us not "getting " the music. I looked at him and said, "these songs are awful and not real!" BAD trip, man. Haha. Later it was all over media that a band was calling themselves Fleetwood Mac. Weird. They made lots of appearances and $ Never were arrested. Old days were easier for that kind if thing.
😳 that's so bizarre...fried outta yer gourd on acid...duped by sub par imposters, too freaky, I don't know if I would have been able to maintain any composure? 😂great story! 🎯
That’s crazy af 😭😂
We absolutely were freaked. You're right.
@@valeriewilliams6576 u lived in the best time possible so many days I wished I grew up then instead of the 2000s being 21 nowadays sucks
Compared to then 😂
@@ThatNofbody You got that right!
Ricky rocket is a badass I met him twice and he remembered me from the first meeting. He even remembered my name without me telling it to him again. He gave me a hug and is a real good dude. Also Scott weiland I’ve met and he also was a great guy so sorry again you can’t talk shit about him.
Well I had tickets to see STP 3 times and they were a no show all 3 times due to Scott. That’s pretty douchy!!
@@tanyarobinson2098 that sucks, buying the tickets to watch STP and fucking Scott doesn't show. A lot of my friends didn't like STP because of Scott,
Watching the Donahue show clips about Peter Criss. How ironic it is that the homeless lying about being Peter Criss for money isn't nearly the most devious thing in that story.
The Peter Criss story is just bonkers.
This channel is so fun theres so much content
After my band played a show in Providence Rhode Island back in 2006-7ish a guy came up to me said he liked our band and that he was a former New York doll. He was like 5'5" and the only person that he looked like was Johnny Thunders but he had been dead for 15 years at this point. To this day I don't know if he was an impostor, a crazy person, or a member from before they got famous.
I've been watching alot of your back catalog recently. It's amazing that you/ you all upload everyday. I was a kid in the early 90s and remember alot of the stories you cover about alt/grunge when they happened at the time. Also very cool to here stories I've never heard; mostly the ones from the 70s/80s. These stories have been retold many times over the years, but your "matter of fact" persona makes listening to them enjoyable and like new. Right on man, I dig it
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Sidd's voice is an asset that gives the videos a certain appeal. All the more reason to dig them :)
“ no no no guys, this is how you draw a pentagram”🤥
Oh wow! What would we do without you! We were going to use a rainbow and unicorn 🦄 before you said that 🤠
Looool Peter is a legend. “Look at you and look at my wife.
I used to know the original singer from Motley Crue. I thought it was a joke and he was crazy, but it turned out to be real! O'Dean was a really good singer. There's videos of him on RUclips. You should reach out to him.
A lot of people don't realize that at the time this whole imposter nonsense was going on nobody outside of his neighborhood and a few friends, colleagues and family knew what Peter Criss actually looked like. He'd left Kiss before they appeared on MTV without their stage makeup. And people who were fans of the group had the idea that he had left the band because of substance abuse problems, so the idea of him being destitute and on the streets was not too far fetched to a lot of people.
Aw man! Over 40 minutes of RNRTS. Needed this!
I agree, the longer videos are a definite plus! Keep it up man 🎸
Why do so many people lie? I was in the military. I was in the band then guarded embassies. All I ever meet are SEALS and snipers. No cooks, mechanics, S3 or 0311 grunts. It’s amazing.
Bunch of brain controlled robots taking care of the governments dirty agendas. You must be so proud
It's amazing what people got away with pre internet
Why am I not surprised Tom Arnold was duped?!
I'd think this was all funny, if Buddy Holly hadn't thrown me through a plate-glass window last week.
Thank you for the GREAT laugh. Cheers.
Holyyyy shit, Matt Trippe was the subject of a conversation I had with a band in the studio not a week ago. And I was told he was from the city I grew up in, which is a shithole full of crazy people to begin with. Amazing.
Do those “stolen valor” laws apply here?
That one lady in Mississippi might have a "stolen virtue," case.
Say what you want DLR was the frontman for Van Halen.....
I know of a guy who imitates the mid 1980s version of Rod Stewart and tries to pass himself like that today. Doesn't even try to look like the current version. Does the accent too.
I met a Rod Stewart impersonator in New Orleans as well (but during the 80s) I might remember his name at some point.
A lot of us knew it wasn't him but what really gave him away is when he won a local marathon and was interviewed on local TV station captioning his real name on screen ("Desmond Somebody") Oh well it was a long time ago and it's not important.
I called him by name embarrassing the fuck out of him next time I saw him out in New Orleans.
He had a good scam going. Scamming the pants off of unsuspecting gullible girls in the mid-80s.
What a douche!
When Roth is intoxicated, he impersonates himself.
I think you forgot to include the Motley Crue story, despite it being in the description.
I remember watching that Donahue episode when it aired. Being that I was a wanna be rock god of about fifteen years old at the time, it was big news.
Protip: if you're gonna impersonate a drummer, better be able to swing the sticks. Having Portnoy waiting for him at the station was a fucking epic move, though.
i like this video, by the way i'm Elvis
He was brought to the police station where the real Portnoy was waiting.
No, bro, I'm you. I know everything except how to drum.
Seriously, though, what a bunch of criminals. It wasn't enough to be an impersonator or tribute band or just try to score girls and drinks.
I'm gonna say it. Tom Arnold is a class act.he showed up to help.
Just to think how shocked the audience was and how defensive those two women were after Tom Arnold said they basically begged for $10,000 is really telling. These days so many people on the internet beg for money, it's become common. They beg, get money and spend it on material shit all the while holding their heads up high and rubbing it in the faces of those who question their intentions. If I could only find my time machine...smh.
All you have to do is show your butthole and you can get all the money you want
Have you ever seen Dave Roth live? he is his own imposter.
@Titus Flavious they made him sound good in the studio though
He’s just a Ham
Re: Kiss imposter. WAPL is my local rock station!! Epic!
Imagine getting arrested for scamming drinks at a bar by impersonating a rock star. i would think the worst that could happen is getting your ass kicked.
It's theft/shoplifting. You'd be pissed too if you owned that bar.
Scott Weiland would have made a great Clint Eastwood imposter 😆
Scott is Clint's son. Was. RIP.
Scott Weiland was not Clint Eastwood's son. That's just ridiculous. Clint does have a son named Scott Eastwood who is an actor also.
@@SteelStringJedi Exactly. And his son Kyle is a jazz bassist and composer.
@@SteelStringJedi outrageous comment, you clearing know nothing of Clint’s lineage and progeny!
If you're a true fan of STP, and V.R. fan like me your absolutely know immediately that's not Scott. God I miss him. Ik he wasn't from Seattle but STP are criminally overlooked cuz they called them grunge posers trying to be like pearl jam. I like pearl jam and mother love bone but STP are 1 of those bands that are soundtracks to my early to late teens. Still on my playlist at 41.
And that guy looked nothing like Diamond Dave
I remember first hearing STP on the radio, during the height of Grunge, but no one I knew thought they were a Grunge band as they sounded nothing like them.
@riproar11 that's what they got labeled by rolling stones mag and other media and they weren't completely wrong. (Disclaimer: stp is my favorite band of all time also I'm a singer) The reason they were labeled that was because of weilands singing. He copied Eddie's style, and it's not a style you can copy by accident. You can tell it wasn't natural for him. If you you listen to stp albums in order you'll hear him gradually shifting away from it but he did copy Eddie to begin with
That's so true. Seeing the imposter, its immediately apparent that's not Scott Weiland! Scott you're so missed ❤ I hope you've now found the peace that you craved, but clearly struggled with, this side of life xXx
DLR's Jim Dandy kareoke couldn't sustain a solo career longer than five years.
I had that Kerrang! issue back in 1988 and I remember really thinking this could be true.
These imposter stories would make great plots for tv or movies.
This is bananas
Not the first time Tom Arnold got barking up the wrong tree.
Great video very entertaining it convinced me to subscribe exalent I'd like to see more 😀
My cuz looked like Prince, he was a total freak, doing Prince routines at Family Reunions in the 80's. He was good at it. He used to tell the Ladies(really smokin Hot), that he was "Prince's cousin or Bro! He would get laid nooooo problem! Especially at a Prince show.
I remember that just after Gangnam Style was a RUclips sensation a fake Psy fooled a number of celebrities and did the party scene at Cannes. It's pretty funny if you Google the picture of all the celebrities having photographs with him and then they all put them online. However, you cannot get away with that sort of thing now as pretty much instantly the real Psy said he was in Korea. I don't know if the fake was still at a Cannes party with A-listers when he was exposed.
He really did look like him. To an old white guy anyway.
Niki six impersonated a musician for decades
I'm reminded of a story back in the late 1980's of a guy that was going around stating he was the brother of U2 bassist Adam Clayton. He would hang out in bars in cities where U2 was playing and scam people out of drinks with stories of the band. He was eventually caught and found not to be related to Clayton.
Motley was my favorite band growing up. I bought the shout at the devil 45 at 8 years old lol. The last 2 decades have been a Shameful cash grab. Vince hasn’t been able to carry a note since Clinton was elected. Mick and Tommy always carried the band. Vince and Nikki couldn’t have been more a distraction. One for his ego and one for his awful singing.
Loved Crue since bout same age .Can't believe Vince even still goes on stage n even more crazy that people will pay to see him..He was in a great band but time to retire.
Isn't this why they did that contract thing saying they wouldn't tour anymore? I mean from what I remember they wanted to bow out so that in the future nobody would be talking about them the way we are now.
Shout At the Devil was a good children’s record! 👹😵💫
Agreed.
@@kimberlymisfit3544. Vince is a great performer and vocalist whose voice is shot - of course I would pay to see him - he is a legend - what is wrong with you - live performers get old - are you gonna satisfy when you wear out - being a motley fan I know you will so no worries there.
Peter Criss is a great guy. Legend.
I was good friends with a master manipulator like the DLR fake. The closest I have gotten to being either locked up or killed is with that guy. Took me a while to figure him out but he was always getting the invites, the chicks, the jobs, the backdoor into clubs. What amazed me is how he could get employees to break rules. Example. Hotels, room service all FREE but to be paid when leaving. He ran up girls CCs and gifted $$ things. They are out there....
Was the kiss fan the eventual drummer for Type O Negative Johnny Kelly? He joined around '94 I believe and is a kiss fan, has the Brooklyn accent and is a drummer...??
That Savatage guy is a real Pro.
Man tv used to be so entertaining..this was like watching students get in an argument bullying eachother lol
David Lee Roth Imposter was the closest in appearance I think . Especially in the hat pic comparison
A few years ago a guy was going to Jason Bonham's Zeppelin experience shows pretending to be Robert Plant and enough people bought it that they were taking pictures with him and posting them on the internet believing they'd met Plant. This guy didn't really even look like Plant outside of his hair but some people apparently could not tell the difference. ( Mainly women)
That is pathetic! Where was this?
One night Eric Brittingham from Cinderella bought me 2 beers at the Button South Hallandale, Florida. We had a really nice conversation and he was a gentleman. We had just seen the band in concert, and he was wearing the same thing sans the scarf , and Freddie was a few folks down the bar. Impersonators were common in South Florida but no one dare do it at the Button South. Too much of a chance the real thing or someone who knew the real thing, was there.
Why in the hell would anyone think that telling the police that you’re a famously troubled musician, would get you out of an arrest in Beverly Hills? Are you kidding? They live that kinda stuff! No points for brains (assuming that that was his real intention. Who knows?)
back in the 90s during the cool days of Metal Fest in Milwaukee, WI, one summer i just wanted to see King Diamond/Mercyful Fate but didn't want to pay full price to see one band so, lol, i told them i'm Akira Takasak from Loudness. lmao, it work, you know us Asians, we all look a like, i got in the show for free and i left right after King Diamond/Mercyful Fate.
18:00 Talk about innocent until proven guilty, seems like they could have easily proven he wasn't even in their state but no that would require, work.. Just arrest him on some baseless allegations and make him prove that he wasn't in the state.... 🙄 This country is a fucking joke anymore....
Did you cut out a part about Nikki Sixx? I'm seeing a bunch of comments about him and it's even tagged but there's nothing about him.
Not really rock 'n roll (but she still might make it into the R&R hall of fame) but my wife and I met "Ariana Grande" in a park in OKC about two years ago while hanging out with my son. She was obviously living on the streets, pushing 60, and close to 200 lbs. She was hiding in Oklahoma because she wanted to get away from the paparazzi. Her body guards were hiding around in the bushes to make sure no one got to her. I acted like I didn't know who she was because, "I don't listen to pop." and just let her talk because she was pretty entertaining and nice. We really don't know if she was trying to scam us, all she got out of us was a sandwich and a soda, which we would have given her anyway. Maybe she just wanted to be important, IDK, but mental health can be scary.
Very interesting 👌
There is this thing in men's fashion where you just adopt some style thing, Keef's rings and bracelets, Addy's moustache, Slash's hat and Lemmy's sideburns. (And my beard) and never let it go. If you build a brand, there will be impostors.
The Gay Mike Portnoy is too funny…cracks me up every time.
Good video man
Interesting video, thanks!
I've heard so many times about how Crue ripped off their songs from other bands. Do you have a video on that?
only one i know is dr feelgood from the crue and feelgood from Guns and Roses, but GNR didnt care.
@Tony it really depends on what you consider stealing, every band have songs with similarities to previous bands, like structures or chord progressions but there's a difference between inspiration and similarities to downright stealing
Like Vanilla Ice?
The funniest part of the Peter Criss imposter story was when Peter told the guy "Why couldn't you impersonate the Lone Ranger or something?", also Tom Arnold got involved.
But it was sad that Peter's mother died before the situation was fully resolved.
“Basic fans” as he’s fully dressed in hells kiss gear😂 love it
I remember this story on kerrang magazines back in the day ..the photos were very convincing ...
Awesome Video! Thanks
The motley one I read in a mag way before 88
Isn't the guy pretending to be Peter Chris named Eric Singer LMAO jk I love Eric.