There are curious, amazing and amazing stories surrounding certain music stars, even absurd ones. But some of them are not true, even if they are still shared.
Even if they are repeated over and over again, the lies do not come true. But if they are interesting enough, amazing or morbid they can continue to share as if they were and sink into the common imagination.
And the world of music, in which stories and clichés related to excesses and fame abound, is a perfect breeding ground for urban legends to proliferate and survive.
KISS BAND, RED INK AND A TONGUE OF NOTHING.
In the seventies of the last century the band “Kiss” triumphed, not only for its music, but for its aesthetics. They climbed the half-world stages encased in leather with openings and striking metal applications, platforms and with their faces painted black and white, each with a motif.
Another of the band’s hallmarks was the language of Gene Simmons, the bassist. A long, sharp tongue at the tip that showed in concerts, photos and videos. Well, for years the legend has been circulating that Simmons’ tongue was that of a cow.
In those years many considered the version of the surgical graft to be good. The bassist himself has denied this bizarre theory on several occasions.
However, this is not the only myth that the Kiss group pursues. In 1977, according to the BBC, the Marvel house published a comic in which the band was the protagonist, a Marvel Comics Super Special Kiss.
Kiss flew to New York and mixed his blood with the red ink with which the copies were to be printed. And that part YES is true. Everything was done in the presence of a notary.
What is false is the fact that, by mistake, the ink had ended up in the publication of Sports Illustrated magazine.
MAMA CASS AND A SANDWICH.
Cass Elliot, also known as Mama Cass, a member of the group The Mamas and The Papas died in 1974, at the age of 32. At the time of his death the rumor spread that his death was due to drowning. Specifically, the singer was said to have suffocated to death with a piece of a ham sandwich.
This information ended up in the media due to a misunderstanding before the autopsy was performed. After the test it was certified that the cause of death had been a heart attack.
What is certain is that he died in the same place as the drummer of the British band The Who, Keith Moon, in 1978, was at the home of fellow musician and songwriter Harry Nilsson, in the Mayfair district of London. .
THE DOUBLE OF APRIL LAVIGNE.
In 2012 a rumor began circulating among fans of Avril Lavigne, the Canadian singer who became famous with “Complicated” or “Sk8er boi” in the early 2000s. According to this theory, the real Lavigne had committed suicide in 2003. and had been replaced by an actress who bore a great resemblance to her.
Although it seems crazy, the rumor spread like wildfire and she herself came out to deny it on several occasions.
A few years later, the blog from which the alleged assembly came out acknowledged that it had been a kind of experiment to show how easy it is to create and how to conspire conspiracy theories on the internet, according to a British media outlet. .
DEPECHE MODE And the coffins.
The story of 50% of the duo Depeche Mode and their habit of sleeping in a coffin navigates between truth and urban legend.
It is seen that David Gahan had an interest in vampires and at one point in his career it was said that his fascination with these creatures was such that he had decided to sleep in a coffin.
However, this could be a misunderstanding or a distortion of reality, as his bed was not a coffin, but what is certain is that it was in the shape of a coffin.
MARILYN MANSON’S RIBS.
It is undeniable that provocation and Marilyn Manson go hand in hand. From her name, which links that of actress Marilyn Monroe with the last name of Charles Manson, leader of the sect guilty of the murder of Sharon Tate-six more people in 1969, to her appearance, the figure of Manson can be unsettling.
Around the controversial figure of Manson have been erected over the years legends and myths of the most varied, as he was the protagonist of “The wonder years”; or that heroin was injected into the eye; or who sacrificed animals.
One of the most widespread is that the singer decided to go through the operating room to remove two ribs and be able to practice fellatio himself. For years, he refused to comment on this fact, but not long ago, using sarcasm, the artist showed that it was not true at all.