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Can't remember where I heard it, but I keep thinking of the conspiracy that Kurt Cobain faked his death and became Rivers Cuomo of Weezer. It's ridiculous in concept alone, and I keep thinking of it just because of the sheer absurdity. The mental image of the man who wrote "In Utero," one of the darkest and depressing albums in pop culture, faking his death and then writing "WEEEEEEEEOOOOOOO I LOOK JUST LIKE BUDDY HOLLYYYYYYYYYYYYY" is a transcendent form of comedy.
Okay I've never heard that one but that is just baffling because they literally look nothing alike! Rivers looks more like Noel and Liam Gallagher's long-lost brother than he does Kurt! They don't even sing in the same register! So like, what, do people just believe that Kurt went out of his way to get plastic surgery as part of this conspiracy?? I just have so many questions!
Honestly it seems like ANY time a beloved musician dies at a relatively young age, the whackadoos come crawling out of the woodwork, pointing their bony fingers and hissing, "It's a conspiracy!! They didn't die of [Insert mode of death here], THEY killed them!!"
The Sports Illustrated thing. Given Gene Simmons’ massive ego, if that particular theory was true, you better believe he wouldn’t shut up about it; for him of all people to deny it is pretty damning for the theory.
The "Paul Is Dead" conspiracy is even weirder than described here. Back in the late '60's, there was even a documentary/investigative report aired on TV that examined all the "evidence". It really helped hype the story, because the "journalist" didn't do the obvious, which was to interview Paul himself. BTW, the Abbey Road cover was supposed to be evidence because Paul was the only Beatle who was barefoot -- which obviously means he was dead. Now, it seems ridiculous, but I was a little kid back then and a huge Beatle fan, and this whole thing freaked me out.
I wasn't born yet, but I became a huge Beatles fan growing up and then one day when I was about 8, a friend's dad took me aside and went through the whole Paul Is Dead thing with me. It freaked me out so much that I ended up needing to see a psychiatrist for a while, it really messed me up. Not because I believed it, I was fairly sure that he was still alive, but something about the story sent my brain down some very dark rabbit holes and the question of "what if...", maybe it did happen...it really did have a strange effect on me and I couldn't get past it for a long time. It caused me to have a bit of a break down which is crazy to think about. Looking at it now, I think that The Beatles may very well have thrown in a few clues about something, they did share a pretty sick sense of humour and it wouldn't be out of the question, especially for John, to come up with something like that just to mess with people.
In my original web-series The Maestropiece Project, I'd even contact fellow voice actor, musician, and Beatles fan Quinton "Burn baby" Flynn, to see his thoughts on the Paul is Dead conspiracy-turned hoax.
The Paul is Dead conspiracy is not harmless fun; it is truly evil. Because either way, there is a real conspiracy. It is either true, and everyone is in on it OR he is alive, and there is a conspiracy out there promoting it and making money off it. If true, the scale of it would be truly massive, and the body count enormous to cover it up. This conspiracy is kept alive by what amounts to a cottage industry. When Paul released The Lyrics, a website was set up to cross-promote it with the new edition of the Memoirs of Billy Shears (whose very existence requires too much effort to be benign fiction), and many people, who look upon this tome as their PID gospel, point to this connection as proof that these books are companion pieces and "Paul" is behind it all himself. But the links for buying the books do not go to the same place, so Paul is NOT in fact promoting both books, despite the fake domain name for the site. This is not a grassroots conspiracy promoted by fans. There actually is some kind of agenda behind it. You should be freaked out.
@@theneonchimpchannel9095 I made the mistake of taking a deep dive into this a couple of years ago and I had a bit of a breakdown myself. I never believed it, but that didn't seem to be enough protection from its darkness. When you really think about what the implications of it would be, it is truly horrific.
@@theneonchimpchannel9095Yeah, I heard the Prince version, back before Marilyn Manson was well-known. I wonder if there was a different artist attached to the rumour before him? How far back does it go?
Mental health is a serious issue that shouldn't be covered up by these stupid conspiracy theorists as a way to either cope or seek attention. You're not doing these artists favors and you're only making yourself look like an idiot. I may not listen to Soundgarden or Audioslave but I can respect Cornell's vocals and his contribution to the grunge scene. As for Chester well if you couldn't tell I'm a huge LP fan and I will continue to listen to their music and to keep his legacy alive. RIP Chester and Chris 🤘
Oh yeah, and the guy who plays "Paul McCartney" also played "Vivian Stanshall" of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Notice how they were never on screen together during Magical Mystery Tour. Death Cab for Cutie indeed. 😵💫
I'm surprised the "Andrew WK doesn't exist" theory didn't come up! A quick search will find some breakdowns, but essentially it's the idea that's he's always been played by multiple people. It gets wilder from there but would be hard to concisely put in a video I suppose.
One explanation that a lot of people believe is that this whole conspiracy is just Andrew trolling people. He is a real a person, and goes back and forth between confirming, denying, or being in the middle of the conspiracy just cuz. He's simply the kind of guy who commits that hard to a prank. If you forced me to choose with a gun to my forehead, I'm inclined to believe this is the answer.
I still think one of the more stranger conspiracy theories i've heard is that Dave Gahan Depeche Mode's lead singer is a Vampire because he slept in a coffin-shaped bed at one point during his lifetime
And Little Nicky has informed me that the band Chicago commands us, in the name of Lucifer, to spread the blood of the innocent. Chicago is definitely satanic.
Fun fact, the Luke we see in this video is actually a clone of the real one, when the original Luke decided to give up metal music and return to planet Neptune to be a hip-hop sensation
@@paha4209 yeah i know where the reference comes from in that it was Homer's voice on Poochie when they wanted to revitalize the Itchy and Scratchy show with a new character. It's also still very, very, very obscure in relation to this topic.
A new one includes the band Fontaines DC: They are an irish band that for a few albums have told how much they despise the gentrification of Dublin and lost of Irish spirit in the capital city, well, now people are seeing their manager is literally connected to a company that buys old buildings to make trendy bars in the Dublin City, so people are saying that because they two are connected that Fontaines DC is a Psyop. I dont know what to think, its so OUT THERE.
The "Paul Is Dead" theory is the first one I always think of, that one is always so damn weird but some of these other ones are definitely just as bizarre. Also what the hell was that last one, like how do people come up with shit like that. Come on, dude....
@@RockedNet Yeah, that's just ridiculous. Also one other amusing one I've heard was the one where people say that Elvis Presley is still alive but that one also seemed a bit far-fetched as well, then again you'll always have people believe anything
what's hilarious to me about the paul mccartney is dead conspiracy is that there'd be such a massive concerted effort to replace paul... but then when john lennon croaks they're just like, whatever mate, we didn't need him anyway
They did worse shit than most "satanic" bands, and when I say most I mean they did not do a Varg. But I don't recall hearing about Nergal or Kerry King having naked teenagers overdosing at their houses either.
I know that this one isn't rock, but have you heard the one about Taylor Swift being a clone of Anton LaVey's wife? That one is nuts! Also, the theory about Avril Lavigne sounds similar to one on Miley Cyrus.
These conspiracy theories bring to mind a couple urban legends from back in the day. Quite nasty rumors that VH1 “Shocking Rock n Roll Moments” lists are made of. I will be keep it vague and PG. There’s one about Rod Stewart and (how the hell do I put this?) his “stomach capacity.” (Yeah we will go with that.) And Marianne Faithful, The Rolling Stones and a Mars Bar. If you thought the internet is bad try the old British tabloids! There’s also this rumor that Michael Bolton used to make glam metal…oh wait that one was real! As for conspiracies: Courtney Love and/or Dave Grohl killing Kurt Cobain. I understand not bringing that one up. The classic “(insert artist name) is an industry plant” still gets some play today. And for rap fans there’s Puffy killed Tupac and/or Biggie.
I remember the conspiracy theory of Avril Lavigne dying in 2003 and she was replaced by a duplicate which who explain he drastic change in song writing & style.
All the conspiracy theories that all band names were acronyms for the devil. For example: Kiss was "Knights In Satan's Service", Rush was "Rule Under Satan's Hand", or AC/DC was, off course, "Anti-Christ/Devil Crusaders." Or that Stairway To Heaven, played backwards has Robert Plant warbling out, "My Sweet Satan." I know Jimmy Page was drawn to Aleister Crowley and all that, but I don't think he had that supernatural ability to record Led Zeppelin IV backwards.
That Hotel California conspiracy... I have no proof, but I've heard rumors the actual "Hotel California" was about Camrillo State Mental Hospital, which was eventually closed down and turned into my alma mater.
"Don't the conspiracy nuts realize that sometimes, something simple and small and crazy and mean can destroy something big and beautiful?" Penn Jillette on Conspiracy Theories, 2005
How DARE you refer to Faul ("Fake Paul") as Paul! Jokes aside, I would like to see a second video about crazy conspiracies. Maybe one with more recent theories like the Avril one.
I suspect the Kiss theory isn't helped by there being a Marvel collection that had the ashes of one of the creators mixed into the black ink of the first printing. I think it was Squadron Supreme, but I don't feel like googling. (I own a later printing, which has a note that there aren't any ashes in this copy.)
I'm not a 100% this is a conspiracy theory, but I've heard a theory that Kurt Cobain being ambidextrous led to his suicide. It basically went that because he was ambidextrous, he bought a second hand left-handed guitar. That caused him to bend his back in a way that caused him chronic back pain. That back pain lead him to get addicted to heroine as a way of pain relief, that caused him to eventually kill himself. I think I read it on Cracked when it was still good.
I am an ACDC fan and I will admit that I believe Bon wrote some of the lyrics on BIB. Only two songs can be ruled out completely. Hells Bells and BIB. Take a look at the lyrical change from BIB to almost ALL lyrics afterwards. Bon's lyric style is all over BIB but vanishes afterwards. On the surface they may look the same but that attitude and style is different
The biggest giveaway with the Avril theory is that people say she was replaced by someone who underwent extensive plastic surgery. I do believe that Avril bleached her hair and got a boob job, but those are ways people really do change their appearance.
Thanks. I really enjoyed this. I am so sick and tired of people and their ridiculous conspiracy theories. And the funny thing is how they refuse to accept the truth and facts and insist on living in this nutty world of conspiracies.
Sadly, one of the “Chester didn’t commit suicide but was killed” crowd is his own oldest son. Grief does things to people and the dudes clearly going through some things that he probably inherited. It’s a shame.
Paul Is Dead is my favourite conspiracy theory because it’s both incredibly stupid and also mostly harmless, but it got really big in back in the day. Apparently Paul hosted a press conference to debunk it, which didn’t stop all the morons.
It is not harmless. The 69 hoax was mostly harmless, but not the modern conspiracy theory. If you pursue it at depth, especially in its current form, it is very dark and can lead to existential crisis. It challenges the entire world reality as we know it. It's that vast.
The Back in Black rumor was born out of the fact that You Shook Me seems to be in Bon Scott's writing style and he's not credited. And they never wrote anything like it after.
My favourite from when I was younger was that Kurt Cobain wrote the album 'Live Through This' for Courtney Love/Hole and then she killed him to keep it secret. There were plenty of "Courtney killed Kurt" conspiracies back then, but I think the silliest was the notion that it was because he'd secretly written Hole's second album.
@@bblvrable My friend is a Hole fan and I would joke all the time that Kurt wrote all of Live Through This and Billy Corgan wrote all of Celebrity Skin…never added the Cobain had to be silenced part to it though because I thought it was too ridiculous. I would point out how the verses were quiet and then the choruses would get heavy on some of the songs on Live Through This and go “see Kurt’s fingerprints are all over this!” I didn’t actually believe anything I was saying though and actually like Live Through This…I was just having fun busting my friends balls over one of his favorite bands. Also it’s amazing how many musicians have written songs about Courtney Love.
I think it's hilarious that the tinfoil hat brigade always points to lyrics in songs as "clues" of a conspiracy. If you were trying to hide a huge conspiracy, the last thing you would do is purposely leave behind clues so that any nut with too much spare time could figure out your master plan.
The stupid Paul McCartney conspiracy theory reminds me of a deranged Silver age Batman comic where he takes on the mystery of whether or not not!Paul died and was replaced with an imposter. Spoiler: he wasn't. It turns out in fact that that off-brand Paul McCartney is still alive, the punch line is that the rest of them aren't and the other three members were replaced by imposters. The comic ends with Batman convincing not McCartney to go public with his fact, and he eventually does and he and the other three new guys form a new band and are pretty successful. This means that even for a goofy Silver age comic from the 70s the McCartney theory was just the dumbest possible thing already. It's only gotten dumber.
I’m simply just fascinated by the clues about Paul being dead. While I don’t believe it, it’s interesting to see what those beatlemaniacs are able to put together
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There are some bands and artists that could have a list of their own. KISS: Gene had a cow's tongue grafted onto his own to make it longer, he also kills puppies before every show to get the blood that he spits during his solo (those first 2 are too stupid to bother debunking) , Ace is a Nazi (this does have some truth to it as he does own some Nazi memorabilia as his grandfather was in the SS, but he himself is not a Nazi and doesn't support their beliefs...although he does support Trump), Peter was homeless after leaving KISS (a homeless man did claim to be Peter but i wasn't really him), KISS stood for Knights (or Kids) In Satan's Service (the original line up consisted of 2 Jews, a Lutheran and a Catholic...so no, no satanists in the band). Marilyn Manson: He played Paul in The Wonder Years, he had ribs removed (this same story went around about Prince), he kills animals on stage (there is a video of him feeding a rabbit to a snake but that wasn't on stage and technically the snake killed the rabbit...otherwise he seems to be pretty nice to animals...women not so much allegedly), he's a practicing satanist (he did befriend a few people from the satanic church and they did make him an honourary satanic priest but no, he's not actually a satanist), he's a born again christian (there's some evidence for this but it's highly unlikely), the Coloumbine shooters were Manson fans (not true, one of them may have owned 1 Manson CD but that's it). The Beatles: John Lennon sold his soul to the devil in 1960 for 20 years of fame and died 20 years to the day (there is an urban legend that if you stand on a particular bridge in an area of Liverpool known as Mossley Hill (which was near John's house) at midnight, the devil will show up and offer to make a deal...however there's no evidence that this ever actually happened and the dates don't match up as The Beatles didn't make it big for a few more years which would mean that he only really got around 17 years of fame), everyone knows the Paul Is Dead thing but there was also rumours that John had died a year earlier as on the Help album they spell out NJLV which some fans believed meant "New John Lennon Vocalist" (they actually on spell out NJLV because the photographer wanted them to spell out HELP but it didn't look right and so they went with NJLV), Pete Best was fired for being too good looking (according to some, the reason that he was fired was because the others were jealous of his good looks, it was actually because he wasn't a good enough drummer to go any further with the band and made no effort to improve, he also didn't have the same sense of humour as the others and so didn't quite fit in), they all wore wigs (no truth to that at all), Yoko broke up The Beatles (she didn't help the situation, but no, she didn't break up The Beatles), John said that The Beatles were bigger than Jesus (partially true, he was misquoted), "Something" was written about Patti Boyd (George denied this, saying that the song was actually an attempt to write a song in the style of Ray Charles and it wasn't specifically written about anyone), John Lennon was killed by Stephen King (one guy saw the photo of John with his killer and thought that he looked a bit like Stephen King and so he came up with this whole mad story about King being a CIA assassin or something like that). David Bowie: his eyes were different colours because of his family history with schizophrenia (while his family does have a history with that, this doesn't effect the eyes at all...and his eyes were both blue but one was damaged in a school fight which caused it to appear green in some lights), he supported fascism (not true, he was playing a character called The Thin White Duke who was a fascist and went a bit too far in portraying that character but he didn't really believe that fascism was a good idea), he and Paul McCartney hated each other (this was believed by many Bowie fans for years...until Bowie died and McCartney started posting photos of when they went on skiing holidays together, they were actually good friends but had ribbed each other in public a few times such as McCartney having a painting called "Bowie Spewing"), he and Mick Jagger were secret lovers (Bowie's ex-wife Angie wrote in her book about catching Bowie and Jagger in bed together and it got out of hand from there, they were indeed in a bed together...they'd been out partying and decided to have a lie down when they got back to Bowie's place where they fell asleep...whether anything happened prior to that is unknown but both men denied it), he came out as bisexual as a publicity stunt (he was at least partially responsible for this one, after coming out in the early 70s, he went back into the closet in 1983 as he was trying to go mainstream and felt that it was bad for his image, he would come out again in 2003 but the interview wasn't given as much publicity as it wasn't really controversial anymore by that point). A few quick ones about a few different artists...Charles Manson auditioned for The Monkees (no, he was in jail at the time, he did however do some work with The Beach Boys), Elton John/Marc Almond/Rod Stewart/George Michael (the story has spread about all of them and more) was taken to hospital to have his stomach pumped and they found either a ridiculous amount of semen or whale semen (sources vary) in his stomach contents (obviously not true as the same story has spread about so many different people), Neil Young wrote a pro-war song after 9/11 (he wrote a song called "Let's Roll" which was a tribute to the people who died in one of the planes, one of whom had reportedly said "let's roll" when trying to take on the terrorists...however the song was misinterpreted as being pro-war), Australian alt rock band TISM who were famous for wearing masks were secretly either INXS or The Wiggles or members of both (not true, their identities have been confirmed and no, there's no Wiggles or INXS members under the masks), Pink Floyd wrote Dark Side Of The Moon to sync up with The Wizard Of Oz (they have denied this many times, there are a few coincidences but that's about it), Ozzy Osbourne and Judus Priest hid secret messages in their albums instructing fans to kill themselves (no, as Rob Halford said, if they were to put hidden messages in there it'd be "buy more records").
7:07 how can you try to be all dark and brutal and put your actual blood in a comic book then do some little goofy back and forth dance with each other on stage? 😂
The Chester Bennington one makes me so angry. I hate that 40% of comments on concert clips are people claiming he was murdered to stop him exposing a paedophile ring. That's what his tragic death is intrinsically linked to now, because of so-called fans who don't know when to shut up.
I just thought of Yee(from Dinosaur Adventure by Dingo Pictures) when the first theory called Kanye West "ye". Also, the Satanic Panic effected so many artists I like(who use the 'occultic imagery' as shock value, and are religious). Also, a misconception said former Black Sabbath lead Ozzy Osborne bit the head off of a real bat during one concert, and was sent to the hospital to be tested for rabies. However, it became official merchandise like a plush bat where you remove the head via velcro material.
I'd not heard that Bowie one before. If they really wanted a decent theory using the song 5 years then maybe make up something about how his last world tour got cancelled, later revealed to be because of his cancer diagnosis, happened 5 years before he died. Maybe he's not dead, maybe he's made a new lofe as a gardener...I dunno its been a while since i lstened to Ziggy Stardust.
I've seen Avril joke & laugh about how stupid that theory regarding her is. As idiotic as people are at least she has a great sense of humor about the whole thing even if certain people take it way too seriously
Honestly the Dave Grohl one is still insane to me just the thought of someone trying to get more ticket sales because they faked a leg injury is disgusting and horrible also the Foo Fighters at this point in they're careers the Foo Fighters don't need to boast they're ticket sales people just go to they're shows because the Foo Fighters are just that good and amazing to see on stage and can do it all and sometimes yeah tragedy like that does happen it might seem shocking and wild but it happens and it's terrible to see but they won't make it up just for more revenue and sales they made enough as it is they don't need more money and fame they just do it because they love music and want to perform music until they can't anymore.
@@koneheadcokehead4981 Honestly if I heard that the frontman of an act I want to see live it going to have to sit down for the set I would be less inclined to grab a ticket for that tour…I’d wait till he’s 100 percent on the next tour. It’s such a weird conspiracy theory. I actually seen Type O Negative in 2007 and Pete Steele was having some issues and had to sit the whole show…they still rocked but it takes something away from the energy. Also Pete is so big every chair he sits in looks like something in a kindergarten classroom.
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I remember when Avril's Best Damn Thing album came out and people commenting on the music videos were saying it was a clone named Melissa and not really Avril. I was a teenager and still thought it was stupid. It's probably the first time I posted a comment. It was so ridiculous, I felt like I had to defend Avril's existence.
Here is the thing about the Paul is Dead theory. JOhn Lennon Debunked it the Song How Do You Sleep with the Line Those Freaks was right when they said You was Dead. What he meant by that was that stylisticly Paul's song writing skills had died. He never actaully said Paul was Dead. That said when Paul finally does pass on we all know that a publication is going run the headline. "This Time He ACTUALLY IS DEAD."
@@RockedNet they would have had enough money to do so but I thought it was a wierd rainbow and both involved bob wier so it was at least noteworthy and it was cool as hell
They say if you shut off the lights, light a candle, hold up $20 and say "gene simmons" three times in the mirror, Gene will appear and take your money.
I know many publications would have the same publisher/printer, but saying blood got misplaced and then put in another magazine cover is a stretch even by KISS/Gene Simmons standards.
Ofc Kanye leaned into the conspiracy, with his attitude about himself he would 100% like to believe his coming was predicted like he is some sort of prophet
"An industry plant is a musician who has backing from a record label or other industry resources but presents themselves as self-made and independent." It's becoming more common.
