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troutman · 10-14-2004, 03:45 PM

Did they miss any? How about Courtney killed Kurt? Elvis and Jim Morrison are alive?

http://www.rollingstone.com/rsmyth?pageid=...eregion=single2

1 Paul McCartney Is Dead

2 Ozzy Bites Head Off Bat

3 Jacko Meets the Elephant Man

4 Rod Stewart's Stomach Pumped

5 Gene Simmons' Cow Tongue

6 White Striped Siblings

7 Mama Cass' Ham Sandwich

8 Marilyn Manson's Wonder Years

9 Keith Richard's Blood Transfusion

10 Phil Collins Airs Drowning

moon · 10-14-2004, 04:58 PM

The only way that Courtney killed Kurt was if he asked her to do it for him. WHich I doubt.

Dude wanted to die.

Tron_fdc · 10-14-2004, 05:02 PM

I recall something about Led Zeppelin band members, a groupie, and a frozen fish. I think they may have written a song about it, but I think I might be high as well???

RougeUnderoos · 10-14-2004, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by plett22@Oct 14 2004, 04:02 PM
I recall something about Led Zeppelin band members, a groupie, and a frozen fish. I think they may have written a song about it, but I think I might be high as well???

I don't remember any song about it (that doesn't mean there isn't one) but that incident is detailed in the book "Hammer of the Gods" which is chock full of wild stories (that being the wildest).

That one can't make the myth-list because it's not a myth

peter12 · 10-14-2004, 05:13 PM

What's the story??

Mean Mr. Mustard · 10-14-2004, 05:15 PM

Groupie + Band + Fish

Lets take a wild stab at this one.

RougeUnderoos · 10-14-2004, 05:18 PM

This is not porn or anything, but it's the details of a rather salacious tale.

You've been warned.

http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/mudshark.asp

KevanGuy · 10-14-2004, 05:18 PM

I thought most of the stuff in Hammer Of The Gods was found out to be BS. Didnt a disgruntled former friend of the band write it? I knew the story behind it all ten years ago. Eludes me now.

RougeUnderoos · 10-14-2004, 05:19 PM

Another great rock (sort of) myth is that Screech from Saved By The Bell is Mike D's (Beastie Boys) brother. I think his own bandmates started that one.

peter12 · 10-14-2004, 05:22 PM

MY eyes!!!! MY virgin EYES!!

By the way, I still think Led Zepellin is terrible.

Tron_fdc · 10-14-2004, 05:24 PM

The "Mud Shark" was immortalized in song by Frank Zappa during a Fillmore East gig in June 1971.

Must be that song I'm thinking of. Hard to say really, I think I saw it on "The View" or something.

Mean Mr. Mustard · 10-14-2004, 05:28 PM

Please tell us "The View" is a movie I haven't heard of.

troutman · 10-14-2004, 05:36 PM

Frank Zappa - The Mud Shark Lyrics

Mud sh-sh-shark

The mud shark dancing lesson!

Mud sh-sh-shark
We?re gonna do a little dancing,
A little dancing thing called the mud shark
Now, this dance started up in seattle

Lemme tell you ?bout the mud shark...
The origins of the mud shark are as follows: there?s a motel in
seattle, washington called the edgewater inn. the edgewater
inn?s built on a pier.. so that means that when you look out
your wind
U don?t see any dirt -- it?s got a bay or something out in your
backyard,,, and to make it even more interesting, in the lobby
of the aforementioned motel there?s a bait and tackle shop where
th
Idents can go down whenever they want to, and rent a fishing
pole and some preserved minnows and schlep back up to their
rooms, open the window, stick their little pole outside and
within a few
Es actually catch a fish of some sort that they can bring into
their motel room and do whatever they want with it... you know
what I mean? now in this bay there?s quite a variety of ah...
fish!
Nly do they have mud sharks up there, they got little octopusses
that you can catch. and all these denizens of the deep can come
in real handy... let?s say you were a travelling rock and roll
ba
Lled the vanilla fudge. let?s
Say one night you checked into the edgewater inn motel with a
8mm movie camera, enough money to rent a pole, and just to make
it more interesting -- a succulent young lady (mnaaaah!) with a
tas
R the bizarre... my mind drifts back to a meeting, a chance
meeting in the chicago o?hare airport where the members of the
vanilla fudge told don preston about a home movie they made at
the edge
Inn with a mud shark. I?m gonna tell you, this dance, the mud
shark, is sweeping the ocean!...

Out
You go out
So far out
You do the mud shark. baby ... etc

FlamesAddiction · 10-14-2004, 07:00 PM

The Marilyn Manson rumour I heard was that he was the older son on the show Mr. Belvedere, not the kid on Wonder Years.

BTW, the link is not working for me. Is anyone else having a problem? I would really like to read it.

calf · 10-14-2004, 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by FlamesAddiction@Oct 14 2004, 06:00 PM
The Marilyn Manson rumour I heard was that he was the older son on the show Mr. Belvedere, not the kid on Wonder Years.

BTW, the link is not working for me. Is anyone else having a problem? I would really like to read it.

I never heard the Mr Belvedere one, but heard that he was the geeky kid on the Wonder Years (name escapes me, but it wasn't true).

...also heard Mr Manson had his bottom 2 ribs removed for *use your imagination* purposes, but I'm pretty sure that's false

FlamesAddiction · 10-14-2004, 07:45 PM

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Originally posted by calf+Oct 15 2004, 12:26 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (calf @ Oct 15 2004, 12:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-FlamesAddiction@Oct 14 2004, 06:00 PM
The Marilyn Manson rumour I heard was that he was the older son on the show Mr. Belvedere, not the kid on Wonder Years.

BTW, the link is not working for me.# Is anyone else having a problem?# I would really like to read it.

I never heard the Mr Belvedere one, but heard that he was the geeky kid on the Wonder Years (name escapes me, but it wasn't true).

...also heard Mr Manson had his bottom 2 ribs removed for *use your imagination* purposes, but I'm pretty sure that's false [/b][/quote]
I heard the rib thing too. Maybe that is why he sort of disappeared for a couple of years? :P

I found an interview with the guy from Mr. Belvedere. Apparently he heard the rumour too:

http://www.geocities.com/mrbeaverfalls/rob4.html

Reggie Dunlop · 10-14-2004, 07:51 PM

David Letterman once said on his show that there are three Dick Clarks: Identical twins and a surgically-altered monkey.

RougeUnderoos · 10-14-2004, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by FlamesAddiction@Oct 14 2004, 06:00 PM
The Marilyn Manson rumour I heard was that he was the older son on the show Mr. Belvedere, not the kid on Wonder Years.

BTW, the link is not working for me. Is anyone else having a problem? I would really like to read it.

I can't get the link to work either. Even going straight to Rolling Stone and clicking directly under the picture of Gene Simmons doesn't work. The page opens up and there is an ad and a logo but no content (which you probably figured out yourself).

Anyway, at the risk of sounding naive... I can't figure out why Marilyn Manson would have 2 of his ribs removed.

Tron_fdc · 10-14-2004, 08:20 PM

Just imagine what you could do to yourself if you had no ribs, and could chew on your toenails......

Reaper · 10-14-2004, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by plett22@Oct 14 2004, 04:02 PM
I recall something about Led Zeppelin band members, a groupie, and a frozen fish. I think they may have written a song about it, but I think I might be high as well???

That was John Bonham, members of the band Vanilla Fudge, a groupie and a dead mudshark. The aforementioned mudshark was inserted into said groupie and the rest is history.