the conspiracy goes like this that avril
died
and was replaced by an avril lookalike
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest music fan theories who is steve
mike
that is the name of a group of people
that helped me in my
early stages and i still work with some
of them some claim he looks
just as elvis would have looked as an
elderly man so this started some rumor
that because he was bare footed he's
dead for this list we'll be ranking the
most
outlandish and enduring theories and
urban legends about musicians
do you swear by any of these theories
did we miss any along the way
sound off in the comments number 10
david bowie predicted the rise of kanye
west
david bowie fans loved the out there
science fiction concepts that filled the
glam rockers early work
but even ziggy stardust die hards will
likely shake their heads at the first
theory on our list
linking david bowie with kanye west if
it's in fact true
oh don't believe it the idea began in
2007
when fans pointed out the k west sign in
the cover art for the album the rise and
fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders
from mars
lyrically the tracks describe an earth
doomed to destruction in five years
until bowie's alien alter ego intervenes
kanye was born five years after the
album's release leading fans to conclude
that kanye was in fact the prophesied
star man
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however the other fan connections to
this theory are basically only
convenient coincidences
if i'm afraid to be me i'm no longer yay
that's what makes yay
number nine beyonce pretended to be
pregnant
call this next theory bump gate some
fans will do anything to keep their
favorite celebrity in discussion
even if that celeb is already world
famous case in point
beyonce who fans made the subject of a
far-fetched fan theory while she was
pregnant with her first child blue ivy
what this moment exposed to some even
caught us by surprise
the rumors stemmed from the singer's
appearance on an australian talk show
specifically how her baby bump seemed to
deflate when she sat down for an
interview
fans started surmising that beyonce was
wearing a prosthetic stomach and that a
surrogate was carrying the child
the truth was much more realistic as it
was just the folding of beyonce's dress
that caused the commotion
as beyonce sits down with molly meldrum
her dress folds
number eight andrew w.k and dave grohl
are the same person
there isn't enough room here to detail
the craziness that is the career of
andrew wilkes cryer
also known as andrew w.k in particular
there's a lot of mystery behind the
identity of steve
mike a pseudonym used by both andrew and
someone accusing him of being
a fake who is steve mike that is the
name of a
group of people that helped me in my
early stages and i still work with some
of them but we're here to speculate on
the fan theory that the party hard
singer is
actually dave grohl in disguise i've got
another confession to make
spoiler alert he's not although growl
did once invite wk to open for the foo
fighters in san francisco
alternatively some fans have theorized
that growl is really steve
mike the idea behind that he's some sort
of shadowy svengali who created andrew
wk as a millie vanilli-esque studio
project
number 7. lorde is older than she
appears
lord's unique delivery and minimalist
production style made a lot of ears perk
up amongst
fans critics and industry insiders alike
that said
a creative voice so forward thinking
just has to be from some sort of crafty
musical veteran right well that's
actually the origin behind our next
crazy conspiracy theory
that lord was not a teenager when her
debut pure heroine was released in 2013.
it all comes down to crazy conjecture
based on the maturity level of her music
there have been a number of blog posts
rattling off humorous reasons why
lord seems to handle herself in a manner
that's above her peers
it's all in good fun of course hopefully
no one actually believes this
one let me live that fantasy
number six subliminal backwards messages
it's a tale as old as time your favorite
albums are hiding subliminal messages
within those vinyl grooves with their
true intentions revealed should you dare
to spin the black circle backwards
these messages could be anything from
advocating devil worship and drug use to
something far
more sinister sadly this was the basis
in an infamous court case involving
heavy metal legends judas priest
are there subliminal do-its
on the better by you better than me song
absolutely not
in 1991 they had to defend their
recording of better by you better than
me against accusations that it drew
two young nevada men to attempt suicide
not even taking into account that the
song in question
is a cover song by 70s rockers spooky
tooth
the truth is that the backwards messages
were all in the listeners minds
i know one thing i've learned from this
court case i'd hate to go and caught
something to hide
i'll be scared to death number five
jay-z
and the illuminati we've already
mentioned beyonce earlier in our list
so now it's time for her husband to have
a turn riding the conspiracy theory
train
we were never a celebrity couple we were
a couple who just happen to
be celebrities there are actually a
number of fan beliefs about jay-z
for example there's the claim that he's
an immortal vampire
based on an old photo of a man who bears
a strong resemblance to him
then there's the one about him being a
member of the illuminati yep like lady
gaga taylor swift and just about
everyone else who's famous
jay-z supposedly belongs to a powerful
cult that secretly runs the world
okay so we know that queen b and j are
mega icons and all
but they're not ruling the world are
they yes
absolutely number four elvis faked his
death
often it takes a collective grieving
process for fans to get over the deaths
of artists they love
it's even more difficult when those
idols die young or under tragic
circumstances
perhaps this is why so many fan theories
have arisen around deceased
musicians there have been tabloid
settings of presley as well
most of those are quite humorous one of
the most popular posits that a given
musician faked their death
and is still alive it's been said of jim
morrison
tupac and most famously elvis presley
people have been reporting sightings of
elvis alive and well for decades now
some claim he looks just as elvis would
have looked as an elderly man
some claim that the king has had to hide
from organized crime
others that he was really an alien and
just went home
that last one is a nice thought we guess
the presley's near and dear
there is a cruelness to all the credence
lent to the stories
of elvis still being alive number three
phil collins let a man drown out of all
the conspiracy theories on our list
this one might have the most ardent
believers in the modern day
when rappers like eminem are referencing
the tale on songs released in the year
2000
you know this rumor has legs it has to
do with the phil collins solo track
in the air tonight you know the song by
phil collins
the song's lyrics are a metaphor for
phil's painful 1980 divorce
but fans for years have taken the words
literally concluding that the former
genesis front man and drummer let a man
drown
or in other versions saw another man
letting someone drown
and then shined a spotlight on the
guilty party at a concert while singing
the song
either way it's not true that is the
best story i've ever heard of i know
unfortunately none of it's true number
two courtney love was involved in the
death of kurt cobain
kurt cobain the leader of one of rock's
most gifted and promising bands nirvana
is dead some theories on this list boast
internet chatter to their name
but very few of them have had full-scale
books and docu-dramas based upon them
grunge fans grieved when kurt cobain
killed himself on april 5th
1994 with many struggling to understand
why the beloved figure ended his life in
such a violent fashion
cobain's struggles with addictions were
well documented but it wasn't long
before theories arose that there was
some sort of conspiracy behind his death
and many others believe the lower four
lines are are completely different
handwriting what so they were added by
someone else possibly
courtney is that the suggestion
furthermore some fingers pointed at
cobain's wife courtney love
it's a conspiracy theory that's managed
to endure for decades
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
clatu were actually the beatles their
debut album was thought to be a beatles
album in disguise
hotel california is satanic does church
of satan founder anton levay
lurk within the gatefold lp mama cass
choked on a sandwich an offensive
post-mortem theory based on the singer's
weight rebecca black's insight about jfk
is friday sung from jfk's perspective on
the morning of his death
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number one paul is dead what's crazier
than theories about deceased celebrities
being alive
well how about the idea that a living
celebrity is actually dead
referred to as paul is dead this theory
from beatles fans claims that paul
mccartney died in the late 60s
and was replaced by a look-alike the
myth suggests
the beatles planted clues to paul's
death in their songs and album art
to break the news gently fans grew
obsessed with attempting to find hidden
clues within beatles album art and song
lyrics to the point that many turned
these tenuous connections into a morbid
hobby
so this started some rumor that because
he was barefooted
he's dead oh and did we mention that
there's a similar fan theory involving
avraha levine
the perils of being famous yeah some
people think that i'm not the real me
which is so
weird like why would they even think
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