Platinum Weird

[sami0201]

So, I saw this thing on VH1 about this band. If I get the gist, it's Dave Stewart's new band...but he made up this whole fake story about their history.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...05,0,7044810.story?coll=la-home-entertainment

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002772.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_Weird



He enlisted all of his friends to play along I guess. I believed it at first because I saw the videos of Elton John, Mick Jagger, etc. talking about this band!! Dave and the record label got EVERYONE to play along with this, even the tv reporters!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W31-BqhxVzE&search=platinum weird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C98e16E6Su0&search=platinum weird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDrEZsmf4X4&search=platinum weird

Jimmy Iovine is involved too (in the interview he's wearing a U2 shirt ) I can't decide if this is a really smart interesting thing for Dave Stewart to do, or if it's just really weird!!!


Here's their myspace, you can listen. www.myspace.com/platinumweird


Has anyone else heard of this or seen the thing on VH1? I saw it when it was on but I decided not to watch because I had never heard of the band.