Top 20 Most Shocking Music Myths

these stories are the stuff of legend welcome to watchmojo.com is Achmed's have you guys noticed that we've been promoting musicians like ro ransom or austin mahone in some of our videos well let me introduce you to sound mojo the watch mojo music label that'll help you find your next favorite artists or are you the next big thing yourself we'll be recruiting signing and promoting these talented people so if you've got something to submit be sure to email us at sound mojo at watchmojo.com and stay tuned to find your latest obsession for this list we'll be exploring the most widely spread rumors and myths about famous players in the music industry we won't be including the Aussie bat bite as that actually happened let's get to it number 20 Jennifer Lopez's prized asset JLo may not be the only celebrity to have allegedly insured body parts but she certainly made quite a few headlines for it in this rumour she didn't just insure her behind she spent up to three hundred million dollars doing it though Dolly Parton David Beckham Rihanna Daniel Craig and Julia Roberts have also reportedly insured body parts it seems Mariah Carey was trying to one-up Lopez after she ensured her legs for 1 billion dollars number 19 Sid Vicious is mom and his ashes a few months after the death of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose since he wanted to be near her in death the punk rockers mother was to take his ashes to the cemetery and spread them over her grave the rumor that she fell while transporting them through Heathrow Airport and spread them all over there instead has never been fully put to rest number 18 love roller coasters scream the Red Hot Chili Peppers covered this song in the 1990s but it's the Ohio players 1975 original that still got people talking thanks to a scream heard during an instrumental break one story states that the album's cover model uttered the shriek while being burned by honey during the recording session but the wildest legend claims that it's a murder victims final scream [Music] the truth is less shocking it's the voice of the band's own Billy Beck number 17 Michael Jackson and the Elephant men due to his deformities Joseph Merrick became part of a freak show during the 19th century and was known as the Elephant men almost a century after his death MJ supposedly offered to buy his remains for anywhere from 50,000 to 1 million dollars whether or not that's true it wouldn't have been possible anyway the Elephant Man's skeleton was never up for sale and any other remains had been previously lost number 16 the white stripes are brother and sister this duo claimed to be siblings for some time so it follows that the Smith gained significant traction over the years in reality they got married in 1996 and later divorced in 2000 with their dark features and similar complexion combined with their clear musical chemistry it's always been easy to believe that the two could have been brother and sister jamming it up from birth number 15 Mama Cass and a ham sandwich after weeks of fasting and performing Mama Cass suffered a heart attack and died while sleeping when she was just 32 but before the autopsy could confirm this the press jumped on the fact that the remains of a sandwich were found near her body Mama Cass deceased ham sandwich as such the tale that the former Mamas and the Papas member choked to death on her food still gets repeated to this day carrot top Roadrunner turkey sub number 14 Elvis lives sometimes diehard fans have trouble letting go especially Elvis fans inconsistencies on his death certificate caused some to suggest the king faked his death and tabloids are full of people who claim to have seen him in the flesh fake death theories are also attached to Jim Morrison since his body was never atop seed and Tupac who keeps releasing new music that fans believe references future events number 13 Charles Manson auditioned for the Monkees most people are aware of the tenuous connection between Manson and helter skelter era beatles but another superstar 60s act is rumored to have connections to the notorious cult leader [Music] Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones of the Monkees have both jokingly claimed Manson was among the group of young men auditioning for a role in the TV series that launched the band since Manson was in prison serving a ten-year sentence when the auditions took place this one just doesn't add up he was also 30 years old at the time and NBC show runners were looking for men between the ages of 17 and 21 number 12 psychedelic bandanas Jimmy was almost as famous for his drug use as he was for his guitar skills so it's not crazy to think he'd found a way to combine them rumor has it the guitar great hit LSD under his bandanas while performing and absorbed the acid through self-inflicted cuts on his forehead but that's not all the shady circumstances surrounding his death encouraged a persistent rumor that Hendrix was murdered number 11 stairway to hell is possibly the greatest rock band of all time there's no shortage of folklore and urban legends surrounding Led Zeppelin about 10 years after the release of their magnum opus stairway to heaven televangelist Paul Crouch of the Trinity Broadcasting Network claimed the band had hidden satanic messages in the songs lyrics by using back masking I live with Satan listening [Music] okay I live in the audience heard that according to Crouch the bustle in your hedgerow section when played backwards actually sounds like here's to my sweet Satan the band has always denied the rumor with recording engineer eddie kramer describing it as totally and utterly ridiculous alright I'll end it there I think that gives you an idea of what's on that tape there's other pieces on further that says I they've got to live for Satan and other all kinds of pieces on there number 10 the Bowie and Jagger romance what do you get when you put together one of rock's most androgynous artists with one of the genres most uninhibited showman well for one thing you get a ridiculous music video featuring bad 80s style and strange dance moves but was even more interesting or the rumours of their more than friendship ad Bowie's ex-wife claiming she caught them in bed together and you've got one heck of a rock and roll story number nine he sold his soul for rock and roll Robert Johnson's complex style made him a legend what's also legendary is how the king of Mississippi Delta blues allegedly got his skills by selling his soul to the devil some point to his short life and songs like me and the devil as proof but others know it was natural talent and hard work another musician who allegedly made a deal with the devil Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page number 8 cow got your tongue amid kisses loud and femme accuse ik eye catching costumes and onstage antics Jean Simmons made tongue wagging his signature move his appendage quickly caught the attention of fence and groupies for its unusual length and soon story spread that the demon had a cow's tongue attached to his own but don't worry it wasn't true and it wasn't possible Simmons tongue looked nothing like a cow's and medicine wasn't that advanced than anyway number 7 Marilyn Manson's ribs and now the rumor that's circulated in millennial elementary school hallways for years unknown provocateur Marilyn Manson built a hugely successful career off of being edgy and controversial but despite what you heard on the school playground he did not have any of his ribs surgically removed to facilitates self Felicio it started after one of the industrial rockers outlandish live shows but Manton has debunked this rumor on multiple occasions much like the myth that he starred as Paul Pfeiffer from The Wonder Years number 6 Mick Jagger a Mars bar and Marianne Faithfull it wasn't a secret that the Rolling Stone and Marianne Faithfull were a couple during the late 60s but what was surprising to some was the tale that Jagger was eating a mars bar out of the singer's private parts when cops busted a party at Keith Richards house in reality nothing of the sort happened though Jagger and Richards did later go to trial on drug charges number 5 a bloody good time years of substance abuse led Keith Richards to want a clean slate the solution a blood purification procedure but his status is a member of the world's greatest rock and roll band mint the media hounded him about it so he fabricated an outrageous tale claiming doctors changed his blood with a new supply another Richards anecdote the Stones guitarist also said he snorted his father's ashes number four Stevie Nicks knows it was during her time with Fleetwood Mac that Nick's developed a cocaine habit it got so bad her doctor told her that she could die if she continued snorting the drug through her nose in order to get around this Nick's allegedly had a roadie supply the powder into her nether parts while she was on tour though the artist has denied the legend she still asked about it in interviews number 3 Paul no more The Beatles were the subject of many rumours including one where they smoked up at Buckingham Palace after an American University paper said the cute one died in a car crash and was replaced by a look-alike the story picked up steam with help from radio stations and clues in the Fab Four his lyrics and album art while he was in an accident he's still alive today and going strong dad this is amazing if you play this backwards it says Paul's dead oh yeah yeah I know number 2 Courtney and Kurt when a shotgun a note were found near Kurt Cobain's lifeless body most accepted the Nirvana frontman is death as a suicide but conspiracy theorists cried murder journalists and filmmakers took this idea further by suggesting his wife Courtney Love was behind it all see the L do say interview and Kurt and Courtney she offered me 50 grand to whack Kurt Cobain yeah I was telling us she was 50 grand to whack Kurt Cobain however most have concluded that there isn't enough evidence to support the murder claim number one Led Zeppelin and the Mudshark incident known as the shark episode this urban legend supposedly involved Led Zep members using pieces of a shark to penetrate a groupies nether regions however the band's road manager claimed he did the deed and used a red snapper instead though Vanilla Fudge is Mark Steyn apparently recorded the incident no actual proof has ever been uncovered I don't know whether it really happened I mean I don't be cool that incident do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 11min 12sec (672 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 18 2019