alparrott
Diamond Member
A friend of mine Facebooked me a link to this article last night, and I found myself unable to stop clicking through the succession of articles documenting the European tour of a metal band that apparently only ever existed in its namesake's head.
http://www.metalsucks.net/2018/11/09/l-a-band-threatin-faked-a-fanbase-to-land-a-european-tour-no-one-attended/
Excerpt from the lead article (essentially the TLR of the whole thing): "But the Los Angeles band Threatin have taken that idea to a level previously thought unimaginable: the band was able to book an entire tour of Europe despite having no fanbase whatsoever, and it’s all in the process of crashing down around them. ...To do it, the band’s frontman and leader, Jered Threatin, posed as a nonexistent booking agent / promoter to land the gigs, used faked live footage of allegedly packed shows in L.A., bought Facebook likes, event RSVPs and YouTube views and lied about ticket sales numbers to swindle venue owners and talent buyers into taking on the shows."
This sounds kind of similar to a thread someone posted a while back about being asked to go on a European tour out of the blue - and considering the utter car wreck this has turned into, I hope he said no.
I keep thinking if this guy had worked as hard on his music as he apparently did on his con game, he'd be way ahead...
http://www.metalsucks.net/2018/11/09/l-a-band-threatin-faked-a-fanbase-to-land-a-european-tour-no-one-attended/
Excerpt from the lead article (essentially the TLR of the whole thing): "But the Los Angeles band Threatin have taken that idea to a level previously thought unimaginable: the band was able to book an entire tour of Europe despite having no fanbase whatsoever, and it’s all in the process of crashing down around them. ...To do it, the band’s frontman and leader, Jered Threatin, posed as a nonexistent booking agent / promoter to land the gigs, used faked live footage of allegedly packed shows in L.A., bought Facebook likes, event RSVPs and YouTube views and lied about ticket sales numbers to swindle venue owners and talent buyers into taking on the shows."
This sounds kind of similar to a thread someone posted a while back about being asked to go on a European tour out of the blue - and considering the utter car wreck this has turned into, I hope he said no.
I keep thinking if this guy had worked as hard on his music as he apparently did on his con game, he'd be way ahead...
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