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Platinum Weird was a musical collaboration formed in 2004 between Dave Stewart and Kara DioGuardi & it is also the subject of an elaborate hoax.

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Platinum Weird, The Mockumentary
Platinum Weird was a musical collaboration formed in 2004 between Dave Stewart and Kara DioGuardi & it is also the subject of an elaborate hoax.

Platinum Weird Mockumentary

'Platinum Weird' was an elaborate hoax mockumentary which claimed that the band, 'Platinum Weird' had been formed by Dave Stewart 1974. The mockumentary, produced for television network VH1 was supported by a series of bogus World Wide Web fan sites and related false documents for the 'lost' group.

Back-story

Believing that the unusual combination of an older, well-known artist and a relatively unknown, though highly successful writer for much younger performers might not be accepted by the public, they adopted an elaborate back-story conceived by Iovine.

In a November 2005 Rolling Stone interview, Stewart started to plant the new story about the group's origin, stating that he conceived of the project in 1973.

At that time he also disclosed that the project would be accompanied by a short film.

This followed a message posted by Catherine Schwartz on her Web site that she was working on two Platinum Weird projects, a video for "Happiness" and what she described as a mockumentary set in the 1970s.

Video clips showing Mick Jagger, Adam Levine, Ringo Starr, Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, Lindsay Lohan, Stevie Nicks and others recalling the band were distributed, along with audio tracks said to have come from 1974.

The fictional version of 'Platinum Weird' is a partnership between Stewart and a mythical singer/songwriter from New York City named Erin Grace.

Erin made a strong impression on numerous artists in the UK, including Stevie Nicks, who emulated her style.

After a handful of performances and with an album partially completed, Erin suddenly disappeared.

Apparently distraught over the death of Nick Drake, she abruptly ran off with Elton John's boyfriend in late 1974.

Soon afterward, she turned up in Los Angeles, where Don Henley introduced her to Lindsey Buckingham, setting into motion a relationship that would be the inspiration for the Fleetwood Mac Rumours album.

Years later, a young DioGuardi would meet a neighbor in New York, an older hippie woman who became a mentor in her song-writing efforts.

In her 2004 meeting with Stewart, DioGuardi found that she already knew the words to an old Platinum Weird song, "Will You Be Around", that he was playing on his guitar.

She had learned the song from a neighbour, evidently the lost Erin.

On 5 July 2006, VH1 premiered the mockumentary 'Rock Legends – Platinum Weird', an examination of the band's unusual story, complete with cameo appearances from such rock legends as Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, Elton John, and Ringo Starr, all reminiscing about the former band's short-lived heyday and their impressions of the mysterious Erin Grace.

On the day the mockumentary was screened, Platinum Weird admitted to the hoax in a Los Angeles Times interview.

Stewart did note that the film was "80% true", with real biographical information mixed into the back-story.

In an August 2006 interview, Stewart explained that he did meet a New Yorker in Amsterdam in the 1970s and did write some songs during their brief relationship.

She was not, however, the Erin Grace portrayed in the film.

Comments:

Adam

haha love this hoax!

jontyvictor

Thanks for going to the trouble of posting this ,,,,,,AMAZING.

And then Nick Drake name appears which ties in with my hero John Martyn which then sends me weird.

Thanks

Stuart Graves

why has no one commented on this?

brilliant..

Mixsweet67

I completly agree with Kelly , Christina and Lindsay on Kara , really wish she could put out an album! :)


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