Favorite Publicity Stunts

[Rocker4Real]

What are some of your favorite publicity stunts bands have done through the years? Of course there are the staged pictures of bands with centerfolds on the bed. The former manager of GNR said he put things out in the press about Axl running over dogs with his car. Axl got pissed about it and blamed the magazine.

[Brainy Lane]

I always appreciated the Poison album cover controversies. I have had both the Open Up and Flesh and Blood original covers!!!!

[Turner Coates]

The Stones rolling down 5th Ave in NYC, playing on a flatbed truck.

[BernieTaupson]

VH “parachuting” into Anaheim Stadium.

[GreatWhiteSnake]

Jizzy hanging himself from the HOLLYWOOD sign of course...

[PBFSUCKS]

DLR rock climbing Tower Records

[tooth]

is this a trick question? KISS with the blood in the comic book ink, obviously.

[Nate S Axel]

Jizzy hanging himself from the HOLLYWOOD sign of course...

That one.

[GoodJudge]

Van Halen parachuting is hard to top. Maybe it inspired 'Queen Elizabeth' parachuting into the Olympic stadium in 2012?
Plasmatics' free gig in New York that ended with Wendy O Williams driving a car off a ramp into the Hudson
Does Matthew Trippe count?

[Turner Coates]

Van Halen parachuting is hard to top. Maybe it inspired 'Queen Elizabeth' parachuting into the Olympic stadium in 2012?

Santa Claus(s) have been parachuting at events for nearly a century.
It's an old TV and radio station publicity stunt, like flagpole sitting.

[BernieTaupson]

Wolfgang wearing that fat suit for a decade.

[Kid-Wicked]

farewell tours that aren't

[roxxxtar]

Rick Allen losing his arm

[Indy_Rob]

Rick Allen losing his arm

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[Love_Industry]

Judas Priest announcing that they are going to tour as a four piece band after Firepower.
Then backtracking after a few days of fan reaction.
Very clever, Jayne, very clever.
Bad publicity is also publicity.

Honorable mention to Angel for naming an album Bad Publicity, then immediately withdrawing it. It became the Sinful album, their last and best.

[cinman1802000]

Jackyl: The Story Behind The Band's War With K-Mart 'I Stand Alone' Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEtp4WnoGbY

[BernieTaupson]

Ozzy owes his solo career to biting the heads off flying mammals.

[kingbrian74]

Motley Crue "retirement contract"

[GoodJudge]

Motley Crue "retirement contract"

I thought you'd be saying something about Vinnie's shred-fest launch parties for all those "coming very soon, honest" albums he's recorded.

[Mojo]

The probably made up stunt when Alice Cooper rolled a billboard of himself pictured naked down a London hill into traffic.

[eddie lee roth]

Lorne Michaels offering $3,000 to The Beatles to reunite on SNL back in the 70’s.

[Turner Coates]

Lorne Michaels offering $3,000 to The Beatles to reunite on SNL back in the 70’s.

Then George wanted to know if that was per man or if it was the total.

[TravisBicklesMohawk]

Madonna's Sex Book.

She's the queen of publicity stunts.

[ar1888]

Motley Crue-“caution this record may contain backwards messages”. Note inside the Shout At The Devil.

[diablomozart]

Jackyl: The Story Behind The Band's War With K-Mart 'I Stand Alone' Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEtp4WnoGbY

that was my local kmart...it was pretty fun to be honest...i used to see jackyl at macgruder's quite a bit...d.m.

[BernieTaupson]

Lorne Michaels offering $3,000 to The Beatles to reunite on SNL back in the 70’s.

Lennon and McCartney almost went down to collect that.

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beatle ... mccartney/

[Bono Nettencourt]

Metallica playing all 50 states in 1989, which resulted in them playing a bar in Newark, DE because it was the only place that would have them. I was there.

[WOLF]

Motley Crue "retirement contract"

This is my favourite, as every now and then, here on Sludge, or on social media, you get people referring to it as if it was real/legal/binding, and using it as the basis of their argument.

Truly the gift that keeps giving in being able to point out human stupidity and gullibility.

[Cindy Buzzedimisa]

Rock Of Love and the other shows like it.

[Lobo]