So, this morning, Meghan and I saw a commerical on VH1 showing such famous people as Ringo Starr and Mick Jagger saying that they recalling listening to a band called Platinum Weird back in the day. They had an album released in 1973.
That would be interesting to know if Platinum Weid wasn’t started sometime in 2004 or 2005.
It’s not like the information is that hidden on the web concerning their origin, but consider that the main site, [?external:http://platinumweird.com.uk platinumweird.com.uk], has the following:
In 1974, Dave Stewart formed a band called Platinum Weird in North London with his female songwriting partner, muse and soul mate, Erin Grace. The pair originally met a few months earlier and formed a creative and spiritual bond. Their debut gig was at Mick Jagger’s birthday party where they quickly enjoyed a cult-like status performing at intimate gigs in London’s rock club circuit. Elton John’s Rocket label signed the band, putting down an advance to send them into studio and lay down tracks.
There’s more, of course, but that’s the first paragraph.
However, consider the [?external:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_Weird wikipedia article about Platinum Weird]:
DioGuardi discussed her role in the project during a 2005 interview. She and Stewart had initially been asked to write songs for The Pussycat Dolls in 2004, but instead the pair ended up with material that DioGuardi described as resembling Fleetwood Mac. Although the collaboration did not produce the intended Pussycat Dolls songs, Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine encouraged the continuation of the project, and longtime DioGuardi partner John Shanks was brought in for album production duties. Stewart confirmed the collaboration in a separate interview. In March 2005, it was reported that they would release an album entitled Avalanche that year. MP3 versions of the tracks “Avalanche” and “Happiness” were made available via MySpace.
There is more information there, of course, but that’s the origin listed. The alternate origin lists something more or less like that from the PW website.
The thing is, careful planning could easily allow for a band no one has heard of to truly have this happen. They [Interscope Records] weren’t trying to cover their track, and needed the rich and famous people to back them up. They also don’t completely say that it is true or fake. I’m curious how this will all play out. It’s kind of like Spinal Tap or MTV’s 2ge+her and similar things. If you think of the ways things could have been done, you’d expect someone from Miniluv to delete this post in about 19 seconds.
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