Some dude that used to be in Whitesnake (who wasn’t David Coverdale) has issued an all points bulletin that someone else has been pretending to be some dude that used to be in Whitesnake (who wasn’t David Coverdale). Mel Galley alerted Blabbermout that this not-really-Mel-Galley knave “introduces himself to bands in pubs and elsewhere as Mel, offers advice, hands out plectrums, wears a snake ring and tells about how he is set to go and work with Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH) in studios in Birmingham or play with ZZ TOP in the USA etc.” All of which leads me to wonder why in God’s name anyone would pretend to be some dude that used to be in Whitesnake (who wasn’t David Coverdale). I’m wondering if my confusion might have something to do with the fact that my head feels like industrial-sized cockroaches in cement boots are doing the running man behind my eyes while “Here I Go Again” blares on a loop. I blame MTV.
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Think about it, it’s brilliant. Who would question someone who claims to be in Whitesnake? Would anyone know what the non-Coverdale members of Whitesnake actually look like?
This is just like when I would tell drunk girls in bars I was the bass player from Lit.
@Jay: Which is a clever disguise to hide the fact that you were actually the lead singer, given your name.
Actually more brilliant than that … it’s really The Nuge! And did you see him last night, pretending to be Brittney Spears. Did a damed good impression, too. For a guy.
@Jay:
You are correct. There was a guy arrested last summer in Pittsburgh for impersonating the 3rd string QB of the Steelers and a backup TE…who is going to know what those two are supposed to look like…he borrowed a bunch of money from one girl, who then tried to contact the player through the team and that is where the wheels came off the wagon…had he kept it to just getting laid, he had a great thing going…
A similar scam could easily take place here in the U.S. with someone impersonating the bass player of Bang Tango. I’d bet the other guys in Bang Tango wouldn’t even notice.
Don’t know the story, but if it were me, I’d be pretending to be John Sykes. Even though Coverdale and Co. had a tendency to bury Sykes in the mix, his growly-shreddy guitarwork lifted Whitesnake from obscurity, to mega-platinum status with the 1986 album. After Sykes was dumped in favor of Adrian Vandenburg and Steve Vai, Whitesnake quickly plummeted back into obscurity…
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If I was to pretend I was some dude in Whitesnake that wasn’t David Coverdale, I’d say Steve Vai…