In 2018, a band in Bristol, England, is asked to open for Threatin, a successful hard rock group from Los Angeles that's on a European tour. But once the tour begins, things turn strange. When some in the rock community start to investigate Threatin’s frontman, they unravel a host of lies and schemes that leaves everyone confused and wondering if it was all just performance art. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts. http://apple.co/Scamtown
For those of us who have dreamed of being rock stars, you kind of know the drill.
You struggle playing in garages, small clubs, busting your butt, gig after gig, just trying to build some sort of recognition, waiting for that big break.
And then finally, you get an opportunity of a lifetime.
The chance to open for a major band during their international tour.
You spend weeks rehearsing, inviting friends and counting down the days until the show.
But what happens when the gig you thought would change everything turns into something much worse?
Welcome to Scamtown, an Apple original podcast produced by Fun Meter.
I'm Brian Lazarte.
And I'm James Lee Hernandez.
We're filmmakers who've been trading stories now for quite some time, Obsessed and compelled to bring some of our favorites to life.
We love a surprising heist, an intricate scam, or just Paul pulling back the curtain on something you think you know, entering a world that's stranger than fiction, and riding that line between comedy and tragedy.
This is Scam town, a place for our favorite stories that do just that.
Today's episode threaten.
It'S August 2018.
Ed, a young guy from Bristol, England, is planning some gigs with his small unsigned band Camino, when he gets a brief, generic email from Casey Marshall, a booking agent at Stage Right Bookings, asking if he'd like to play a gig in his hometown at a club called the Exchange.
The most brief, generic, sort of very general sort of email.
All it said was, would Kamino be interested in playing on the 6th of November that year?
No details about the show, any of the other bands, or anything like that.
He decides to respond and ask for more info.
They get a response back and learn that they would be one of the opening bands for Threaten, a hard rock band out of Los Angeles.