Heard a guy at a record shop dissecting a fake band's discography and it changed my mind about deepfakes

I was flipping through vinyl at this place in Austin last weekend, and some dude was explaining how a fake 70s funk band called "The Moisture Wicks" had a whole backstory about a studio fire that destroyed their master tapes. He even showed me a bootleg cassette he claimed was a live recording from 1978. It made me realize how deep people will go for a fake band lore, and now I kind of respect the effort more than I used to think it was just silly. Has anyone else run into a fan-made legend that sounded too real?

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the_joseph14d agoMost Upvoted

Whoa wait, a bootleg cassette for a band that never even existed?

wyattbennett14d ago

Fake band lore like that is way more convincing than I ever gave people credit for. Guess I fell for it too, since I was halfway ready to track down that cassette before he admitted it was all made up.