Posted by Kushal Naik on October 23, 2017
Youtube personality Jared Dines, in preparation for an upcoming video titled “Djent 2017,” recently custom ordered a 17-string guitar for use in the video. That may have been news on its own, but it’s recently come to light that the so-called luthier, Nicholas Olson of Olson Guitarworks, is actually a known scammer who passes off cheap […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 9, 2015
Now-defunct Erie, PA hardcore band Counterfeit couldn’t have been more appropriately named. It’s recently come to light that the band’s vocalist, Hali Etie, has been faking stage 3 cervical cancer to profit to the tune of several thousand dollars. For the past few months, she’d had a gofundme account set up and there were several […]
Posted by Dan Rodriguez on July 24, 2009
Last month we reported on Nuclear Blast and Metal Blade finding with label imposters trying to con unsigned acts out of a few bucks with promises of big time record deals and tour support. The folks at Nuclear Blast are dealing with a particularly persistent grifter who goes by the name Kevin Drander. At first, […]
