Social Media Ideas for Music's Greatest Conspiracies

Running low on conspiracy theories? Here are a few music-related ones you may not have heard about.

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Conspiracy theories are seductive things in a complex world. They offer explanations for strange and terrible realities in a see...

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 071: Music’s greatest conspiracies, part 4

There was a time when, if something appeared in the media, we tended to believe it. After all, the news wouldn’t lead us wrong. We trusted newspapers and TV and radio. Didn’t they

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 069: Music’s greatest conspiracies, part 2

Given the complexity of life today, it’s easy to fall into these rabbit holes. Humans naturally look for patterns in their existence. If we see something, we instinctively look for...

The 12 wildest true-crime stories in music history

From the mysterious death of Sam Cooke and the unsolved murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. to the bizarre theft of Gram Parsons' corpse and the chaos of Altamont, the...

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 070: Music’s greatest conspiracies, part 3

You cannot believe everything you read. You cannot believe everything you see on TV. You cannot believe what you see online. Trust no one, because the universe is out to get you. T...

4 of the Biggest Stretches Among the “Paul Is Dead” Musical Clues

Wings' Paul McCartney. More than just another piece of music The "Paul is Dead" myth built up a lot of steam over the years. These four songs contained "clues" that seem kind of si...

The Mysteries Behind 3 Classic Rock Songs That Their Writers Can’t Explain

George Harrison took the No. 1 position from Paul McCartney today in 1973 These classic rock songs were inexplicable. Whether because of dreams or some higher power, these musician...

Absolutely BONKERS Celebrity Conspiracy Theories That Just Won’t Go Away!

What were people smoking when they thought up these theories?! Over the years, celebrities have been hit with some absolutely bonkers conspiracy theories that refuse to disappear —...

25 Verrrrrrry Fascinating Music Facts That Even Diehard Fans Might Not Know

Some of music's biggest hits have unbelievable backstories.View Entire Post ›

3 Rock Songs With a Secret Hiding in Plain Sight

Pink Floyd playing on the stage surrounded with a smoke and illuminated with a red stage lights during the concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland in June 1973, J...

3 of the Biggest Stunts Ever Pulled by Legendary Rock Bands

Portrait of Japanese-born artist and musician Yoko Ono and British musican and artist John Lennon (1940 - 1980), December 1968. (Photo by Susan Wood/Getty Images) These rock stunts...

The 10 Zep Zeppelin stories that refuse to die

From occult rumours and hidden symbols to bootleg recordings and tales of excess...

The True Stories Behind Legendary Album Covers

People keep asking me about a lostwave song they call “CIA.” I have no answers, but…

“Lostwave” is the generic terms for songs that no one can identify. The hunt for these tracks is so popular that I did an entire Ongoing History of New Music show on the

“We said, ‘You can’t release it. This is his album, not ours. It will ruin our career.’ And that’s exactly what happened...

A rising British band’s reputation was trashed by their collaboration with a French musique concrète artist. But they’d opened the door for rock’s marriage to electronic sounds

How Charles Manson Permanently Changed the Legacy of a Beatles Song

The conspiratorial cult leader interpreted an iconic album as a call for violence and chaos.

3 Times Legendary Artists Almost Joined the Lineup for Your Favorite Rock Bands

John Lennon, Beatles associate Alexis Mardas (aka Magic Alex), Paul McCartney, and John's driver Les Anthony at London Airport, 11 May 1968. John and Paul were bound for New York t...

4 Classic 80s Albums From Music Royalty That Deserve More Recognition and Love

UNITED STATES - MAY 09: Photo of Bob DYLAN; performing live onstage at the benefit for ousted Chileans: Felt Forum, New York (Photo by Steve Morley/Redferns) Even the biggest star...

A brief history of music scandals rocking New Zealand politics

After Tamatha Paul was accused of ripping off Metallica, Alex Casey looks back at the many other times politics and music have collided.  This week, Green MP Tamatha Paul hastily r...

The 65 Greatest Album Covers of All Time, Ranked

Album covers have been selling music before a single note plays, and some of them hit harder than the songs inside. Continue reading…

Random music news for Friday, July 24, 2026

This website lists the Ten Most Hated People in the World. You can probably guess 1-4. Numbers five, seven, and 10 are musicians. Without looking, can you guess who they might be?...

“The firm’s scattershot denial seemed unconvincing, like Mötley Crüe insisting they have no idea what happened to that a...

It’s stealing musicians’ copyrighted material, lifting the videos of content creators and spreading slop across streaming sites, but AI’s negative effects on music go beyond even t...

In 1984, an anonymous poster said a Pink Floyd album hid a prize. Nobody ever found it

On June 11, 1994, a user posting anonymously through a remailer to the Pink Floyd newsgroup on Usenet told fans that the band's new album had "a central purpose and a designed solu...

How the death of Rolling Stones’ founder Brian Jones became a true-crime obsession

More than 50 years after a verdict of death by misadventure, conspiracy theories, amateur sleuths and true-crime podcasters are still searching for answers