# Rock n Roll Urban Legends **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769 "2005-10-25T03:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/61 "2005-10-26T04:48:59Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > I’ve always wondered about the semen ULs. I mean, how do these make it around…don’t these people realize just how much a gallon of semen is? I mean, a full milk jug…we’re talking approximately 950 cumshots. Umm…yeah. (and yes, I converted the average volume of ejaculate to gallons) Did you convert based on **10CC** per cumshot? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/62 "2005-10-26T12:29:44Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I’m not a huge Rod Stewart fan, but I give him a lot of credit for his response to this rumor. > > When Rolling Stone asked him to comment on this legend, he laughed back, “Yeah, I hear that story all the time. What am I supposed to have done, sucked off a whole football team?” > > It can’t be fun to be the subject of sick rumors, but better to laugh at such stories, like Rod, than to take out full-page magazine ads to refute them (like Richard Gere). Back in college (when I could be a bit of an asshole), I called the local rock station to request a song. The DJ asked what I wanted to hear and I replied, “Rod Stewart’s Do You Think I Swallow”. The guy simply replies “Sexy”, and hangs up. ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/63 "2005-10-26T13:22:41Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > No. It wasn’t Axel Rose. It was Donny Wahlberg from the New Kids on the Block and it was so much semen it clogged the machine. > Each generation has its own version. Closer to what I heard. I heard it was Jordan Knight of New Kids. I wonder how far back this UL goes. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/64 "2005-10-26T14:32:46Z")
[QUOTE=vibrotronica] 3) R.E.M. used to do gigs at the Antenna Club in Memphis well after they were big. They would play a big show and then show up unannounced afterwards to play with a local band. One of the names they used for these shows was Hornets Attack Victor Mature. They also used to do this at W. C. Dawn’s in Jackson, Mississippi and at various venues in Athens, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they did this elsewhere in the country as well. Not the same, but I was at the Antenna Club hanging out after R.E.M. played at Mud Island in 1987 (Galaxy 500 opened), and R.E.M. showed up and played a set of songs and jammed with The Soul Capitalists, the band playing that night. Good times! ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/65 "2005-10-26T15:16:28Z")
So Rod Stewart et al. were supposed to have given BJ’s to several hundred people at one time? I sheer stupidity of that rumor is what astonishes me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/66 "2005-10-26T15:20:34Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > So Rod Stewart et al. were supposed to have given BJ’s to several hundred people at one time? I sheer stupidity of that rumor is what astonishes me. Or he could have been the, uh, receptacle, if the participants took things into their own hands. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/67 "2005-10-26T15:26:40Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Ozzy Osbourne never threw any live puppies or kittens into the crowd and demanded that they be torn apart before he would perform. He also never chainsawed any live animals onstage. Ozzy’s response to that rumor was, “Yeah. _You_ try to cut the legs off a doberman with a chainsaw.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/68 "2005-10-26T15:36:36Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > So Rod Stewart et al. were supposed to have given BJ’s to several hundred people at one time? I sheer stupidity of that rumor is what astonishes me. Oh yeah, I’ve also heard this rumor associated with a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/69 "2005-10-26T15:39:17Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > So Rod Stewart et al. were supposed to have given BJ’s to several hundred people at one time? I sheer stupidity of that rumor is what astonishes me. At one time? Yeah, that is too stupid to believe. Axel blew those guys _serially_. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/70 "2005-10-26T16:18:44Z")
> [@Sgt.Pepper](#): > > Closer to what I heard. I heard it was Jordan Knight of New Kids. I wonder how far back this UL goes. Back in the day, doctors had to apply 100 leeches to the stomach of Ludwig Van Beethoven because he had ingested the semen of every member of the audience at a concert in Vienna. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/71 "2005-10-26T16:21:56Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Anyway, anyone who believes a GHOST shows up in a movie probably doesn’t have too many problems with that ghost being from the future. > > Or maybe they do. > > Where exactly does stupid stop? Apparently, there is no stopping stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/72 "2005-10-26T16:34:08Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Apparently, there is no stopping stupid. Which is part of why “it’s taking longer than we thought.” ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/73 "2005-10-26T16:48:04Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > Back in the day, doctors had to apply 100 leeches to the stomach of Ludwig Van Beethoven because he had ingested the semen of every member of the audience at a concert in Vienna. I was thinking of a scene on Mt. Olympus where Hermes is telling Apollo that the reason for one of the Muses’ recent illness was due to the large amounts of semen that she was seen vomiting up. Seeing as the Greek mythology is quite explicit, a scene like that wouldn’t surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/74 "2005-10-26T17:04:44Z")
> [@Sgt.Pepper](#): > > I was thinking of a scene on Mt. Olympus where Hermes is telling Apollo that the reason for one of the Muses’ recent illness was due to the large amounts of semen that she was seen vomiting up. Seeing as the Greek mythology is quite explicit, a scene like that wouldn’t surprise me. It seems that the “quart of semen” legend is imbedded in the human psyche. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/75 "2005-10-26T18:41:28Z")
**Sgt.Pepper,** Is that a genuine ancient legend, or are you making a joke? ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/76 "2005-10-26T19:14:29Z")
That was purely a joke based on the same rumour heard for the different generations of music, then taking the “rumour” back even futher. That was completely made up on my part. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/77 "2005-10-26T19:54:53Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > Were you hungry, just barely alive? > > Oh, wait, that’s the summer of '65. Never mind. 😉 > > –Cliffy no dude, it was the best days of of our lives ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/78 "2005-10-26T20:12:39Z")
> [@Trillionaire](#): > > Did you convert based on **10CC** per cumshot? 😃 I thought it was closer to a lovin’ spoonful. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/79 "2005-10-26T20:13:48Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > It seems that the “quart of semen” legend is imbedded in the human psyche. Perhaps it was a “quartet of seamen” and got garbled in translation. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769/80 "2005-10-26T20:30:54Z")
In about 1978, I was told by no less an authority than [this guy’s](http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist19/dist19.htm) son that Alice Cooper passed a bucket around in the audience at a concert and told everyone to spit in it, then he drank it. I’ve heard variations of this involving other bodily fluids and other rock stars, but I can’t remember who right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-urban-legends/327769.md?page=5)