Just lately, a video of Deftones frontman Chino Moreno went viral when he confronted autograph collectors.
“Go forward and inform your mates, I’m not doing this sh*t no extra,” he will be heard saying within the clip, addressing a gaggle of individuals on the road asking him to signal stacks of vinyl information. “You guys go browsing in your little teams and sh*t, inform individuals I’m not singing sh*t no extra. I signed these proper now, however allow them to know I’m not signing something.”
Now, a fan on Reddit has shared a number of listings of signed Deftones albums and a wide range of signed devices on sale on-line, starting from $450 to $1,500, validating Moreno’s issues about autograph seekers.
“Yeah no surprise he received fed up,” one fan wrote on Reddit, with one other including “These individuals suck.”
Autograph collectors have grow to be a significant drawback in recent times, with many repeatedly stalking artists with a purpose to get them to signal information and low cost memorabilia simply in order that they’ll flip round and promote it for tons of, and even hundreds, of {dollars}.
A number of years in the past, Dave Grohl additionally confronted autograph seekers, telling them that any longer he would not be granting autograph requests from most of these individuals.
“I’m going to say it yet one more time. I ended signing sh*t, except it’s for charity. Okay?” he advised a gaggle of individuals in 2021. Once they continued to hound him, asking him to make an exception only for them, he merely mentioned “See ya!” and ran to his automobile.