Rick Derringer and Steve Stevens accuse record company of 'phoney' releases

RICK Derringer and Steve Stevens have accused a record company of ‘phoney’ releases featuring their names.

Derringer, 76, posted on Facebook that he played no role in a release called Rock’n’Roll Hoochie Koo: The Best Of Relaunched.

“If you paid for this album or any portion of it, released on vinyl and CD at Walmart, etc, you may wish to request a full refund, being very vocally adamant in regard to this,” the seventies star wrote.

“Because, again, not a single note on this phony (sic) bologne (sic) release is sung by me, but by an imposter who, of course, falsely poses as me. That imposter is Todd Plant of the Tampa Bay area, who was paid to ‘try’ to sound like me.

“Todd is a guy who sold-out cheaply and actually eked out a meager living at your expense!

“In response to this misrepresentation and also for the much-anticipated release of the Gold Anniversary of Rick Derringer’s Solo Career, I am releasing a top-notch, most-superior-ever Gold Album which is the finest compilation of the fans favorites and my best fifty songs, that are fully written and sung by the real and only me!”

In response to Derringer’s post, Billy Idol guitarist Stevens posted: “The Prog Collective series were done by my friend Billy Sherwood. I contributed a single guitar track to the album. Not sure where it ended up.

“My role certainly didn’t warrant this kind of false advertising and fact is, upon hearing this …. That’s not even me. I’ve chosen to ignore this, as I’m sure it’s not going to exactly be at the top of the charts, lol.”

Hot Metal has chosen not to name the record company for legal reasons.

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