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Ex-WHITESNAKE Guitarist Warns Of Conman - Sep. 10, 2007

Mel Galley, the former member of the hard rock bands WHITESNAKE, TRAPEZE, and PHENOMENA, has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET:

"I would like to inform your readers that a conman is operating in the Nottingham and Derbyshire areas pretending to be the guitarist and singer Mel Galley who is best known for his work in the bands TRAPEZE, WHITESNAKE, and the PHENOMENA project. He introduces himself to bands in pubs and elsewhere as Mel, offers advice, hands out plectrums, wears a snake ring and tells about how he is set to go and work with Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH) in studios in Birmingham or play with ZZ TOP in the USA etc. He told one band that he hadn’t spoken to former colleague Glenn Hughes for over five years. These are all lies. He even has the cheek to autograph CDs and albums and have his picture taken with fans. It would appear he has being doing this for a number of years.

"How do I know all this? Well, apart from actually being Mel Galley myself, last year I set up my own Internet page on MySpace and also for my band TRAPEZE and ever since then I have had messages thanking me for watching bands I have never heard of, in pubs I have never been to! The only actual band I have met this year is an excellent American one called BLANCO DIABLO who toured the UK recently. The imposter tells people he can’t play the guitar due to a well documented injury I suffered whilst in WHITESNAKE. If you visit my personal site you will see that I actually played live very recently.

"Sorry to disappoint those of you who think you have met me."

To view a recent photo of Mel Galley, click here.

For more information on Galley, visit www.myspace.com/melgalley.

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	COMMENT \| That's mad... posted by : Lloydie Lloyd 9/10/2007 5:03:46 AM

	but how can you mistake an identity like this? I'm going to start going round telling people I'm KK Downing and see if I can get into some free gigs.

	COMMENT \| DON'T BELIEVE THIS!!! posted by : BleakOutlook 9/10/2007 8:15:45 AM

	Actually, I am the real Mel Galley. The guy you're reading about is the imposter that wants recognition from the real me who really has met all those bands, and has gone to all those pubs! Don't believe what you read!

	COMMENT \| ?????????????? posted by : axodry3 9/10/2007 8:44:33 AM

	I'm the real Mel Galley. I know this because I wish I was someone else too.

	COMMENT \| i'm beginning to think posted by : mfiasco 9/10/2007 9:51:21 AM

	that most of the people posting on here are Dave Holland impersonators.

	COMMENT \| posted by : Catbird 9/10/2007 9:51:53 AM

	I am Brian and so is my wife.

	COMMENT \| I retire! posted by : BleakOutlook 9/10/2007 9:56:48 AM

	I'm no longer Mel Galley. I was the original Mel, but I'm retiring, so all you other Mels...have fun! Just make sure you wear your snake ring. Mel.

	COMMENT \| posted by : RiotAct666 9/10/2007 11:09:26 AM

	Hope they catch the person and put a stop to it. and lock his a** up.

	COMMENT \| look what you did stupid imposter! posted by : Jtull 9/10/2007 1:32:40 PM

	you upset Riotact! damn you, damn you to hell! anyway this is funny, who would have enough time to pretend to be Mel Galley, what he played on the UK version of slide it in and saints and sinners (maybe). still he was a far better 'snake guitarist than Vai, but everyone knows Marsden and Moody were the best!

	COMMENT \| I am the real Mel Gallet posted by : Hawkwinder 9/10/2007 6:16:43 PM

	AKA Mickey Gilley, Melanie C, Mel ( I own a diner, but I'm not Vince Tayback). I also played drums on the early Samson lps w/ the psuedonym Thunderstruck.

	COMMENT \| Hilarious posted by : THRASHMONGER 9/10/2007 7:26:37 PM

	Some guy was pretending to be some other guy that I never heard of.

	COMMENT \| JTull - posted by : Mascot 9/17/2007 1:06:12 PM

	Mel only sang on Saints & Sinners - all guitar was played by M & M. That line-up with Sykes & Galley was as good as the Moody & Marsden one, going by live tapes I have. David Coverdale should write a book - Guitarists And How To Cope With Them. Blackmore, Page, Bolin, and all those others in 'Snake - the guy is an authority on the axeman! Riot Act - You're not angry, are you, sir? :)

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