Was LAM on the Montel Williams talk show?
Yes, Sean was guest on Montel Williams in 1992. The topic of the show was supposed to be “Gothic rock and its effect on kids”. This is why Sean agreed to be on the program, and why they asked LAM to be on the program (one of the most popular US bands related to the gothic scene). But once the day came to film the show, the producers ‘dumbed it down’ to grab some ratings; they changed the theme to “Vampire Rock” (Montel’s interchangeable phrase for “Gothic” and a phrase they felt would grab viewer’s attention). The program’s producers booked some other bands that were there to simply shock the audience with little else to offer, and also booked an ultra-conservative republican guest as a counter-point who made insane accusations against the bands. The other bands were essentially joke bands there for shock value: Dark Theater was an absurd Chicago-based band with a singer who claimed he was a “real blood drinker” and sang all about vampire fiction. The other band was Haunted Garage, an
