My lame claims.
I met Rowena Fry at the nationals a few years back and hung out with her for the day. Coolest chick ever.
I met Tom Cruise on the beach at Ocean Shores. Just him and me the only two on the beach. Just said G'day as he walked past and he said the same back. That's it.
I also was lucky enough to co-write 14 songs with Charlie Owen (Divinyls, Tex Don & Charlie) for a theater production, and even had a jam with BB King when I was about 14. Didn't realise how lucky I was at the time though.
I sharehoused with Alex Gray (
http://www.alexgrey.com/ )for a while in Mullum/Mainarm, and lived with the band members from The Mavis's, and the guys from damaged (not very famous I know). But anyone who knows Aussie metal will know who I mean. Used to hang out with Bill Chambers when he came to town and jam a bit on the guitar (Kaceys Dad), lovely bloke, and a great singer.
And the guitarist from Tripod stole my guitar tuner. Asshole.
Did some gigs with/got pissed and partied with Boom Crash Opera, Cog, The Choirboys, The Tea Party, Horsehead, The Whitlams and some other bands who I can't think of right now. Tim from the Whitlams is a drunkard dickhead by the way. Their guitar tech told me not to look at him or he'll freak out. He hated being looked at. Then he took our rider of wine and locked us out of OUR green room and sat in there and drank it with a couple of his mates. When he exited the room all I could do was LOOK HIM IN THE EYES. It did nothing! Oh well....
And when I lived in Sydney I almost ran over Richard Wilkins on my bike when he stepped out onto the road right in front of me.
And I once went and sat in the studio audience of Wheel Of Fortune and got to scream "Top Dollar"! as my mate lost on the first round. Not really a claim though hahaha.
Oh, and I met Tony Hawk when I was about 12 and nearly wet my pants.