Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar
For over a decade, Mekenzie Zimmerman lived a double life — mom by day, Stevie Nicks by night — as the founder and original lead singer of Rumours ATL, one of the biggest Fleetwood Mac tribute bands in the world.
What started as a dream in a Smyrna, Georgia basement grew into sold-out theaters, tour buses, backstage chaos, and the kind of behind-the-scenes drama you can’t make up.
In Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar, Mekenzie pulls back the curtain on the music, the memories, the heartbreak, and the lessons she never expected to learn. This is a raw, honest, often emotional audio memoir about identity, ambition, friendship, control, betrayal, and the long road to finding peace again.
If you love personal storytelling, music documentaries, or true stories told with heart, humor, and a little grit — you’re in the right place.
New episodes every Friday.
This is her story — in her words.
Episodes
12 episodes
SEASON 1 FINALE BONUS EPISODE- Recap of Season 1
Welcome to the bonus video episode / Season 1 recap of Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar.When I started this podcast, I thought I was just telling a story about the past.But this season became something bigge...
Episode 10- After The Glitter Fades
When I started Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar, I thought I was telling a story about the past.About the basement.The stages.The fame.The fallout.But somewhere along the way, this season became something...
Episode 9- Time Makes You Bolder
In this episode, I walk through what actually happened after I quit: the harassment, the legal pressure, the WIPO filing-- and why I ultimately chose to protect my work, my name, and my peace. I talk about what it's like to stand your ground wh...
Episode 8: I Have Always Been A Storm
This episode was hard to make.Not because I didn’t know what to say —but because I’ve spent a lifetime learning how not to say it.In Episode 8 of Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar, I stop performing str...
Episode 7: I Know I'm Not Wrong
There’s a moment before you leave something important.Not the argument. Not the blow-up.The moment when you realize you’ve been explaining yourself for too long.In this episode, I talk about what led up to my leaving the band — t...
Episode 6: Shatter Your Illusions of Love
In this episode, the fantasy finally cracks.Shatter Your Illusions of Love is about the moment you realize that what you thought was love was actually control, confusion, and carefully constructed chaos. It’s about the slow unra...
🎁 BONUS EPISODE: Holiday AMA — Unwrapping Your Questions!
Pour the cocoa, grab a cookie (or five), and settle in — because this bonus episode is wrapped up in tinsel, chaos, and pure holiday cheer. 🎄✨In this special AMA, I’m answering your questions: the heartfelt, the hilarious, the b...
Episode 5: The Cracks Begin To Show
Every band has a breaking point-- but it never arrives all at once. It starts quietly. A strange silence in the van. A look you can't quite read. A decision that feels just a little off. A moment where your stomach says, something's changin...
Episode 4: On The Road Again...(and Again)
Welcome to the road-warrior era-- the part of the story where absolutely nothing made sense, but everything was hilarious. In Episode 4, we're piling into vans, chasing shows across the map, surviving on gas station snacks, and learning how to ...
Episode 3: Running In The Shadows
In this chapter, we step out of the spotlight and into the darker corners of the story-- the places where ambition meets fear, loyalty tangles with ego, and the pressure of being "Stevie" starts to press in from all sides. This episode dives in...
Episode 2: The First Show
Eleven years ago, long before tour buses, sold-out theaters, and all the chaos that came later, there was a tiny Atlanta venue called The Star Bar — and one band dream just starting to take shape.This episode goes back to wher...
Episode 1: The Basement
Every story starts somewhere, and mine began in a basement filled with laughter, late nights, and the first spark of a dream. In this first episode of Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar, I revisit the early days— the friendships, the music...