Longtime porn agent David Forest shared some of his long-kept secrets this week to a film crew chronicling the life and legacy of Chuck Holmes, the legendary founder of Falcon Studios. Director Mike Stabile says his chat with Forest was “unexpectedly informative.”
Yeah, no kidding: This guy knows the dirt—he’s represented some of the biggest porn stars of the 1980s and ’90s, including Leo Ford, Billy Brandt, Ken Ryker, Tom Katt and Ryan Idol (who got $40,000 for a two-movie deal thanks to Forest). His anecdotes stretch back more than three decades, to a time before AIDS, when VHS was about to revolutionize the adult-film industry.
Before he got into porn, Forest was a rock promoter—he helped launch the career of his college chum Stevie Nicks and went on to manage James Taylor, Carole King, Van Morrison, Shaun Cassidy and The Carpenters.
Forest got his start in the x-rated biz booking live shows in San Francisco and L.A. in the 1960s and ’70s, but he was happiest getting his clients into X-rated movies in the 1980s. “When he talked about the good old days, he wasn’t talking about all-night parties,” writes Stabile. “He was talking about the money he made for the boys.”
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“Now David isn’t exactly Justin Bieber—he’s been arrested twice for pandering… going to jail once in the mid-’90s,” blogs Stabile. “And he’s never been exactly welcome at the studios, who didn’t like him driving up prices for porn performers.” (You might recall Forest made waves a couple of years back when he talked about how much money porn actors could make in a crappy economy if only they’d consider escorting.)
It’s too early to say how much of Forest’s dish will make the final cut. “He gave us plenty of juice” about the A-list porn stars he repped, Stabile says, “as well as his high-profile Hollywood client list. But like good hustlers, we’re holding out on the good stuff for later.”
Source: GayPornBlog.com (NSFW). Photos via Facebook, GayPornBlog.com
Mark
This guy is the biggest bullshitter in LA. Why do you further his delusions he was Carole King’s and The Carpenters’ and James Taylor’s “manager”? Any one who knows of his history can tell you bottom line is he’s been a pimp all his life. To this day you can find his “Meet the Stars” program online where this ancient queen tries to skirt going to jail a third time for prostitution promotion by pimping gay porn stars online he will “introduce” you to by giving out their e-mails if you relieve yourself of 300 to 600 dollars. Now never mind he uses 10-20 year old photos of pornstars who are long gone from the business, and if they are recent pornboys, a lot those guys have no clue they are on his website and it would take an idiot not to be able to locate them anyway via their own websites, Twitter, or pages on Rentboy?
40 or 50 years ago, he might have booked Fleetwood Mac into a concert once or twice before they were famous. And now he was their “manager” and also “manager” to The Carpenters, Carole King and James Taylor. And you repeat this BS. Seriously, at one time Carole King had the biggest selling album in history. And she wouldn’t know who this guy is if he fell on her.
DRETI
“Now David isn’t exactly Justin Bieber”—WHY WOULD YOU COMPARE HIM TO JUSTIN BEIBER???!!!!!
THATS SICK
Jim S
David Forest may have known who Chuck Holmes was, but in no way knew him. The fact that he is being used for this documentary call into question any creditability this project might have.
Mark
I wonder if the author of this piece has any proof that David Forest was the manager for The Carpenters, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Shaun Cassidy, or Carole King. Outside of Cassidy, those were some A+++ list musical acts in the 70s. Seems them all having the SAME manager would be easy to verify somewhere. Sounds like rock-n-roll history. You’d think at least a wiki page would be there for this super manager.
arib
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Xavier Murray
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