Another one that springs to mind is an audition I did on bass about ten years ago. The way the ad was worded and the way the guy spoke on the phone it sounded like everything was in place and things were starting to move so I decided to give it a go. He was holding the audition the next day so I went in without hearing any of their songs, or any preparation at all. Once I arrived, I noticed two drum kits and four guitarists, it turned out everyone was auditioning. We started off and the main guy taught everyone the songs which were very formulaic, excruciatingly basic and easy to pick up, quite crap actually. He clearly saw himself as a star though, his opinion of himself far greater then his mediocre musical ability. We took a break after a couple of hours and he then had a quick chat with everyone individually outside which is when the fun really started.
He liked my bass playing, which was nice, and he wanted me to stick around permanently. I wasn't so sure. Then he said he wanted everyone to wear masks or make-up on any [i]official[/i] band business, but we were free to come up with our own designs, which I thought was kind of him. I didn't dig that kind of gimmickery when I was a teenager and I was well past that stage in my life so was already walking the plank, mentally. Then came the clincher, with a straght face he told me he wanted me to come up with a new name for myself because "[i]you don't want journalists finding out where you live[/i]"
Like a good journalist, I made my excuses and left.