The most interesting pieces of pop music trivia that you know (that are 100% false)

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202. Through a connection with Leland Rogers' brother Kenny, George W. Bush briefly joined the Thirteenth Floor Elevators on bass. Roky Erickson later burned the master tapes, and they remain unheard. Rumor has it he also appeared on one of the Free-Form Freak-Outs on Red Krayola's _Parable of Arable Land_, and that he gave Roky the idea to play insane.

― mike a, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link

203. Rapper Nelly's last name really is Furtado.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link

204. Neil Peart is the drummer in Gay Dad.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link

205. Joey C got his first big break as one of the midgets in the video for Men Without Hats' "The Safety Dance"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link

206. Steve Earle once drove a truck made completely out of watermelon rinds.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link

207. The Bangles' hit single "Walk Like an Egyptian" was originally titled "Walk Like Two Egyptians." The group insisted on changing the lyrics, but never received co-writing credit. Bassist Michael Steele has not been seen in years, and is widely suspected of murdering songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link

154. The Police quietly reunite once a year in the Arctic circle, exclusively for family, friends and Inuit. Sting secretly thinks that this is what's really behind global warming ... and he likes it!

-- Josh in Chicago (Vitesse9...), July 12th, 2005.

i run into this last year, while caribou hunting. sting mistaked me for marilyn manson and asked me to 'jam' with him. i told him to fuck off but his 'entourage' tried to force me to play with him. i kill three of them slashing my way through. they pack up and leave tundra in jet. they never come back i am guessing.

i would have played with him if he had not mistaken me as manson. i'm quite fond of "do do do, da da da".

― Mr. Vas Djifrens (byzantum), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link

208. "Crazy Frog Riddim" was the original name for "Brothers In Arms"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link

209. The least read issue of Vice Magazine ever was the "Egyptian Lover Issue"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:53 (eighteen years ago) link

R. Kelly was originally set to be cast in the Todd Bridges role on "Diff'rent Strokes" until a bout of mono one week before filming forced him to be replaced.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Mike Skinner of the Streets is a keen model train enthusiast, and thanks to his massive success, has become a minority shareholder in Hornby!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 16:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Adam Clayton was so inebriated during the recording of Zooropa that he frequently failed to show up for recording sessions. Most of the bass parts on that record are actually supplied by California anti-comic Neil Hamburger.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 16:03 (eighteen years ago) link

If you read the recent review of The Kaiser Chiefs album in NME, might notice that the first letter of each paragraph spells the word "BRIAN", which strangely enough is the name of leade singer Ricky Wilson's cat!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link

214. Gin Blossoms wrote the song "Til I Hear it From You" about ex-MTV hostess and current Poker Battle of the Sexess commentator Kennedy.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 16:09 (eighteen years ago) link

215. Wild Cherry's biggest hit was originally titled "Play That Punky Music", but the title and lyrics were significantly altered because nobody in the band could think of a suitable rhyme for "boogie" that could be associated with punk music.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link

215a. Unfortunately, "loogie" was suggested too late.

― laura marx ingals, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 16:22 (eighteen years ago) link

on the four track magnetic tape release of Sgt. Pepper, you can hear George Harrison fart.

― danny boy, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 16:51 (eighteen years ago) link

217. Former Twisted Sister bass player Lew Melciano is now fourth chair at Boston's hoity-toity Purience salon.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link

218. Just Blaze's weed man is Mike Vanportfleet from Lycia.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link

219. Kenny Loggins now spends most of his time responding to "fan mail" from "Genny P. Flavia" about "Satisfy Her All Night Longpwt" and "What Is Wrong With Your Penisfv"

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link

220. George Harrison taught Ravi Shankar to play air on the G string while holding breath.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link

221. Kurt Cobain's ashes were scattered over Jim Morrison's Paris gravesite.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link

222. Judas Priest's "Living After Midnight" was based on guitarist K.K. Downing's experiences working nights in a meat-packing factory in Tipton.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link

223. Early pressings of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" feature a slowed-down infrasonic recording of a young Rosie O'Donnell chanting "Congratulations, you beat the meat!" Rosie was soon removed from the release upon discovery that the word "meat" sounded at the resonant frequency of the human anal cavity, causing listeners to experience sustained pants-shitting.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link

224. Iron Maiden's Eddie is Dick Clark's Dorian Gray portrait.

― the full truth, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

225. The Shona language of southern Africa has 34 words for Rockism. Bantu, however, has none.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

226. "Bah!", hissed Shankar, with contempt.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link

227. Grunge-rocker Tad Doyle was a child actor who starred in the title role of the 1974 Broadway production of Oliver!

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link

228. Beck Hansen played Cousin Oliver in the Brady Bunch TV series.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link

229. Contrary to his drole moniker, Rob Zombie is actually a werewolf / mummy hybrid.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link

230. "Autotune" is actually a myth put around by a cabal of Christian fundamentalists to discredit evolution.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link

231. Jamie Lidell's planned last album, featuring a number of dirge like post-rock jams, broken loop pieces and a cover featuring the artist barefoot in a Melvins T-Shirt was ditched at the last minute when the Wire offered a cover feature.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link

232. Melissa Auf Der Maur is employed by Sports Interactive to perform scouting duties on the MSL for the Football Manager games series.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link

233. Exotic foodstuffs named after indie bands of the late 80s include pad thai, arrancini di riso, and Captain Crunch.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link

234. Beat Happening's Calvin Johnson once ate 53 boiled eggs.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:02 (eighteen years ago) link

235. When the police raided the Rolling Stones' country house, they found Keith Richards extracting a Mars bar from Marianne Faithfull's handbag.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link

235. Jamiroquai? Jamirogay.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link

aside from that last one, this is quickly becoming quite the classic thread! however, huk-l, your one about Kenny Loggins has still got me in tears! haha

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link

237. Of the Four Tops, two were actually bottoms.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link

238. The Stroke's originally planned their second album to be a mind expanding marriage of acid glitch beats and Glenn Branca style guitar was ditched at the last minute when an NME insider told them that; "favours would be withdrawn". The band choose to record a number of songs they had previously discarded because they were a bit rubbish.

― elwisty (elwisty), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link

239. Cam'ron won Est'elle's apostrophe off of her in a game of briscola.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link

240. Former husband of suicidal UK TV nobody Gail Porter and former Toploader guitarist Dan Hipgrove now claims never to have never have been in Toploader and insists he was actually in Ultrasound or The Montrose Avenue in a desperately misplaced lunge for indie cred.

― elwisty (elwisty), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link

241. Global warming is an elaborate KLF prank.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link

242. Sienna Miller was named for an early Chris DeBurgh demo, a song that evolved into "Lady in Red".

― satanzilla, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link

243. Notorious B.I.G. wanted to use the moniker King Tubby before learning of the dub artist's existence.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link

244. Synth-pop one-hit wonders Fiction Factory were so named after an unpatented invention of the vocalist's father: a vast mechanical computer housed in a shed, capable of hammering out passable romantic novellas and third-rate thrillers at the rate of one every three hours.

245. All but one of the Bangles blister badly if they're exposed to lager shandy; the weaker the mix, the greater the pustulation - if it's diet lemonade, they look like bubble wrap.

246. Saffron from Republica is serving three consecutive life sentences in an Angolan prison after "entering a box junction before [her] exit was clear" on the outskirts of Luanda during their "Mid-90s Fever!" co-headline tour with Babylon Zoo and Stiltskin; in the absence of defence counsel, Jaz Mann represented her in court.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link

247. The so-called Sun Ra was actually nothing but a carefully planned cover-up operation for the US Star Wars program.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:26 (eighteen years ago) link

248. Shed Seven were originally a seven-piece, but three members left the day before they were signed after finding out that Rick Witter had slept with all of their sisters (of which there were fourteen). The three departees would go on to form part of the original line-up of the Longpigs.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link

249. When Eminem was runner-up in the Rap Olympics, the winning MC was in fact future EU Commissioner Romano Prodi.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link

250. ...whose sister formed the Scissor Sisters.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:31 (eighteen years ago) link

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