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

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591. Doctors can sometimes diagnose gonorrhea from a person's hands, as the disease can swell extremities and cover them with greenish sores. This is how Clap Your Hands Say Yeah got their name.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link

592. Divisions Of Laura Lee don't actually exist. Their 'records' are actually empty CD cases designed solely to fill out the shelves at HMV.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link

I like how I started the thread but yet I'm the only idiot who can't ever seem to remember to number the trivia he contributes.

― Cunga (Cunga), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link

593. The only record that Virgin Megastores' 'mystery shoppers' are allowed to purchase is Cat Power's What Would The Community Think?. Employees incur an immediate fail if they do not ask the purchaser if they've heard of Joanna Newsom.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

594. Before becoming an indie musician, Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson held an impressive 17-5-0 record on the bare knuckle boxing circuit.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

595. Blackalicious MC Gift of Gab has never lost a game of gin rummy in his life. He attributes this to "positive thinking"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link

596. Drew Carey used to front not one but two Pere Ubu cover bands back in the early eighties, and all before he got fat, too.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link

597. In a 1998 Melody Maker poll, 94% of musicians polled said they'd rather be in Slayer instead. Exceptions included Chris Geddes of Belle & Sebastian, Heather Nova, and Prince.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link

598. The Proclaimers chose their name with the express intention of annoying Chrissie Hynde.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link

599. My Bloody Valentine guitarist Bilinda Butcher was disqualified from the qualifying rounds of the 1987 World Professional Darts Championship for spitting.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:49 (eighteen years ago) link

600. Ted Nugent has a genetic predisposition towards perfect teeth, but gets a dentist-to-the-stars to artificially yellow them so he can maintain his "street cred."

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link

601. Embrace's Danny McNamara will not allow any journalist to interview him until they agree that he knows more Simpsons quotes than they do.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link

602. Charlie Simpson's desperation to prove his indie cred in early Busted interviews often led to him replying "I can't believe how the BBC fucked up the scheduling of Seinfeld and The Larry Sanders Show" when asked about how the band got their name.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 August 2005 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link

This is taking a Thrills: believe it or not turn...

― KeefW (kmw), Sunday, 28 August 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link

603. Def Jux records originally only sold Dick Curless reissues.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 28 August 2005 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Rick Witter practised as a Mormon for three weeks in 2002. Despite claiming to have "lost interest" in religion, he still has fourteen wives

― Jason J, Sunday, 28 August 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link

605. The moniker "Missy" Elliott is due to a dyslexic PR assistant at her record company. Elliott hints at this mistake in the song "Spelling Bee", her real name Melissa being Ancient Greek for "bee"; see e.g. Liddell & Scott.

― OleM (OleM), Sunday, 28 August 2005 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link

606. Paddy McAloon's real name is Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin. When, in the late 70's, he was pestering independent record companies with his early demos clearly inspired by his hero Paul McCartney (then considered desperately uncool), the Irishman overheard an A&R representative groaning "oh no, it's that wotsisname again, that paddy Macca loon".

― OleM (OleM), Sunday, 28 August 2005 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link

607. Kano used to play drums in King Adora

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 28 August 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Journey's original name (back when they were an instrumental combo) was Everybody Loves I Love Shit Pinata.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Sunday, 28 August 2005 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link

608. Journey's original name (back when they were an instrumental combo) was Everybody Loves I Love Shit Pinata.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Sunday, 28 August 2005 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Mark E Smith refuses to by his music from anywhere other than the Britannia Music Club. He's been a member for twelve years. His last purchase was Natasha Bedingfield's 'Unwritten'

― Jason J, Monday, 29 August 2005 10:19 (eighteen years ago) link

610. GG Allin was lactose intolerant

― Jason J, Monday, 29 August 2005 10:28 (eighteen years ago) link

611. John Gotti's mausoleum contains a miniature speaker system which has played "Higher State of Consciousness" on a continual loop since his burial.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 10 September 2005 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link

612. Shut Up & Dance won the only ever episode of "Celebrity Knightmare" in 1991, by spellcasting "S-P-I-D-E-R" at a vital moment.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 10 September 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link

613. "Resurrection" by PPK was Pope John Paul II's favourite ever song.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 10 September 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Rapper T.I. was originally known as TI-86. He was given the nickname by his friends because he was the best student in his AP Calculus class.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 16 September 2005 12:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Hence, "You know they call me T.I., but you don't know"

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Coincidentally, calculus also provided the inspiration for Master P.'s No Limit record label.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link

616. REM turned down an offer to perform on a 1985 episode of "The Golden Girls". As a result, their commercial breakthrough wouldn't happen until years later.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link

617. Ray and Dave Davies, despite being brothers, did not know of each other's existence until they met at summer camp in 1957, where they hatched a crazy plan to get their long-estranged parents back together.

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:53 (eighteen years ago) link

618. The character Alec Callender in the early 90s BBC sitcom May To December was loosely based on Darryl "DMC" MacDonald.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link

619. "Daniel Johnston" is an ongoing side project of Jad Fair "just to goof around."

― declan zimmerman, Monday, 19 September 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link

620. The real reason Kate Bush has spent 12 years on her new album Aerial is that she has, for more than a decade, been completely deaf. This posed no problems for the instrumental parts – her innate musicality and classical training made composing and communicating her intention to other musicians easy. However, since she could not hear her own voice, several hundred takes were needed to get sufficient recorded material for each vocal track.

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 3 October 2005 09:20 (eighteen years ago) link

621 At one point earlier this year all ten songs in the Finnish top ten were Prog Metal.

― Bidfurd__, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 10:21 (eighteen years ago) link

ocean colour scene are named after a communtiy centre set up by billy ocean for poor black children.

― pw, Saturday, 8 October 2005 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Steve Winwood is Conan O'Brian's real father.

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― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 8 October 2005 18:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Prince has been responsible for all crop circles in the UK since 1992, when he took over from Gilbert O'Sullivan, who thought he was getting "a bit long in the tooth for all this lark". This explains the drop in creativity.

― pw (clam caravan), Saturday, 8 October 2005 18:58 (eighteen years ago) link

so glad this thread came back. gotta be my all-time ILM fave. thank you Cunga. truly a vision.

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Saturday, 8 October 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Some of these are fantastic. #591 had me in stitches (Clap? Your hands say yeah.)

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 8 October 2005 20:14 (eighteen years ago) link

#622
#623
#624

― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 8 October 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link

the stonehenge monument was secretly rebuilt by the mamas & papas in 1973 after mama cass ate one of the columns with a side of onion rings.

― clam caravan (clam caravan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 02:45 (eighteen years ago) link

thom yorke is the secret love child of david blunkett & kimberly quinn.

― pw (clam caravan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 02:52 (eighteen years ago) link

tom cruise was the original bass player in black flag

― pw (clam caravan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 03:12 (eighteen years ago) link

the mars volta wear wigs

― pw (clam caravan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 03:17 (eighteen years ago) link

george michael is korean

― pw (clam caravan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 03:18 (eighteen years ago) link

#630 robert johnson actually sold his soul to oprah. that's why she's so fat.

― pw (clam caravan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 03:21 (eighteen years ago) link

a guitar player from the measures & the montrose avenue is very very very bored, & has been making up stupid rock facts for the last hour...

― pw (clam caravan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 03:25 (eighteen years ago) link

kelly from the stereophonics is deceptively tall at 6"5 which makes the bass player over 8 foot...

― pw (clam caravan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 03:29 (eighteen years ago) link

ELO never existed. they were a figment of Bootsy Collins imagination.

― pw (clam caravan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 03:30 (eighteen years ago) link

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