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

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645. Because of his fascination with the Ford Model T, also known as the Flivver, Public Enemy's iconic vocalist originally referred to himself as Flivva Flav. Due to confusion, he was forced to change the prefix to Flava, and any mention of the word "Flivver" is considered grounds for the reposession of his royalties by Def Jam Records.

― Zach Korte, Monday, 10 October 2005 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link

646. Scott Weiland stole the name of his band Velvet Revolver from Gwyneth Paltrow's list of potential child names.

― Zach Korte, Monday, 10 October 2005 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link

After making his controversial "George Bush doesn't care about black people" statement during a telethon for victims of Hurrican Katrina, Kanye West was removed from President George W. Bush's short list of potential Supreme Court Justice nominees on the grounds that West was a threat to national security.

― A.Bo, Monday, 10 October 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Johnny Carson frequently vacationed with Thomas Dolby.

― theroil, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 01:34 (eighteen years ago) link

At Mott The Hoople's secret mutant fish farm in the Bahamas.

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 01:57 (eighteen years ago) link

DJ Spooky is a respected musician.

― jayoyayo, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 02:58 (eighteen years ago) link

651) Each year a spot on the Mercury Music Prize shortlist is decided via a game of tennis held backstage at the Guildford Festival. This year's winner was MIA, who overcame British Sea Power's Yan 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 6-3 6-1.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 04:22 (eighteen years ago) link

652. Johnny Hates Jazz are head of UK development for Daiwa, the fishing rod people.

― JohnFoxxsJuno, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 07:31 (eighteen years ago) link

653. New York rapper Saigon believes is a massive fan of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" monologue series, and plans to include several skits based around the paedo one on a forthcoming album.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 07:56 (eighteen years ago) link

653. Daddy Yankee was on Kidderminster Harriers' books as a youngster, before a gammy knee forced him to give up the football game.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 08:00 (eighteen years ago) link

654. The original storyboard for video of "Buddy Holly" by Weezer saw the band being digitally inserted into footage of the Aberfan mining tragedy.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 08:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Popular Music was actually invented in 1986 as a way to keep tabs on ex-Nazi scientists by a crack team of Nazi hunters consiting of Simon Fuller, David Hasselhoff, Joan Jett and the girl who played Jan Brady in The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.

― Dr Shane M'Buto, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 08:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Crazy Frog isnt actually a frog at all; he is actually the side project of long dead glam-rock god Johnny Thunders. On being informed of this news, former lead singer of The New York Dolls, David Johannsen vomited in terror.

― Dr Shane M'Buto, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 08:53 (eighteen years ago) link

It Bites were infact an episode of ITV's 1976 sit com Oh No It's Selwyn Frogitt

― JohnFoxxsJuno, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 10:37 (eighteen years ago) link

U2's album titles from 1980 to 1985 were meant to be pieced together and read as a telegram of sorts. In no particular order, it reads:
War. Wide Awake In America. Boy. Under A Blood Red Sky. The Unforgettable Fire. October.

― rahree, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 13:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Walt Disney Records plans to release the debut album of female hip-hop artist by the name of Spize D'Knut. It is rumored that that all songs contain explicit lyrics referring to violence, drugs, and hardcore sex. No word if the album will be released with the "Parental Advisory - Explicit Content." Sample of some of the lyrics from "Kickin It Dre Style": "WDR, muthaf**ka! / I got a gat in yo back, fool / I'm all wet and I ain't changing the rules / It's in excess, so you betta repress / I make you feel like yer forty fourth test /

― rahree, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Eric Harris, drummer for the Olivia Tremor Control, used to be in Journey.

― elfControlS, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Bright Eyes' father was the construction worker in The Village People. His mother was the indian dude.

― Fethen Feth, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link

#662. The Olivia Tremor Control never recovered after their drummer Eric Harris gunned down a dozen teenagers at Columbine High School and then took his own life; after attempting to replace him with a Casio VL-1, a Boss DR-660 and a scratch DJ, they broke up.

― acb (acb), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link

#663. M's "Pop Music" was the first acid house song.

― acb (acb), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link

#664. Public Enemy's dancers/bodyguards the S1Ws were originally named the SW1s, because they bought their uniforms at Harrod's (during the UK tour that would be recorded on Nation Of Millions). The name S1Ws was a typo which stuck after Chuck D. noticed that it looked and rhymed better. Incidentally, Flavor Flav picked up an alarm clock in the same shopping expedition.

― acb (acb), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:27 (eighteen years ago) link

#665. Michael Jackson used a foot double for the Billy Jean video because the UV lighting they were using on the sidewalk exacerbated his vitiligo.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link

666. Mark E. Smith is actually not as hateful as many have been led to believe. His hobbies include knitting, woodcutting, and crying softly to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On."

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:42 (eighteen years ago) link

667. Iggy Pop never golfs unless the air temperature is greater than 27 degrees Celsius. Alice Cooper won't hit the links unless the air temperature is less than 18 degrees. Hence, they have never golfed together, despite years of planning and convincing on each man's part to try to get the other to change his habits.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link

#668. Roni Size (real name Ronit Seizman) was originally a psy-trance DJ from Israel.

― acb (acb), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link

During the twenty-five years of the band's existence, there have been three Chas's and seventeen Daves. It is generally agreed that the period of 1995-1996, which had Chas II (Irving Wanamaker) and Dave IX (Mary Proudfoot, ex of The Incredible String Band), was the most creative and artistically successful in Chas and Dave's history, although the solitary album of that time ("Epiphany Of The Dawn") failed to chart. Two singles from Epiphany, "Consciousness In Fractal Time" and "Bare, Broken, Bleeding, Alive" made it to 75 and 71 of the Top 100, with "Consciousness..." being most notable for the first use of generative music (qv Eno) within a cockney ragtime framework.

― Dirk Whitesox, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link

The Cure's Robert Smith has not cut his toenails in 15 years & is only able to wear one metre long circus clown's shoes. He is rarely seen in public these days.

― Barnie Prosley, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Eno produced the Berlin trilogy.

― Jack L., Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:12 (eighteen years ago) link

672. Beck was the little kid on Silver Spoons

― richard wood johnson, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Before AC/DC asked him to join the band, Brian Johnson served with the SAS in Northern Ireland. Though never confirmed, it is said that he holds the province record of seventeen kills as a sniper.

― tefnal, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:47 (eighteen years ago) link

DJ/producer Diplo never finished high school. he's currently studying for his GED and if he passes, he say he'll change his name to Diploma.

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Andre 3000's uncle did the set design for the film Boxing Helena starring Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn.

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link

A friend of mine who has no idea that I visit this board -- and who I had no idea visited it herself -- just forwarded me this thread. I feel like I've been pina-colada'd.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:23 (eighteen years ago) link

676. Daddy Yankee's next album is going to be a Duke Ellington tribute entitled "In a Reggaeton"

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Adam Ant used to be called Vehem Ent

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 03:03 (eighteen years ago) link

He also has identical triplets named Defend, Milit, and Lieuten. The three of them have set up their own shoeshine business, imaginatively named 'The Ant Brothers Shoeshine Emporium'. They are currently engaged in litigation over the lack of apostrophe.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 07:45 (eighteen years ago) link

679. Brandon Flowers first got his break into showbusiness playing a chess club member during the "Fergus invents a computer that can write poetry" episode of Clarrisa Explains All.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 07:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Beverley Craven appeared in every episode of Ask Aspel, requesting to see the same clip every week - that time the elephant p00ped on the floor in Blue Peter.

― JohnFoxxsJuno, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 08:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Noel Gallagher, later to shoot to fame as one-half of nineties power ballad duo Status Quo, was offered his first big break as a child star in the mid-70s when he was given the role of 'Morph' in Tony Hart's kids art programme 'Take Heart'. Unfortunately these scenes were poorly recieved and after two episodes he was replaced by animated plasticine.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 08:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Jandek recently appeared as a contestant on The Weakest Link.

― Hopkin, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link

683. Before "O Canada" became the official national anthem for Canada in 1980, "The Hockey Song" by Stompin' Tom Connors had been the official anthem since 1975.

684. Maynard James Keenan of Tool became so obesessed with wearing wigs on stage that he had all his pubic hair laser removed, and owns a "pubic wig" collection of 87 pieces of varying lengths and colours.

685. James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins was genetically created in a lab. The DNA is his hair follicles is actually female.

― Evo, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link

127. In a disused warehouse on the outskirts of Hilversum, 75 people are still dancing to "Poing" by the Rotterdam Termination Squad.

I only just noticed this one!

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link

686. "Wang Chung" is the only new wave song which is not about masturbation.

― casey (t. fiend), Thursday, 13 October 2005 04:16 (eighteen years ago) link

687. Slint were originally formed in Oban, Scotland in 1984 out of irritation at local covers bands who played 'Teenage Kicks' too quickly. Their grand plan was to cover it at half the speed, before moving on to their own, Rezillos-esque compositions. This plan was swiftly abandoned during their first gig, however, when instead of changing chords during 'Teenage Kicks'' intro David Pajo fell asleep instead. And then someone hit him with a brick.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 13 October 2005 04:24 (eighteen years ago) link

688. Between March and May 1993, at the height of his fame, Shabba Ranks fired 64 separate bass players, only three of which had ever actually worked for him.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 13 October 2005 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link

689. Roots Manuva was originally the 6th member of mid-90's R&B boyband MN8, though they only found success once slimming down to a four piece. No-one especially knows or cares what happened to the fifth member.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 13 October 2005 05:06 (eighteen years ago) link

690. Lars Ulrich has the largest private collection of early primate skeletons on earth.

― Its morph 'em to pun cute (Matt Chesnut), Thursday, 13 October 2005 05:14 (eighteen years ago) link

691. The character "Trent" on the show Daria was based on pre-Wallflowers fame Jakob Dylan, who dated one the writers after high school.

― Its morph 'em to pun cute (Matt Chesnut), Thursday, 13 October 2005 05:17 (eighteen years ago) link

see, that last one sounds real, though

― ken taylrr never her (ken taylrr), Thursday, 13 October 2005 05:35 (eighteen years ago) link

692: The lyrics to Public Enemy's "Bring The Noise" predicted Universal's purchase of Def Jam parent PolyGram some eight years before it happened.

― acb (acb), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:43 (eighteen years ago) link

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