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

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859: Julian Casablancas has a brief cameo in The Royal Tenenbaums as one of the drivers who nearly hits a jaywalking Royal, Ari and Uzi in the "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" montage.

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 12 November 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link

860. The Racing Post has a policy to have the majority of its greyhound racing tips provided by celebrities under a pseudonym. The naps for the past two weeks have been provided by Nichola Roberts and Sage Francis.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 14 November 2005 10:06 (eighteen years ago) link

861. Princess Grace of Monaco was secretly married to Peter Cox, lead singer of Go West.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Monday, 14 November 2005 10:22 (eighteen years ago) link

862. Hounded by quasi-legal strike action and rumors of accounting irregularities C + C Music Factory folded in 1993.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link

863. Gillette have acquired the rights to use two minutes of John Coltrane's Ascension in their next advertising campaign.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link

864. At the time of his death, GG Allin had the worlds largest Hummel figurine collection. They were his little treasures.

865. Jimmy Urine of Mindless Self Indulgance is the night manager of a Kinos. He insists it is just so he can have free access to the printer, because "printers ain't cheap, and I have a lot of shit to print".

866. Andrew WK has been dead for 7 years. What all of us saw several years ago was the revival of Andrew WK, but it was just not properly publicised.

867. In 1999, the Canadian government built a fake concert hall on a remote island off the coast of St. John, Newfoundland. The sole purpose of its construction was to get the band Econoline Crush to play there, and to never let them leave. What resulted was a 12 week battle royale, televised coast to coast, where the last surviving member of the band would be allowed to leave with his life. In the end, bassist Ken Fleming was proclaimed the winner, having killed and eaten two of his fellow band members to survive. To this day, it is still the highest rated program in Canadian television history.

― Doug Fisher (Infamous Amos), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 02:08 (eighteen years ago) link

868. Inspired by Van Halen, the White Stripes have a contract clause demanding a backstage bowl of M&Ms with all but the red, white and black ones removed. If in England, or any other M&M-less commonwealth nation, Smarties may be substituted, but only after the tiny letter 'm' is hand-painted onto every single piece.

869. Inspired by his fellow Detroiters the White Stripes, Eminem has a contract clause demanding a backstage bowl of M&Ms, each piece of the candy adorned with a tiny white stripe.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 06:26 (eighteen years ago) link

870. Elvis lives.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link

871. Thom Yorke has Cotard's Syndrome.

― Lazy Guy, Friday, 18 November 2005 03:43 (eighteen years ago) link

872. Re:837, if you log on to slsk at exactly 00:00:00, you can find early demos of this album. songs to look for include;

a) I am a rhombus
b) Justify my equation
c) New York = Disco Shitty

― danny boy, Friday, 18 November 2005 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link

873.. immediately following the release of the oliver stone 'Doors' movie in 1991, val kilmer bought up and subsequently destroyed all known original doors live footage, painstakingly refilming every Doors show scene for scene with those guys in the movie, So far no one has noticed.. when questioned.. val kilmer responded.. 'it just looks better, man..'

― G wolfcow, Friday, 18 November 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link

874. Terminator X is the only member of Public Enemy to have ever actually cold lamped.

― Terrible Cold (Terrible Cold), Friday, 18 November 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link

875. When the Bay City Rollers stuck a pin on a map of the U.S. to choose their name, they actually landed on Frankenmuth, but the band didn't like the sound of the Frankenmuth Rollers.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 18 November 2005 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link

876. Brian Wilson's "Shine" is actually terrible. It got incredibly high reviews because he spent so long and worked so hard that all the reviewers felt bad for him. This was Wilson's plan all along.

― Lazy Guy, Friday, 18 November 2005 22:27 (eighteen years ago) link

877. Try-too-hard Christmas number one hopefuls Nizlopi absolutely despise black people. "I thought it was hysterical when all those guys drowned in New Orleans" says frontman Luke Concannon.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 21 November 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link

878. Freaky Zeeky has a Teeline Gold shorthand speed of over 200 words per minute.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 21 November 2005 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link

879. AJP Taylor's last essay before his death dealt with his thesis that if the D-Day landings had been unsuccesful, World War II would have continued until 1960 when, upon hearing "Cathy's Clown" by the Everley Brothers, both Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler would have been so spellbound by its beauty that they would both become pacifists overnight.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link

880. As a supporter of the anti-war movement, Michael McDonald had plans to record a protest-folk album for Reprise but scotched the project when a top-level exec suggested the title Kum Ba Yah Mo B There.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link

881. In the early '70s, Gary Glitter and Gary Gilmore were in a short-lived band called The Garys. The Garys mostly played Manson covers and bubblegum pop, though their one, now-deleted album, Well, She Was Just Saying She Was Seventeen, featured "Rock and Roll, Parts One through Twelve."

― Drew LeDrew, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link

aaron w, you're back!

― that's so taylrr (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link

882. Leslie Feist estimates she has keyed the cars of at least 27 different Suicide Girls.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 22:04 (eighteen years ago) link

That's preposterous. Suicide Girls can't afford cars.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link

883. Cheryl Tweedy is 947th in line to the English throne.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

884. The Telescopes are keen amateur ornithologists. 'Silent Water' is, in fact, an exegesis of the need for stealth when observing water fowl.

― Joe Bon Jonvi (Joe Bon Jonvi), Friday, 25 November 2005 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link

885. Killa Kela is Stephanie Cole's grandson.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 25 November 2005 00:44 (eighteen years ago) link

886. Audioslave.

― Joe Bon Jonvi (Joe Bon Jonvi), Friday, 25 November 2005 02:51 (eighteen years ago) link

887. Buzz Osbourne from the Melvins owns a sheep farm in Cumbria.

― Joe Bon Jonvi (Joe Bon Jonvi), Friday, 25 November 2005 02:52 (eighteen years ago) link

888. After the grunge thing ran its course, Tad Doyle pooled together his life savings to pay for what would be known as one of the first successful gastric-bypass surgeries in North America. He soon changed his name to Tad Friend, and is now best-known as the author of Lost in Mongolia and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:05 (eighteen years ago) link

889. One of The Corrs appears in Lord of the Rings as the ring-wraith who stabs Frodo.

890. Van Morrison is a big Wipers fan, and often lifts lyrics from 'Youth of America' when performing 'Madam George.'

― Joe Bon Jonvi (Joe Bon Jonvi), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:33 (eighteen years ago) link

891. Ian McCulloch of Echo & the Bunnymen has 20/10 vision and, as a teenager in Liverpool, was once approached to become a junior member of the RAF.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 25 November 2005 05:31 (eighteen years ago) link

892. Every morning, Anthony Kiedis wakes and thanks Jesus that he's not a communist.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 25 November 2005 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link

893. Inspired by Red Krayola's work with Art & Language, Huey Lewis and The News co-wrote Sports with the RAND Corporation.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Friday, 25 November 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link

894. Madonna's "Hung Up" is about William Hung.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 27 November 2005 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link

895. Keiji Haino has gills and a fin.

― Joe Bon Jonvi (Joe Bon Jonvi), Monday, 28 November 2005 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link

896. The contracts rappers receive on signing to the Lowlife record label specify that their moneys are to be paid, instead of pounds sterling, in gift vouchers for the Nationwide kitsch toiletries range Lush. Jehst allegedly spent the advance for his new "Nuke Proof Suit" album on £10,000 worth of citrus bath bombs.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 28 November 2005 01:23 (eighteen years ago) link

J Mascis and Evan Dando are currently halfway through a 40 year experiment to find out who's least motivated, but chances are this experiment will never be completed

― Sly and the Family Stallone (Sly and the Family Stallone), Monday, 28 November 2005 09:41 (eighteen years ago) link

The song "Return the Gift" and Gang of Four's entire subsequent oeuvre are based upon Jon King's rage at being given an ugly pullover as a Christmas gift at age sixteen and not being able to exchange it at the shop

― malarkey, Monday, 28 November 2005 10:54 (eighteen years ago) link

897. The original title for famous 'Pet Sounds' was actually
'Cat Sounds' but because discussions between the members the final title was the all people know: 'Pet Sounds'. Many years after this, they resolve it with 'The M.I.U. Album'

― antonio, Monday, 28 November 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link

898. Due to an adminstrative error The Neptunes regularly recieve royalty cheques for the track "March of the Gwladys Street Gladiators" on the 1996 album "Forever Everton: 22 Goodison Classics"

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Monday, 28 November 2005 18:10 (eighteen years ago) link

899. Upon entering heaven, Kurt Cobain was mortified to find out that rather than wanting him "for a sunbeam", Jesus flat out demanded that he become bass-tech for Noel Redding.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Monday, 28 November 2005 18:25 (eighteen years ago) link

900. Duff Mckagen has recently had to have excessively painful laser surgery to remove an animated tattoo showing the widescreen version of Point Break from his foreskin.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Monday, 28 November 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link

901. Mark McGrath and Sugar Ray were a persona and a band created by Dave Navarro in the 1990s as a side project where he could create radio-friendly music when not touring with Jane's Addiction or the RHCP. He was able to transform himself into McGrath through cosmetic surgery and cutting-edge prosthetic masks. Navarro/McGrath appearances together are the result of modern CGI and imposters.

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 28 November 2005 19:02 (eighteen years ago) link

sting lived in a flat above a chinese across from where i work in wallsend. nobody here likes him very much.

― thatll do, Wednesday, 30 November 2005 12:21 (eighteen years ago) link

The one in ZZ Top without a beard is called Frank Beard.

(He's grown a beard now, the legend!)

― mei (mei), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link

904, the band ZZ Top are all anglophiles and get annoyed when their name is not pronounced Zed Zed Top

― Sly and the Family Stallone (Sly and the Family Stallone), Friday, 2 December 2005 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link

905, contrary to popular belief the only anglophile in ZZ Top is Billy F Gibbons. This has caused much disagreement within the band themselves over how their name should be pronounced, their best compromise to date being to pronounce one the the Zs as 'zed', the other as 'zee'.

Still, depending on who in the band you ask, their name is either "zee zed top" (Frank or Dusty) or "zed zee top" (Billy).

― mei (mei), Friday, 2 December 2005 14:04 (eighteen years ago) link

906. RZA is a qualified Pilates instructor.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link

907. In the late 90s, Kevin Shields decided to experiment with R&B production, took on the alias "Sisqo", and hit pay dirt with "The Thong Song". He then retired from the hobby, leaving the Sisqo franchise to another in a Milli-Vanilli-type stunt.

― Euler, Sunday, 11 December 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link

U-God of the Wu-Tang Clan was once stabbed in the face with a Bowie knife at a Lionel Ritchie concert in Toronto. He survived after extensive surgery.

― jacobp, Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link

What does "Deep Tracks" even mean? Is it like the album tracks that never get played on singles-oriented radio?

-- o. nate (syne_wav...) (webmail), December 13th, 2005 11:18 AM. (onate) (later) (link)

It's a double entendre, because the non-singles tracks also have deep meanings, and they were often favourites of railroad engineers.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2005 11:20 AM. (Huk-L) (later) (link)

― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link

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