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

Johnny's Depp's flamboyant pirate character from Pirate of the Caribbean, despite claims it was based on Keith Richards, was really based on Adam Ant. Depp had seen one of his videos on vh1 classic at 4AM in 2001, and recalls feeling "drunkenly nostalgic and inspired."

that was 1516

1517. The album He Poos Clouds by Canadian indie rock artist Final Fantasy was originally submitted to his national Olympic Committee for use at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games during the biathlon events; however, the organizers turned down the offer. The album's title reflects its history; the Norwegian word for "biathlon" – "skiskyting" (literally "ski shooting") – is sometimes humourously corrupted into "skyskiting", ie "cloudshitting".

1518. The day his Nebula Award-winning novel Babel-17 was published, Samuel R. Delany was playing bass in The Blue Flame under the name Randy Palmer. The guitarist for this group, Jimmy James, was of course Jimi Hendrix. Oddly, neither of them are thought to have influenced each other one damn bit.

1519. For one week in 1984, Mike Tyson was the drummer for Faith No More. Mike Patton reportedly kicked him out of the band because he wanted to be the only Mike in the band. Also Tyson fucked his girlfriend.

1520. Michael Jackson isn't dead.

1521. Lady Gaga originally went by the name Lady GooGoo (a phrase that was also taken from the Queen song) but reluctantly changed her stage name after lawsuits were threatened by the management team of American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. The band and Ms. Gaga have since made amends and become close acquaintances, leading to Goo Goo Dolls lead singer John Rzeznik's appearance as an extra in the video for "Bad Romance".

1522. Adam Ant's "pirate" persona was conceived as a tribute to Keith Richards, whom he met backstage after a Stones concert, snorting lines of ground-to-powder Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal.

1533. In 2014, Rock Band will make its debut as an official Winter Olympics event - the only such sport not involving snow or ice.

1524. In 1993, techno producer/label head Wolfgang Voigt was a driving force behind the "Provisional German Beer Law" that officially replaced the older Beer Purity Laws of 1516. When asked to comment on his role in enacting the new law during a 2008 interview, he said "we design the aesthetic in our music to conform to certain standards of streamlined simplicity. This need not always be true of our beer."

1525. Family Guy's elderly pedophile character was voiced by Rod Stewart until 2007.

1526. Justin Bieber's favourite song of all time is Ned's Atomic Dustbin's "Kill Your Television".

1527. Gucci Mane had a supporting role on "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper"

1528. Dr. Hook was a session band put together to perform songs written by Adrian Belew and Keith Rowe

1529. Stryper mistakenly aligned itself with the White Power movement in the 80s because they thought it was a grassroots Christian movement.

1530. Lloyd Banks was the last amateur jockey to place in the Grand National in 2003.

1531. Michael McDonald sings the way he does because he has had a dorito lodged in his throat since 1983.

1532. Industrial band KMFDM's name actually stands for "Kids: My Fearful Death Moppets"

1533. Michael Stipe formed R.E.M. to leave his gangbanger life behind.

1534. The bass and keyboard parts on Smoke on the Water were played by Chas and Dave, because Roger Glover and Jon Lord were being treated for smoke inhalation at a Swiss hospital during recording sessions for that song.

1535. Raekwon calls himself a "chef" because he once worked for 3 weeks at a KFC Buffet in Evansville, Indiana. Yum Brands, the corporation that owns KFC, unsuccessfully sued Raekwon to stop him from using the title, because it implies that KFC sells food (rather, they claim to be selling a "unique dining experience"). In her judicial statement, Judge Judith Kranowitz suggested that the "construction, arrangement, and placement on trays of fresh food products, food-like substances, and products being sold for the purpose of consumption through by means of the human oral orifice" licenses one to refer to oneself as a chef even if it does not constitute the "primary objective of establishment's transactions." Upon hearing of his legal victory, Raekwon celebrated by cooking up a batch of crack cocaine and gingerly smoking the rock as he waxed contemplative with reporters.

Raekwon: Korean, Lil Kim: not Korean

1537.

In 2011 Kanye West collaborates with new best friend George W. Bush on a song called "Mr. Misunderstood," which uses a slowed down sample of the Animals' "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (1965)" and references Condi Rice, Des'Ree, and Animorphs.

1538. Former MTV VJ Bill Bellamy gained 170 lbs to play the part of Notorious B.I.G. in the 2009 film "Notorious."

1539. Judas Priest were originally called Turbulent Priest, but had to change their name as it was unpronounceable to the vast majority of Birmingham residents.

1540. Billy Bragg's single "Sexuality" was originally titled "Bestiality", but his record label convinced him that a paean to his predilection for shagging tortoises was unlikely to gain radio airplay.

1541. 2 months before the release of Sublime's major label debut album, Brad Nowell completed a lucrative heroin transaction, allowing him to fake his own death and move to a sprawling ranch in Montana. Unable to resist the lure of the spotlight, he returned to music three years later under the stage name Brad Paisley.

1542. Noted philosopher and public intellectual AC Grayling was born AC DC, but changed his name to avoid confusion between his solo Jew's harp project and a certain Australian rock band.

1543. katy perry's real name is ballooney marooney bingy blop toozlewip gaboon viper
1544. that band foster the people is just viral marketing for foster's beer

1545. Kurt Cobaine missed on his first two goes.

1546. on the third try he was able to shoot the letter 'e' off of his name

1547. avid commodities trader Liam Gallagher named his new band after what he considers the "most essential" economic indicator, the Baltic Dry Index

1548. The Cramps took their name from the athletic experiences of Bryan Gregory. In a trial for the 1976 US Olympic team, Gregory had been expected to qualify comfortably for the 800m, setting a season's best of 1:43:75 in the heat. In the final, however, he was overcome by cramping in his left hamstring in the back straight of the second lap. He retired from competitive athletics immediately afterwards, but on a dare after a gig at CBGB in 1978, he ran 800 metres up the Bowery in a time unofficially recorded at 1:42. He was wearing chelsea boots with cuban heels at the time, making his achievement all the more remarkable.

1549. Leonard Cohen (nee Koenigsberg) took his name from Belorussian pop star Nikolay Kogen, as a tribute following Kogen's unfortunate death in a skiing accident in 1978. Anyone who claims they saw Leonard Cohen performing under his current name prior to 1978 is lying.

1550. Ladytron recently made the Guinness Book of World Records by recording and re-releasing their single "Ghosts" in 24 different languages, including several extinct ones.

1551. Sir Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono culminated a secret 40-plus year romance by getting married on April 29th of this year. Although the wedding wasn't technically a secret, the world's media was too preoccupied with the William & Kate wedding to notice.

1552. The Power of Equality by Red Hot Chili Peppers'contains a tribute to Ralph Bakshi's full-length animated feature Wizards. The line "My name is Peace this is my hour" is a reference to the character Necron 99, whose name is changed to "Peace" 20 minutes into the film's 80 minutes running time.

1553. k.d. lang is actually a man.

1554. Another "one of the best videos of all time" according to Kanye West is The Bluetones' 'Marblehead Johnson'.

1555. Stephin Merritt currently voices Kermit the Frog.

1556. The directions listed in 'Busy Doin' Nothin'' by The Beach Boys don't actually lead to Brian Wilson's house, as is commonly believed, but to a brothel, where you will find Brian keeping busy while he waits.

1557. If you get to track 7 on the CD of 'O, Inverted World' and hit reverse on the CD before it starts playing, you access a secret track called 'The Ballad Of Pippa's Arse', which may, if you're lucky, change your life.

1558. The first singer in Judas Priest was the Rev Giles Fraser, now a popular figure on Radio 4's Thought for the Day.

1559. Original Tool bassist Paul D'Amour was the namesake of 80s glam-rock band Dogs D'Amour. Vocalist Ned Christie baby- (and dog-) sat for the D'Amour family in the 1970s.

8. In 1985 Bob Geldof spent 4 days bombarding Gene Vincent's management with requests for him to play Live Aid, before being told that Gene had died in 1971.

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The music from the Bodyform advert, as sung by Stevie Vann, got to number 36 in the UK music charts in February 1991.

It had a verse and a bridge and everything.

'70s Solar Records artist Carrie Lucas is the illegitimate half sister of George Lucas. They discovered their shared parentage in the early '80s and, in a show of familial solidarity, George cast Carrie in Return of the Jedi as Jabba the Hutt's right arm.

Billy Bragg auditioned to replace Zach De La Rocha as singer of RATM prior to them splitting up.

"Florence and the Machine" is an anagram of "Francis and the Lights"