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

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175. Tom Jones was once mistakenly booked to open for a pre-fame Ramones at CBGB's. Jones, undaunted, launched into scorching rockabilly renditions of his greatest hits.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link

176. The chorus of 1997's "Beetlebum" marks the first ever use of the chord C major in Blur's recorded output, as Graham Coxon had only recently overcome his irrational terror of it.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link

177. Most people don't know that Koch records was founded by former NYC mayor Ed Koch.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:17 (eighteen years ago) link

178. In addition to naming their outfit "The Beta Band" and disowning their debut artist album immediately before its release in 1999, the Scotland/Portsmouth quartet's legendary lack of self-confidence and poor judgment led them to run up a large debt with their record label by paying Radio 1 & 2 not to playlist any of their subsequent singles and visiting various therapists almost every day of each week for 5 years.

― BARMS, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link

180. Stevie Jackson of Belle & Sebastian is Clare Grogan's dad.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link

181. Ghostface Killah has only actually killed one person.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link

182. Alt-classical band Rachel's shortened their name from Rachel's Hair in disgust, after Jennifer Aniston restyled her mane in season six.

― alberto confetti, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link

183. James ate Richey.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link

184. Stevie Nicks.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link

185. Shirley Bassey, Charlotte Church, Nicola Roberts and Est'elle will perform 'Like A Virgin'/'Hollywood' at the 2006 Brit Awards. Est'elle will sport the most conservative outfit.

― BARMS, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link

186. Jesus Jones' original name? Jesus Juice.

― BARMS, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link

187. Roni Size and Shy FX are both secretly from the Canadian town of Barrie, Ontario.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link

188. Barry Ontario is the real name of singer-songwriter David Gray.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link

189. David Grey, Barry White, Jason Orange and Frank Black were part of a range of "Rock Tints" introduced by Dulux in its Autumn 2002 range.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:32 (eighteen years ago) link

190. The b-side on the German release of Eminem's "Ass Like That" is a hip-hop cover of Smart E's rave classic "Sesame's Treat". Playing on the M&M/Smarties candy pun and Eminem's famous "nobody listens to techno" utterance, this rarely-heard track went to #4 in Germany, and is credited with inspiring the "ironic hip-hop" craze that has been wildly popular in Germany and Switzerland this summer.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link

191. Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl did not play on Nirvana's Nevermind. All of the backing tracks on Nevermind were created by carefully manipulating samples from a variety of sources, most notably Big Black's Songs About Fucking, Anthrax's State Of Euphoria, and Yaz's Upstairs At Eric's.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:42 (eighteen years ago) link

192. The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" was originally titled "Ringo, He's No Joe Cocker, Ennit?"

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:44 (eighteen years ago) link

193. Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel invented rave music with their 1973 song "Crazy Raver." It wasn't until years later, as a solo artist, that he invented drum machines, lights, ecstacy and dancing. Credit for glow sticks, baggy pants and pacifiers goes, of course, to Flava Flav.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Crass' Penny Rimbaud is actually a distant relative of Ray Kroc and an heir to the McDonald's fortune. Furious with his family's immoral business practices, he used his share of McDonald's to buy a house in the country, set up a record label, and promote vegetarianism to a generation of young people.

― mike a, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link

195. Scooter are actually Einstürzende Neubaten.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link

196. James Blount used to be the drummer in Stump.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link

197. Monkee Mike Nesmith was rarely seen without his knit cap in the 1960s because he was being treated for a rare disorder that rendered his cranium transparent, thus giving him that "Brainiac look", even though it's Psimon, not Brainiac who has visible brain matter.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link

198. The Righteous Brothers were neither.

― erb, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Decca actually offered the Beatles a contract, but rescinded it after Pete Best left the band.

― mike a, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link

200. Elton John isn't actually gay, but perpetuates the myth to distract the public from his real preference - necrophilia.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:11 (eighteen years ago) link

201. Roots Manuva has three locks on his bedroom door in case the Britannia Music Club come in the night to kidnap him and force him to host the Brit Awards.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link

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

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