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

Did anyone else ever hear that Geddy Lee had throat cancer? For some reason, that was a rumor circulating among my friends in high school circa 1981.

Does he talk like an ordinary guy?

Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. is the father of Lucy Lawless, the actress/singer

Laura Les of the popular band 100 Gecs took her name from two of her favorite musicians: Laura Nyro and Les Paul.

one of the members of Jesus Jones was actually Jesus Christ and he was crucified again after "Right Here, Right Now"

Rick Astley's childhood nickname was "Chicky Ricky" because his dad would often lock him up in the back yard chicken coop as a punishment

oh yeah I heard about that, it's what Rockadoodle was about

The most popular attraction at the rock & roll hall of fame for the year leading up to and the year following the release of Bohemian Rhapsody: The Movie! was Freddy Mercury’s moustache.

Rejected names for the band Yes included Yarp, Yessir and Fuckin' A

influential beat boxer thom yorke . . .

lol nashwan

Chris DeBurgh's "Lady in Red" was actually the other half of a conversation he had with his then girlfriend, while he was being a shit to her.

Chris: Never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight. Never seen you shine so bright.

Girlfriend: Are saying I usually look bad?

Chris: No it's just....I've never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance. They're looking for a little romance, give'em half a chance

Girlfriend: God, don't pull this again tonight. I wanted to look nice tonight. I can't help if I attracted some male attention. I dress up all the time.

Chris: I've never seen that dress you're wearing! Or the highlights in your hair that catch your eyes.

Her: I wore this dress at your cousin Louie's wedding last year. You spilled tuna salad on it.

Chris: I have been blind.

Her: this is pretty rich, given how you've been staring at that woman in the corner all night

Chris: (chuckles) The lady in red?

Her: Don't think I haven't seen you shooting glances at her when I go to refill my wine glass. I wouldn't be surprised if the two of you were slow dancing when I was in the bathroom.

Chris: (sarcastically) She's dancing. With me. Cheek to cheek.

Her: Would you keep it down so more people don't start staring at us?

Chris: There's NOBODY HERE! It's just you and me.

Her: And the lady in red in the corner!

Chris: But...

Her: Don't "but" me. Earlier I saw you two bantering like an old high school couple.

Chris: I HARDLY KNOW THIS 'BEAUTY' BY MY SIDE!

Her: And now you're yelling. Typical. But hey, keep downing those glasses of Jamesson, I'm sure you won't remember how to get back to our hotel after this lovely evening.

Chris: I'll never forget the way

Her: Ahh shit....one of my earrings is missing. Goddamnit, Chris, help me look for it. It was an heirloom from my great grandmother.

Chris: (mad) YOU look!

Her: You really are a jerk. I'll take a cab back.

Chris: (toasting to himself, dryly) Tonight....

Neil Young was considering joining KISS.

His persona would have been "Scarecrow."

Weyes Blood stans call themselves “Weyes Geyes.”

Weyes Blood Stains

"Eye of the Tiger" is about Frosted Flakes

Koyaanisqatsi was originally scored by Keith Emerson, but copyright issues got in the way and Philip Glass was drafted in at the last moment to salvage the project.

Every member of Supertramp is named Roger.

The Magnetic Fields got their name from Black Sabbath's "Iron Man."

It’s actually from Dylan’s “Señor”

Ronnie James Dio is the father of Dido. She was extremely offended by heavy metal music due to a traumatic incident in her childhood where she fell off of a roller coaster while W.A.S.P. was playing in the background, and upset that her father wouldn't stop playing it despite earlier promises to retire. so she changed her last name to Dido, adding an extra "d" which stood for "deceitful".

"Thank You" is actually about Pat Boone, who made significant efforts to kill heavy metal by recording In a Metal Mood

former cure member laurence tolhurst, in a worldwide first, gained full copyright+licensing control over the abbreviation "lol" in the late 90s tech boom. every time someone somewhere uses the phrase, he gets paid roughly the same as when someone streams "let's go to bed."

Ronnie James Dio is the father of Dido

Dado

It’s pronounced Duncan Schick

“Lay Lady Lay” was written about Dylan’s pet chicken, Gertrude. The “big brass bed” lyric was originally “big brown egg.”

Avril Lavigne's demo of 'Complicated' began with the word 'chillax' (note the near rhyme with 'lay back'!), but her label persuaded her to change it to the more familiar 'chill out', as 'chillax' was then almost exclusively used by Canadian skateboarders. the rest of the world eventually caught up, and she's been singing the 'chillax' version in concert since about 2005

Avril Lavigne changed her name (from April Levine), to seem more exotically “Canadian” to US audiences.

After seeing Avril in concert for the 14th time, superfan Richard D. James composed a piano piece to commemorate the occasion.

Michelle Branch once attempted to eat Avril Lavigne

April Lasagne

Bovril Lebean

Need a new anagrams for Kenny Loggins thread for Avril

Viva Allergin!

“Lay Lady Lay” was written about Dylan’s pet chicken, Gertrude. The “big brass bed” lyric was originally “big brown egg.”

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I long to fry you in the morning light

the original screenplay for purple rain was a kung-fu beat'em up/rockstar success story hybrid meant ro compete with _the last dragon_ the revolution travels to gary indiana and battles the jackson 5 -and, by proxy, mj- for supremacy in the r+b world. it involved a purple-laser shooting guitar and moonwalking! so much moonwalking!

anagrams for Avril Lavigne