Musical titbits and items of interest

During the 60’s British Invasion, the US band The Strangeloves billed themselves as an Australian outfit to cash in on the mystique being attached to foreign groups.
- They made outrageous claims to hail from the nonexistent town of Armstrong, Australia, where they had made a fortune as sheepherders who had developed a cross-breed.

The Strangeloves - Wikipedia

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During the filming of Ozzy Osbourne’s 1994 video for ‘So Tired’ splinters of glass from a smashed mirror lodged in Ozzy’s throat,

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The script called for the mirror to be shattered, but a real glass mirror was used instead of a safer breakaway type.
He required hospitalization and was found to have splinters of glass in his throat, causing painful lacerations.
The incident led to the postponement of some dates on the Bark at the Moon tour


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In 2002, Playboy magazine published photos of Marilyn Manson’s girlfriend fetish model Dita Von Teese.
- Manson shot the photos himself.

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My first job- Noddy Holder
= Window cleaner
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Quote - "Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you’re a rock n roll musician. Whereas if you were a violinist, it might be a little different."
= Slash, Guns n Roses
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My first job- Robert Plant
= Tarmac layer for British construction company Wimpey in Birmingham in 1967
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Quote - "I’m not a rock star, I’m a businessman."
= Fred Durst, Limp Bizkit
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My first job - Rod Stewart
= Grave digger
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Quote - "I won’t have Botox because I can’t spell it, so why would I want to put it on my face."
= Kelly Rowland 2011
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  • The Animals 1964 single ‘House Of The Rising Sun’ was the first Number 1 to have a playing time of more than four minutes.
 
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Depeche Mode have had 36 Top 40 UK hits without ever reaching higher than No.4.

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When David Bowie kicked off his 182 date Ziggy Stardust Tour at the Tolworth Toby Jug, London, England, he played to around just 60 people in the room
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My first job -Eric Clapton
= Temporary postman
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Quote - "Part of me is looking for someone to turn around, buy me a drink, give me a hug and say it’s all right."
= Thom Yorke, Radiohead
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My first job - Mark Stoermer, The Killers
= Organ/blood/body part delivery boy
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Quote - The trouble with folk music is - it doesn’t swing!"
= John Martyn
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In 1992,
... on tour in America Def Leppard were forced to cancel two shows after their sound-equipment truck was found abandoned after the driver had attempted to rob a store.
The driver was later charged of possessing drugs and criminal damage.
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Ozzy Osbourne refused to watch any episodes of the MTV show The Osbournes.

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  • He claimed he was stoned during the entire filming.
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My first job - Elvis Costello
= Computer programmer
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Quote- "Rock n roll is like pulling back your rib cage and showing people your heart. It’s not about wearing the right shoes."
= Bono 1997
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My first job - Leona Lewis
= Pizza hut assistant


My first job - Madonna
= Burger King waitress
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Quote- "I’ve never gone for having a great voice, for cultivating one. I’m still not doing it now."
= Bob Dylan


Quote-
"Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you’re a rock n roll musician. Whereas if you were a violinist, it might be a little different."
= Slash, Guns n Roses
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The most requested video ever on MTV is Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.
 

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"I really don’t do a lot of planning musically. It just sort of happens."
= Beach Boy, Brian Wilson
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My first job
- Mick Jones, The Clash
= worked on the Social Security Benefits office
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  • The oldest known musical instrument
oldest known musical instrument in fun facts about music


A flute made from a bird bone and mammoth ivory is the oldest known musical instrument in history.
It was found in the Swabian Alps in Germany and is estimated to be over 35,000 years old!
 

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