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Bon Jovi have now advised their fans that living on a prayer is simply not safe, nor sustainble

5th Beatle Billy Preston had no trace of a Lancashire accent.

Credited with introducing Stevie Wonder to synth sounds, "Tonto's Expanding Headband" was actually just Lycra.

Not sure which Intern(?) was doing the captions on the Genius of Funk following but apparently AWB recorded "Picking Up the Pieces"? I've also never seen Chamaleon spelt that way either.....!

Wonder if he's living in Holmfirth then? Must be a "Summer Wine" Fan?

Singer-songwriter Judith Owen is married to Spinal Tap's Bassist Derrick Smalls, played by Harry Shearer . Shearer also played football for Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle United.

The Band "Garbage" are actually all keen recyclers of their domestic waste.

Contrary to their name, "Fall Out Boy" are all good buddies.

The French Band "Cake" were originally called "Brioche".

With the advent of 6 (and upward) speed and automatic gearboxes, Bachman Turner Overdrive have struggled to keep up with their contempories.

None of the B-52's are actually 52 years old.

Being Welsh, The Stereotypephonics are all short and dark haired.

Being Norwegian( sorry, lazy stereotype), A-Ha are actually quite dour.

The Pet Shop Boys are actually allergic to pet hair.

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1417716408' post='2623426'] Morrissey is an avid carnivore conversely [/quote] How do his pumps influence his eating habits?

Despite naming and co-founding the band, Busted Sheeran was kept in the background and when on Tour with the boys had to play and sing off stage due to his band mates and management not wanting fans to see his red hair. When the band dissolved, Busted shortened his name to Ed Sheeran, and the rest, as they say, is history.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1417639616' post='2622622'] Truth is stanger than fiction, (when its my truth). [/quote]

Nutella Fitzgerald and Lambretta James bumped into each other in New York in the 1950's and went for a coffee to lament their lack of success as singers. The rest, as they say, is history.

Since the advent of US Shale Gas and oil from the Gulf of Mexico, US Band "Canned Heat's" star has dimmed.

Gladys Knight was in the process of forming her backing band and was auditioning singers. One of them mis-harmonised and she muttered "These guys are the pits". She later relented, but when speaking to her Management they misheard the new bands name and advertised her next appearance as "Gladys Knight and The Pips". The rest is, as they say, history....

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1417628744' post='2622448'] Who in hindsight is glad he broke off the engagement to the daughter of Johnny Cash. Tom Petty-Cash ain't very rock and roll is it? [/quote] Useful for the per diems however? Actually ( and this is true) it was Nick Lowe who broke up with Roseanne Cash. She wanted to hyphenate their names and it would have been Nick and Roseanne Lowe-Cash! Mind Nick Cash wouldn't have been great either... Actually it was Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter who were married at one time..still the same dynasty

Tom Petty has a huge menagerie.

Ironically smooth Chicago soul band "The Chi-Lites", known for "Have you seen Her?" have never actually been seen live on stage.

R Dean Taylor's Northern Soul Hit "Indiana Wants Me" was written with Harrison Ford in mind.

The original choice for the closing scene song in Titanic was Sam and Dave's "Hold on I'm Coming".