The Alternative Rock Factfile. It's Back for a Christmas Edition!

[yorks5stringer]

David Gedge was a member of bands "Pyrex", "Spa/Track Day Experience", and "John Lewis Voucher " before he hit the big time with The Wedding Present.

Edited December 1, 2014 by yorks5stringer

[Big_Stu]

A parent of one of The Monkees made a fortune from an every day item's invention............





Peter Tork's Mum invented a wrench.

[sprocketflup]

Also, Mike 'Beardy' Nesbitt's mum invented Rab C Nesbitt

[yorks5stringer]

Hendrix's Band of Gypsies never toured to Chesterfield. They did release an EP with "Go Now", "Peg" and "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" and "Ironic" on it. This was given away last weekend as the free CD with The Sunday Mail.

[yorks5stringer]

Chairmen of The Board did in fact visit Chesterfield along with Doncaster Furniture Stores on their last Tour . Their new release is available at all DFS Stores and it's half price until Sunday.

[yorks5stringer]

Seasick Steve travels to all his Tour dates by train. However in an effort to cure himself, he is actually rowing across the Atlantic to his USA dates. This is not going too well as due to his metal Dobro confusing the compass and his percussive rowing action he is going around in circles and is currently 400 miles off the Azores. His new collaboration with Boxcar Willy (working title Steve's-Willy) features "Beat It" and "The Boat that I Row"

Edited December 2, 2014 by yorks5stringer

[yorks5stringer]

Harry Nilsson is well known for the album "Nilsson Schmilsson". Other albums he recorded that did not see the light of day however were "Nilsson Stiltson"( with Tool) "Nilsson Fulsom"( a live prison recording) and "Nilsson Gilson"(with Gilson Lavis from Squeeze on drums).

[yorks5stringer]

Peckham Band "Budgie" are re-releasing their recording of "Mirrorr, Mirror"

[ras52]

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A parent of one of The Monkees made a fortune from an every day item's invention............





Peter Tork's Mum invented a wrench.
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This continues to sell well due its low pricing. Tork is cheap.

[Phil Adams]

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This continues to sell well due its low pricing. Tork is cheap.
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But can be lethal if careless, a bit like George Michael and his chocolate bar.

[pfretrock]

Lemmy always had trouble finding decent quality gardening tools, it was always a bit of a gamble. Then one day he found a Hollywood garden centre was selling high quality stainless steel garden tools. He made his purchase, declaring it to be the ace of spades.

[ras52]

Olly Murs studied Chemistry, but switched to music after realising that he could never come close to the impact made by his elder sister, Polly.

[Phil Adams]

If you play Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by the Fab Four backwards at 45RPM and isolate the left channel, you can hear Yoko's recipe for chow mein, and Linda's recipe for steak and kidney pudding.

[yorks5stringer]

[sub]No Doubt expect their next album release to be a Chart-Topper.[/sub]

[yorks5stringer]

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

[yorks5stringer]

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

[yorks5stringer]

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

[Bottle]

The artist Labyrinth actually got lost in a Maize Maze once and had to be rescued. Poor chap

[ras52]

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The artist Labyrinth actually got lost in a Maize Maze once and had to be rescued. Poor chap
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Was that when he was supporting Korn?

[yorks5stringer]

Tom Petty has a huge menagerie.

[pfretrock]

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Tom Petty...
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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?

[yorks5stringer]

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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?
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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

Edited December 3, 2014 by yorks5stringer

[yorks5stringer]

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....

[ras52]

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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....
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[yorks5stringer]

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