Diablo Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Stairway to Heaven was originally titled "Stairway to Hebburn" in reference to the 6 seemingly impossible to scale steps leading from the pavement to Hebburn Working Mens Club. After playing a 2x45min covers set the fledgling Led Zeppelin took over 3 hours to move the 500W PA and Bonzo's drum kit up those steps into the Transit van parked at the top of said steps. Whilst Bonzo and Planty struggled with the gear a rather unhelpful Jimmy sat on the wall and wrote the main riffs and song structure based on his observations of his fellow band-members struggles. JPJ was in the chippy up the road and missed all the fun. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 2, 2015 Author Posted January 2, 2015 [quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1420132598' post='2645973'] Stairway to Heaven was originally titled "Stairway to Hebburn" in reference to the 6 seemingly impossible to scale steps leading from the pavement to Hebburn Working Mens Club. After playing a 2x45min covers set the fledgling Led Zeppelin took over 3 hours to move the 500W PA and Bonzo's drum kit up those steps into the Transit van parked at the top of said steps. Whilst Bonzo and Planty struggled with the gear a rather unhelpful Jimmy sat on the wall and wrote the main riffs and song structure based on his observations of his fellow band-members struggles. JPJ was in the chippy up the road and missed all the fun. [/quote] "Kashmir" was similarly named after a stop at an Indian Restaurant en route from a gig in the 70's. "When The Levis Break" is named after an accident to Robert Plant's jeans which he used to wear a size too small...... Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 2, 2015 Author Posted January 2, 2015 Tony "TS" McPhee split The Groundhogs due to the pressure of having to release an album once a year on the same day. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 Leader of Counting Crows, Adam Duritz always counts the band members before each song whilst playing live. This can lead to delays of up to 20 minutes occasionally as experienced recently when the band were playing an outdoor festival and Bassist Millard Powers moved behind his Ampeg cabinet to avoid a rain shower. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 Following a campaign by The Daily Mail and The Lady, Hootie and the Blowfish will not be appearing on the upcoming "Jools Hootennany" to be filmed in October 2015. Darius Rucker apologised saying he should have not said "he'd never blown a Nanny but was looking forward to it". Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 [b]Lazy National Stereotype Fact Number 1/ 2015.[/b] The Stray Cats have had to disband having all gone missing following a goodwill far Eastern Tour of a country that is just above South Korea. (Note, Mods have asked me not to mention this State for fear of a cyber attack on Basschat's webservers) Quote
paul_5 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Johnny Cash is [i]not[/i] legal tender. Anywhere. Quote
ras52 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1420299056' post='2647770'] Johnny Cash is [i]not[/i] legal tender. Anywhere. [/quote] Not even in a condom vending machine? Quote
Diablo Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 [quote]The Stray Cats have had to disband having all gone missing following a goodwill far Eastern Tour of a country that is just above South Korea.[/quote] Ah, you mean Slovenia who, ranked 24th in 2014, were one place above South Korea in the Legatum Prosperity Index rankings recently published: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatum_Prosperity_Index#2014_Rankings Is there a history of cats going astray in Slovenia then? Quote
Diablo Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I realised there was no rock fact in the above post, so to make amends here are two as a special treat: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers were recently fined €20,000 by the EU for damaging the 450-495 nanometer wavelength during a concert. It will be several decades until the universe repairs itself and the rainbows above Brussels with feature 7 colours again. Link Wray has a brother called Sting who only performs using his Christian name. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 [quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1420315556' post='2648048'] Ah, you mean Slovenia who, ranked 24th in 2014, were one place above South Korea in the Legatum Prosperity Index rankings recently published: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatum_Prosperity_Index#2014_Rankings"]http://en.wikipedia....x#2014_Rankings[/url] Is there a history of cats going astray in Slovenia then? [/quote] Shush, don't mention North Korea....! Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 Industrial Punk Band Devo are well known for their unrealistic Riders. Leader Mark Mothersbaugh requested a dressing room filled only with white kittens. Quote
Diablo Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 No members of Ugly Kid Joe were called Joe. The band were christened their moniker after the lead singer bought a pet baby kangaroo. Quote
Paul S Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 [quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1420315835' post='2648053'] Link Wray has a brother called Sting who only performs using his Christian name. [/quote] A little known fact, but 'Link' Wray acquired his nickname because of his ability to eat 2 lbs of sausages at a sitting. He actually disappeared for around a decade in his early 20s. A skeleton was dug up in a quarry situated in the small East Sussex town of Piltdown, initially believed to be that of the missing young man but which transpired was a hoax. Quote
sprocketflup Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 [quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1420331704' post='2648260'] No members of Ugly Kid Joe were called Joe. The band were christened their moniker after the lead singer bought a pet baby kangaroo. [/quote] a brace of facts to go with this, no members of Ugly Kid Joe were called Kid or Ugly either. Though I think there was a Dozy, and maybe a Sneezy Quote
Diablo Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Link Wray is a shortened version of his full nom-de-birth, Linkin Park Wray. He was the childhood inspiration to soft-rock country stars "Linkin Park" who took his name as a tribute. Captain Beefheart actually has a human heart in his chest, the moniker was given to him after a particularly boozy night of babysham cocktails with Peter Stringfellow. Mr Beefheart was challenged to eat the famous 5lb mixed grill kebab from Peter's personal kebab van. The challenge was completed in 23 minutes, a record, and his prize was a beef heart kebab shaped golden trophy. The rest, as they say, is history. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Captain Beefheart wasn't actually a Captain but was inspired by Captain Birdseye. He used to only eat fish fingers until one fateful evening at Stringfellows..... Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 Despite their Name, 60's Popsters "Herman's Hermits" were anything but ,and fully participated in society. Herman (or Peter Noone to his parents) did have a "man-cave" however where he watched the latest Cine 8 releases. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 Since of the release by E.L. James of the book about his 50's sunglasses collection, "Babylon" Troubadour David Gray has seen audience numbers increase tenfold. Quote
leschirons Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Wobbly bottomed martial arts actor / guitarist Steven Segal's real name is actually Stephen Seagull but he changed it to Segal when he left The Byrds for a career in films. Edited January 6, 2015 by leschirons Quote
leschirons Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 None of the Manic Street Preachers actually have any affiliation to any church or religion whatsoever. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) [quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1420486217' post='2649934'] Wobbly bottomed [b]marshal[/b] arts actor / guitarist Steven Segal's real name is actually Stephen Seagull but he changed it to Segal when he left The Byrds for a career in films. [/quote] Was that Jim Martial? Edited January 5, 2015 by yorks5stringer Quote
sprocketflup Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Slacktones tone is actually fairly tight. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 [quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1420501541' post='2650176'] Slacktones tone is actually fairly tight. [/quote] Thanks for that, I've just googled "one of the top Surf bands in the world". Thing is, I see they use Ariel Quote
Phil Adams Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Captain Beefheart and Meatloaf once joined forces and recorded the album "Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy" Quote
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