Unusual Rock Trivia?

[IMMusicRulz]

The members of Heart sang backing vocals on Supertramp's album Famous Last Words.

Bob Siebenberg, the drummer for Supertramp, was married to the younger sister of Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham.

A progressive rock band called Anyone's Daughter actually took their name from a Deep Purple song.

 

[RichardW]

Isn't Lydon also on record saying he did actually like ELP?

I read somewhere, I think when Emerson died, that Lydon commented on what a great guy Emerson was and how they became friendly as neighbors. I guess this struck some in the media as unusual and noteworthy, since the Sex Pistols and ELP were so different musically.

 

[IMMusicRulz]

The Black Keys album Thickfreakness took its name from a made up word Patrick Carney invented when he was playing Scrabble with his brother Michael Carney.

Michael has designed the album covers for all the Black Keys albums.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The Black Keys album Thickfreakness took its name from a made up word Patrick Carney invented when he was playing Scrabble with his brother Michael Carney.

Michael has designed the album covers for all the Black Keys albums.

I may name my first album zqsplartle.

 

[Michael Stanley 2112]

I may name my first album zqsplartle.

No one will be able to call up a radio station and ask for it to be played because they won't be able to pronounce it!

 

[Skokiaan]

In 1963, on the cusp of conquering the world, the Beatles did a short music video with 16 year old British pop star Helen Shapiro.

George mockingly slaps her around the 1:35 minute mark then pretends to beg for her forgiveness.
Paul was supposedly in another studio.

This was a TV show on which both Shapiro and the Beatles performed. It was not a music video.

 

[Skokiaan]

Fair enough regarding the article. It still makes me smile every time I read it.

The Beatles were better at writing great songs than as individual musicians. George was a solid guitar player, but to say Paul was a great bassist is really pushing it, Dude. Famous? Yes? Great? Eh, not so much. He is waaaaay down the list, talent-wise, from the likes of Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones, John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Chris Squire, Les Claypool, Flea, and so on...

Almost every bassist you mentioned has said that McCartney is a great bassist. Even John Entwistle, who listed his bass influences as "none," said there were only two bassists he would ever watch - Chris Squire and Paul McCartney.

 

[Richland123]

Paul McCartney's brother, Peter Michael McCartney, was a member of the musical comedy group The Scaffold using the stage name Mike McGear. He also had some solo recordings. Paul McCartney and Wings played on all the tracks for Mike McGear's album McGear including the songs "Leave It" and "What Do We Really Know?".

 

[IMMusicRulz]

The background vocals on 3 Little Pigs by Green Jelly is Maynard James Keenan of Tool.

 

[roccobass]

• Day On The Green #6 & 7: Led Zeppelin, Derringer, Judas Priest (July 23 & 24 1977)
  Led Zeppelin's performances took place towards the end of its 1977 North American tour. These were some of the largest Day on the Green shows in its history. Unknown at the time, these were to be Led Zeppelin's final U.S. shows. Led Zeppelin played only a few more gigs in Europe in 1979 and 1980. A 1980 U.S. tour was announced in support of the new album In Through the Out Door and tickets were sold but the tour did not occur as Led Zeppelin disbanded after the untimely death of drummer John Bonham.

 

[SubHuman]

F- Troop tv show with Lowell George of Little Feat fame mimicking a Beatle parody band… the Bed Bugs in 1967.

 

[FilterFunk]

F- Troop tv show with Lowell George of Little Feat fame mimicking a Beatle parody band… the Bed Bugs in 1967.

Which reminds me of the Mosquitoes from an episode of Gilligan's Island:

 

[SubHuman]

Which reminds me of the Mosquitoes from an episode of Gilligan's Island:

The Mosquitoes were actually The Wellingtons who sang the theme song in the first season. The Mosquitoes songs include "Don't Bug Me", "He's a Loser" and "I Want to Go Back to Pago-Pago-Pago Yeah-Yeah-Yeah with You." The group traveled with actor Donald O'Connor for six and a half years and toured with The Supremes and Stevie Wonder.
A lot of 60’s bands did cameo appearances and Beatle Parodies on popular TV shows. This was influenced after “A Hard Day’s Night” was such great success. I remember almost every popular 60’s TV show featured a Beatlesque type group.
Here’s an interesting link that lists some of the bands. I remember a lot of these shows too!
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[roccobass]

In 1962, John Lennon and George Harrison ordered a pair of Gibson J-160ESfrom a Liverpool guitar store. That was the year Ringo would join the Beatles, and the year before the band would release its debut album Please Please Me.

Lennon would tour with the guitar for about a year and a half as the Beatles began their ascent on the charts and into international superstardom. Then, in December 1963, Lennon’s Gibson J–160E disappeared.

In 1969, a John McCaw in San Diego, California would purchase a Gibson acoustic for $175 at a local music store and proceed to play around with it in his home for the next 45 years of his life. It’s the guitar that his son learned to play on, and the two of them kept it in generally pristine condition.

He’d picked up a 2012 issue of Guitar Aficionado and saw a picture of George Harrison’s guitar that looked identical. After getting the guitar authenticated McCaw realized what he had on his hands, ultimately lending it to the Grammy museum, where it now sits like any other piece of stolen art, returned and presented for the world’s benefit.

 

[SubHuman]

We recently went to the RnR Hall of Fame and saw Dusty Hill’s Eliminator bass. He was a great bass player!

It was modeled after their very cool Eliminator car.

Billy Gibbons had a matching guitar but it was not on display. (Not my photo)

 

[Skokiaan]

In 1962, John Lennon and George Harrison ordered a pair of Gibson J-160ESfrom a Liverpool guitar store. That was the year Ringo would join the Beatles, and the year before the band would release its debut album Please Please Me.

Lennon would tour with the guitar for about a year and a half as the Beatles began their ascent on the charts and into international superstardom. Then, in December 1963, Lennon’s Gibson J–160E disappeared.

In 1969, a John McCaw in San Diego, California would purchase a Gibson acoustic for $175 at a local music store and proceed to play around with it in his home for the next 45 years of his life. It’s the guitar that his son learned to play on, and the two of them kept it in generally pristine condition.

He’d picked up a 2012 issue of Guitar Aficionado and saw a picture of George Harrison’s guitar that looked identical. After getting the guitar authenticated McCaw realized what he had on his hands, ultimately lending it to the Grammy museum, where it now sits like any other piece of stolen art, returned and presented for the world’s benefit.

He didn't lend it. He sold it at auction for $2.4 million after getting Yoko's permission. (It was a stolen guitar and she could have demanded its return). He gave half the money to her, which went to charity.

 

[Richland123]

Pat Travers played guitar with Ronnie Hawkins in Canada in the 1970s before starting his solo career and Pat Travers Band success.

 

[Richland123]

 

[Jaygetsreal]

The distinctive pedal steel guitar on CSNY's Teach Your Children was played by Jerry Garcia. He apparently made a friendly deal to play it in exchange for CSN helping Grateful Dead improve their singing harmonies

 

[Indiedog]

The distinctive pedal steel guitar on CSNY's Teach Your Children was played by Jerry Garcia. He apparently made a friendly deal to play it in exchange for CSN helping Grateful Dead improve their singing harmonies

One of my favorites. That was one of the facts that I have always added to a conversation when discussing the song or music trivia.