Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees starred in the TV show "Circus Boy" from 1956 to 1958.
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Unusual Rock Trivia?
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The story behind Pete Townsend's famous windmill power chords.
Well, I'll be...
And here, all this time, I thought he was riffing on the 'Got my mojo rising" thing and calling out for
Loni Anderson, who knew?
Rare 1974 footage of George and Paul signing dissolution documents for The Fabs.
George was on tour across the U.S. at the time, and complains in the clip that as per usual, he has no idea
what he's signing.
George was on tour across the U.S. at the time, and complains in the clip that as per usual, he has no idea
what he's signing.
I wonder where those documents reside now.
80s pop band The Hooters was the backing band on Cyndi Lauper's "She's So Unusual"
John Lennon signed this document at the Polynesian Resort in Florida. His was the final signature, so technically the Beatles broke up at Walt Disney World.
Chevy Chase played drums in a group called the Leather Canary's with a couple other guys by the names of Becker and Fagen. Chase described it as a really bad jazz band and left to pursue other interests. Becker and Fagen persevered in the music biz and had moderate success later with a group under a different name
And co-wrote "Time After Time". The connection was Rick Chertoff, the producer who was old pals with the Hooters and produced their early albums as well. At the time, the Hooters had sold over 100,000 copies of a independent e.p. and were getting regular daytime airplay on WMMR and WYSP as an unsigned band.
Before joining the B52s, bassist Tracy Ann Wormworth was a member of The Waitresses and played this terrific bass work on "Christmas Wrapping".
The Hooters founder and songwriter, Eric Bazilian wrote and played on "One of Us," made famous by Joan Osborne in 1995.
In fact he is featured on every track and co-writer for most of the songs on the 'Relish' album.
There must be something in that Philly water to give us; Hall and Oates, Todd Rundgren, Toni Basil, Joan Jett, John Sebastian – to name a few.
Yep and if I recall they had to wait for Lennon to get off of Mr. Toads Wild Ride in DisneyWorld's Fantasyland before he would put pen to paper.
Hard to say where the papers are now. But here is a photo clearly showing all four Beatle signatures, John's in progress. Lennon had his mistress May Pang take the shot at Disney World for posterity.
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The piano used by Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody" was the same piano played by Sir Paul in "Hey Jude."
Oh, and when I was 15 I recorded on the same mixer as used on Led Zeppelin III.
My contribution, you're welcome.
Oh, and when I was 15 I recorded on the same mixer as used on Led Zeppelin III.
My contribution, you're welcome.
I also have Queen/Zep trivia (personal): One of my bands recorded harmonica through the amp Jimmy Page used on Led Zeppelin I, recorded through the desk Queen used for the Flash Gordon soundtrack.
The Beatles pseudonyms, aliases, and odd monikers
- George Harrison used the strange pseudonym "L'Angelo Misterioso" as he contributed to the hit song "Badge" performed by Cream? George and Ringo both helped writing this tune. For this song, George used the pseudonym "L'Angelo Misterioso" loosely translated as "Mysterious Angel". George also used this pseudonym on an August 1969 Jack Bruce album titled "SONGS FOR A TAILOR", when he played guitar on the song "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune". "Badge" first appeared on a February 1969 Cream album titled "GOODBYE", and later on a single, and several "Greatest hits" compilation albums.
- George Harrison appeared on a song titled "If You've Got Love" on Dave Mason's album "It's Like You Never Left". His moniker: "Son Of Harry"! An appropriate pseudonym for George as he was in fact the son of Harry (and Louise).
- John Lennon used the pen name "Beatcomber" when writing for Liverpool's "Mersey Beat" Magazine. Bill Harry chose the name for John, because he enjoyed the humor of J.B. Morton's "BEACHCOMBER" which was a regular column in The Daily Express. The paper carried news about all the local Liverpool bands, and stars who came to town to perform. The Beatles of course had a close association with Mersey Beat, who carried many exclusive stories and photos of them. They also published several of Lennon's early writings, including a history of the band, and occasional comical classified advertisements by him as space filler.
- John Lennon used the pickle-related alias The Reverend Fred Gherkindid when he recorded "Bless You" in 1974. This was alias used by John Lennon on his song "Bless You" from the "WALLS AND BRIDGES" album. John also used the names "The Reverend Thumbs Gherkin", on the song "Old Dirt Road", and "Dr. Winston O'Ghurkin" on "Going Down On Love" from the same album.
- Paul McCartney used the baseball personality name Billy Martin to book studio time while secretly working on his first solo album "McCARTNEY". Recorded privately at his home in London; at Morgan Studios, London; and at Abbey Road Studios, London under the pseudonym "Billy Martin" from late 1969 to March of 1970; the development of McCartney was undertaken as the Beatles were falling apart.
- Paul McCartney used the alias Paul Ramon when assisting on the recording "Brave New World" released by The Steve Miller Band in 1969. Paul used the pseudonym "Paul Ramon" here, and again when he played drums, bass guitar, and sang backing vocals on the song "My Dark Hour" by The Steve Miller Band. "My Dark Hour" appeared on Miller's album "BRAVE NEW WORLD" and on an American single on June 6, 1969.
- John Lennon chose the alias Dwarf McDougal (among others) while recording his "WALLS AND BRIDGES" album. The name refers to the Bob Dylan style of guitar playing John used on some of the tracks. Dwarf was the name of Dylan's music company, while McDougal was the name of the street Dylan's Greenwich Village apartment was on.
- The Fab Four used the stage names Johnny Silver, Paul Ramon, Carl Harrison and Stu DeStael when they toured with Johnny Gentile under the name The Silver Beatles while touring Scotland May 20-28, 1960. George's name "Carl" was in honor of one of his guitar heroes, Carl Perkins. Stu Sutcliffe, an artist in his own right, took the last name of a famous painter. Nicholas deStael, who also coincidentally died early in life. John later vehemently denied ever using the name "Johnny Silver", but other members still claim it's true.
- John Lennon was credited on a few post-Beatles recordings as "Dr. Winston O'Boogie", including a memorable track with Harry Nilsson. Why would Lennon have selected the name Winston? Lennon was born John Winston Lennon on October 9,1940. (On April 22, 1969 he had his name changed to ONO). He was named after his paternal grandfather, John 'Jack' Lennon, and Winston Churchill - however, John was in no way related to Churchill.
- Ringo was known for his "Ringo-isms", funny phrases and titles that served as the inspiration for several songs by The Fab Four. One humorous title he had for the band itself was THE SIAMESE QUADS.
And the Mellotron used by Moody Blues was later sold to King Crimson who later sold it to Genesis who later sold it to... and on and on it goes...only thing I know of a Mellotron that didn't circulate like a VD smitten groupie amongst the bands was Yes, Tony Kaye. He said in an interview "no, I broke it during a tour", and the interviewer "oh, was it an accident?" To which Tony Kaye replied "No, I just hauled it to the edge of the stage, and ..." Not even close to the edge, but way and far beyond it...
