Unusual Rock Trivia?

[Richland123]

Ron Dante was in The Detergents before he was the lead singer of The Archies, The Cufflinks, and other stuff like The Chan Clan, The Amazing Spider-Man - A Rockomic, and other projects. The Detergents also recorded a parody of the Shangri-Las' "Leader of the Pack" titled "Leader Of The Laundromat" that was a top 20 hit in the US in January 1965. They had a minor chart record in 1965 with "Double-O-Seven" a lament by a teenager whose girlfriend is neglecting him to see James Bond movies. The Detergents again spoofed the Shangri-Las by recording "I Can Never Eat Home Any More," a parody of "I Can Never Go Home Any More."

Ron Dante co-produced and sang backup on many of Barry Manilow's hit albums and singles of the 1970s.

Contrary to popular belief, the lead verses of another Archies single, "Jingle Jangle" (portrayed as being sung by either Betty or Veronica), were not sung by a female vocalist, but rather by Dante using falsetto vocals.

Ron Dante appeared on a 1975 CBS TV pilot show called Hip Patches. He is interviewed by a group of young musicians in a band named Silvermoon who were meant to be the stars of the show. On that show, he is introduced as the voice of "all five Archies" and explains to the audience what it takes to be a successful band.

 

[Skokiaan]

In 1975, Roger Daltrey appeared on Wonderama, a local New York children's show, to promote his latest solo album.
At the 7:00 mark he demonstrates his mic swinging technique.

 

[FilterFunk]

In 1975, Roger Daltrey appeared on Wonderama, a local New York children's show, to promote his latest solo album.
At the 7:00 mark he demonstrates his mic swinging technique.

I wonder if Roger ever had to use his mic like nunchucks on an overzealous fan...

 

[StereoPlayer]

I wonder if Roger ever had to use his mic like nunchucks on an overzealous fan...

It was his skills.

 

[Richland123]

When Brian May and Roger Taylor started playing together, they had a band called Smile with Bassist/Vocalist Tim Staffell

Staffell later was a model maker, designer, animator and commercials director and he was the chief model maker for the first series of the children's TV show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends.

Staffell left the band and Freddie Mercury joined and suggested changing the band name to Queen. They actually went through three bassists, Mike Grose (1970); Barry Mitchell (1970–1971); and Doug Ewood Bogie – (1971) before John Deacon joined in 1971.



Smile (Brian May, Tim Staffell, and Roger Taylor)

Queen with Mike Grose - Queen's first bassist

 

[bound'n'blocked]

I wonder if Roger ever had to use his mic like nunchucks on an overzealous fan...

I was in a small club one night watching a band play, and the singer would do the Daltry mic swing and I was sitting there going "What is this guy thinking? He's going to hit someone!" when BAM! He hits the guitar player right between the eyes and he goes down like a shot beef. The guitar player crawls to the side of the stage with his guitar underneath him squaling. He finally gets up and resets his nose, and they go back to the music. I died laughing! That was rock and roll!

BnB

 

[Skokiaan]

Colbie Caillat is the daughter of Ken Caillat, best known as the producer/engineer of Fleetwood Mac's Rumors.

 

[Tom Bomb]

More boss goss. This time how to go down "like a lead balloon"

"In 1968 guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bass/keyboard player John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham formed "The New Yardbirds". A few weeks later The Who's drummer Keith Moon predicted they would go down like a "lead balloon", and so Led Zeppelin was born.

Instead of going down, the band soared. Their audiences grew from a few hundred, to hundreds of thousands. They revolutionised album sales by refusing to release singles in the UK. And they developed a very bad reputation for their on-tour behaviour, particularly John Bonham who was nicknamed "the beast". …"
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[Richland123]

Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers has a daughter, Lara Johnston, who is a singer-songwriter. She has toured extensively, both as a solo act opening for acts like KISS and Heart, and as a backing vocalist for artists like Don Henley and Belinda Carlisle. Lara was a competitor on MTV's Rock The Cradle and was a 2011 participant in American Idol.

lara

 

[Son of Wobble]

"Athena" was originally written by Pete Townshend after an encounter with the American actress Theresa RusselInvalid Link Removed.After seeing a Pink Floyd performance on their Wall Tour, with Russell and his friend, Bill Minkin, Townshend was rejected by the actress when he attempted to romance her. Townshend said of the incident:

The song was written after I had been to see The Wall with my friend Bill Minkin and the actress Theresa Russell who was about to marry the film director Nic Roeg with whom I hoped to work on a new version of Lifehouse. I got drunk as usual, but I had taken my first line of cocaine that very evening before meeting her and decided I was in love. When I came to do the vocal on the following day [Feb. 15, 1980] I was really out of my mind with frustration and grief because she didn't reciprocate.

Under the working title "Teresa," the song's name was changed to "Athena." Despite this alteration, Townshend still felt the song was too personal, claiming, "It was just too revealing." Roger Daltrey, however, disliked the song for this change.

No, I never liked that song ["Athena"]. It's a great record. I think what happened with that song, it was originally called "Teresa" and then Pete was talking to me about Nick Roeg's girlfriend and how he fancied her, and that song was written about her - but then it changed into 'She's a bomb' and I think I've got a psychological problem with it. I listened to it on the record the other day, and it's a great record; there's so much energy on that thing but I still don't think there's a center to that song. The fact that he changed the title in that and didn't stick to what it was supposed to be lost its center to me.

— Roger Daltrey, Invalid Link Removed, 2010

 

[Novarocker]

Wow that's way cool. Thanks for that tidbit wobble.

 

[jamro217]

Stephen Stills played percussion on the Bee Gee's "You Should Be Dancin'" from Saturday Night Fever.

 

[Richland123]

Midnight Oil lead singer Peter Garrett was Australian Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth (September 2010 - July 2013) and Australian Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (December 2007 - September 2010) while serving as a Member of the Australian Parliament (October 2004 - August 2013).

In addition, he is a Member of the Order of Australia (2003) and an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 2009).

 

[Richland123]

Before playing with The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces, The Rolling Stones, and others, Ronnie Wood started his recording career with a British band called The Birds in the early 1960s. They released several singles. He also played for a short time with The Creation.

After releasing their third single in late 1965, The Birds moved to Reaction Records, whose director, Robert Stigwood, suggested they change their name to "The Birds Birds", to distinguish themselves from the American band The Byrds. In 1966, the band did a cameo appearance in the horror film The Deadly Bees, performing their song "That's All I Need you For". By 1967 the group had disbanded.

 

[Hues]

The song All The Young Dudes,written by David Bowie, came to be when Bowie heard from Mott The Hoople bassist Peter Watts that his band was calling it quits because they weren't having much success....Bowie offered to give them a new song,to try and help out.First he offered up Suffragette City,which they didn't care for.So,the story goes,David sat down on the floor and proceeded to create All The Young Dudes in front of Mott's singer Ian Hunter.

 

[Tom Bomb]

Would post modern White be right? Revolution 50: The Beatles’ White Album remixed

The album has a more “modern” sound (wider frequency range, wider stereo field, and greater clarity and separation of parts), without losing its live feel, grit, or eccentricity. As the opener, Back in the USSR, shows, bass frequencies are considerably more present. (In the 1960s, mixing and mastering engineers had to be careful with low frequencies, as they could cause problems at the vinyl cutting stage.)

Bring on the BASS!

 

[jamro217]

Multi instrumentalist Bobby Gentry (writer, singer and guitarist on "Ode To Billie Joe") and multi instrumentalist Jim Stafford ('70's hit maker responsible for "Spiders And Snakes", "My Girl Bill", "Wildwood Weed"...) were married for a short time and have a son.

 

[jamro217]

Guitarist David Spinozza played on Don McLean's "American Pie" and Billy Joel's "Honesty" as well as providing the thrilling guitar solo on Dr. John's "Right Place, Wrong Time". As if that wasn't enough, he also produced James Taylor's "Walking Man" LP and was band leader for Yoko Ono. He played with three of the four Beatles after they broke up, George Harrison being the lone exception.

 

[bound'n'blocked]

Was going through photos on my phone and came across a screenshot that had some interesting trivia, so I'll just post the photo...

Hmmmm...

BnB

 

[Richland123]

After Nick Gilder left Sweeney Todd to pursue a solo career, he was eventually replaced with then teenage Bryan Adams. Bryan recorded one album with the band that was released in 1977 that did not do well. He left the band less than a year after joining and started his solo career with a disco single, "Let Me Take You Dancing", that came out in 1978.