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Ten Things You Didn't Know About Van Halen
1- Everyone knows that Gene Simmons from Kiss saw them and tried to get them a record deal back in the late 70’s. He wanted to change their name though, to Daddy Long-legs, he even designed a logo for them. 2- Eruption…..was an accident! Eddie Van Halen and the band ...
Ten Things You Didnt Know About The Allman Brothers
TEN THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND1-Blue Sky was written for Dickey Betts Native American girlfriend, Sandy "Bluesky" Wabegijig. They married in 1973 and divorced two years later. They had one child, Jessica, who also has a song about her. 2- Gregg Allman celebrated his eighteenth birthday ...
TEN THINGS YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT PINK FLOYD
1- How did they get the name PINK FLOYD? The strange name that Syd Barrett bequeathed to his band was suggested, not by a drug vision, but by two obscure names in his record collection: Georgia bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council. 2- On Dark Side of the ...
Ten Things You Didnt Know About Guns and Roses
1. The members in the band would cure their STDs by visiting the local pet store. ?You could get dirt-cheap antibiotics – intended for use in aquariums – at pet stores. Turned out tetracycline wasn’t just good for tail rot and gill disease. It also did great with syphilis?2. The ...
Ten Things You Didnt Know About The Police
1-The song Don’t Stand So Close To me, refers to a book, by Walter Nabakov, who authored the book Lolita. Lolita is the story of an affair between an older man and a young girl, also the topic of this song. 2- The song Walking on the Moon, was originally ...
Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Who
1- They were originally called The Detours, then The High Numbers 2- Pete Townshend didn’t discover that John Entwistle had been a Freemason for most of his life until the day of John’s funeral; these were men who spent a LOT of time together. 3- Keith Moon, drunk after a ...
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Led Zeppelin
1- The bass player from the Yardbirds was named Chris Dreja, he was going to be in pages new band but declined the offer, instead going on to a career in photography, in fact he shot the band photo on the back of Zeppelins first album. 2-Robert Plant sang the ...
10 Things You Didn't Know About Keith Richards
1. Keith Doesn’t Sleep In his autobiography, Richards recalls that on average, he slept only two nights a week for many years of the Stones’ glory years. “This means that I have been conscious for at least three lifetimes. 2. Keith Got into music at age three. His favorites were ...
Road to Forever, getting past the Eagles and the rebirth of a musician!
Recently we all watched the Eagles documentary on TV, three and a half hours of footage about the band and the story, the guitar player Don Felder, the guy who wrote Hotel California and a few others for the band was “let go” in 2001 and suffered greatly from the ...
NICKO MCBRAIN from Iron Maiden gets OWNED......by his wife!
Nicko McBrain's wife was arrested in Florida in February for domestic battery. 50-year-old Rebecca McBrain allegedly tried to stab Nicko with a decorative lance in their home. When that didn't work, she allegedly threw logs from the fire pit behind their house at him, causing minor injuries. She was ...
Solid as a Rock!
In an interview with Ain’t It Cool News, Sylvester Stallone was asked what his worst injury was. He explained the injury he had during Rocky IV as the worst, but also brought up an injury during Rocky II. Click here to read more.
Richie Sambora - out of Bon Jovi?
Trouble in Jersey!!! Richie has had his bouts with drugs and booze, but to pull out of a show on the day of is unacceptable. Something tells me that Jon will be playing guitar a lot more! Check out our Bon Jovi photo gallery here. Click here for more information.
John Lennon's Blood-Stained Glasses
Yoko Ono, always one to make a statement, makes one about gun control with John Lennons Blood Stained Glasses. Kind of gross! Made me read this, though. Click here for more.
Live in Bon Jovi's House!
It’s a penthouse built for a rock star, and it has the price to go with it. The house that Jon Bon Jovi once bought is on the block for a cool $42 million, almost twice as much as the $24 million the rocker and actor paid for it in ...
Crossing The Grand Canyon Without A Net!
His Grandpa fell off a rope in the later 70's and died. He has had people in his family become permanently disfigured from trying daredevil stunts. Yet this guy is walking across the Grand Canyon, without a harness, or a net! Click here for the crazy details.
Woman Forced To Wear Idiot Sign, For Being An Idiot!
How many times have you been driving and come across a stopped school bus, lights flashing, kids running around, seems that this woman thought that the rules didn’t apply to her, and she drove around the school bus…….ON THE SIDEWALK. This isn’t the first time this was done, but thanks ...
Rolling Stones Hint at Setlist: No “Satisfaction”?
The Rolling Stones have hinted at the possible running order of their late 2012 dates with a hand-written setlist posted on Twitter. See it here. “The Stones have the “stones” to play live and not include Satisfaction?? For ticket prices as much as 800 per seat, I want dinner with ...
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John Reunite for Christmas Album
It’s been 35 years since they portrayed Danny and Sandy in Grease, the biggest movie musical of all time. Now John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have reunited for a new album! This Christmas will be available November 13. The pair will donate artist proceeds from the album to their respective ...
Pink Floyd And The Wizard Of Oz. See For Yourself!
For many years people have been saying that Dark Side of the Moon goes with the Wizard Of OZ. Now you can see and decide for yourself. Read on here. The clip below, "Dark Side of the Rainbow", brings the denizens of Oz together with Pink Floyd. If you've never ...
Rocky talks with Greg Kihn
GREG KIHN – Great singer, songwriter and leader of his band talks with Rocky about his upcoming best of cd. How many people can say they were one of the first artists played on MTV? How many people do you know that have smoked cigarettes with Mick Jagger? How many ...
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