311:
311's name masks sinister ties to white supremacy, because 'K' is the eleventh letter of the alphabet, and three times 'K' equals
KKK.
Aerosmith:
Aerosmith once decided to play their set list in reverse, then opened with their
encore and walked off the stage.
Bell, Joshua:
Violinist
Joshua Bell plays in the subway.
Bono:
Bono announces every time he claps a child in Africa dies; someone from the audience tells him to stop doing that.
Bowie, David:
David Bowie's wife once caught him in
bed with Mick Jagger.
Carey, Mariah:
Mariah Carey said she'd love to be
skinny like "starving children."
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When asked for a reaction to the death of King Hussein of
Jordan, Carey mourned the loss of the greatest basketball player of all time.
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Ciara:
R&B singer
Ciara was once a man.
Clapton, Eric:
A vicar advised Eric Clapton to take "a few months to practice" before playing his
guitar in church.
After the beleaguered lead guitarist of a band responds to
heckling by asking if anyone in the audience thinks he can do better, Clapton steps onto the stage and shows him up.
"
Tears in Heaven" was composed as a tribute to Conor Clapton, Eric's preschooler son who died in an accident.
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Collins, Phil:
Phil Collins orders all Jews to
leave his concert.
Phil Collins wrote "
In The Air Tonight" after witnessing a man refuse to come to the aid of a drowning swimmer.
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Denver, John:
John Denver was a U.S. Army
sniper in Vietnam.
John Denver orders all Jehovah's Witnesses to
leave his concert.
Elliot, "Mama" Cass:
Mama Cass
choked to death on a ham sandwich.
Singer "Mama" Cass Elliot experienced an increase in her vocal range after she was hit in the head by a
pipe.
Greenwood, Lee:
God Bless the USA singer-composer Lee Greenwood dodged the
draft by fleeing to Canada.
Harry, Deborah:
Deborah Harry was once
abducted by serial killer Ted Bundy.
Hendrix, Jimi:
Jimi Hendrix was dropped as an opening act from a Monkees tour because the
Daughters of the American Revolution complained that his stage act was "too erotic."
During a "Tonight Show" appearance, Jimi Hendrix proclaimed
Phil Keaggy to be the greatest guitarist of all time.
Hill, Lauryn:
Lauryn Hill once announced she'd rather die than have
white people buy her albums.
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Holly, Buddy:
The airplane in which Buddy Holly died was named
American Pie.
Buddy Holly's group named themselves "The Crickets" because the sound of a chirping
cricket accidentally appeared on one of their recordings.
Hung, William:
American Idol favorite
William Hung died of a heroin overdose.
Jackson, Michael:
Michael Jackson owns the
rights to the Beatles' songs.
Michael Jackson has a prosthetic
nose and it fell off during a recent TV special.
Jagger, Mick:
Mick Jagger was caught with Marianne Faithfull and a
Mars bar during a drug raid.
Jett, Joan:
Joan Jett sent an angry
letter to
Rolling Stone to complain about their "Women in Rock" issue.
John, Elton:
Elton John collapsed at a party and had
semen pumped from his stomach.
Kid Rock:
Kid Rock is the son of Hank Williams, Jr.
KISS:
KISS bassist Gene Simmons had a
cow's tongue grafted onto his own.
Blood from KISS band members was mixed with the red ink used to print the first KISS comic book.
Lady Gaga:
Lady Gaga is a hermaphrodite.
Lady Gaga:
Fame, Lady Gaga's
perfume, is made with blood and semen.
Led Zeppelin:
Members of Led Zeppelin once employed a mud
shark on a female groupie.
Lil' Bow Wow:
Rapper Lil' Bow Wow was
raped by his driver or bodyguard.
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes:
Lisa Lopes of TLC was
murdered in a revenge killing.
Manson, Marilyn:
Marilyn Manson was Paul Pfeiffer in TV's
The Wonder Years.
Marilyn Manson slaughters
puppies as part of his stage show.
Marilyn Manson became Evil Incarnate because a church
youth group shunned him.
The Masked Marauders:
A group of 1960s rock superstars recorded an album under the name
The Masked Marauders.
Bobby McFerrin:
Bobby McFerrin, singer of "Don't Worry, Be Happy," killed himself.
The Monkees:
Charles
Manson auditioned for the Monkees.
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Michael Nesmith's mother invented
Liquid Paper correction fluid.
Mike Nesmith learned to play guitar to regain dexterity in fingers injured by a
firecracker.
Nelson, Willie:
Willie Nelson said it was a good thing he was caught with a bag of marijuana rather than
spinach else he'd have been dead by now.
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Perlman, Itzhak:
Violinist Itzhak Perlman once finished a concert on an instrument with only
three strings after one string broke.
Presley, Elvis:
Elvis once said: "The only thing a nigger can do for me is buy my records and
shine my shoes."
Elvis was told: "Stick to driving a
truck, because you'll never make it as a singer."
Elvis' backup singers walked out during a concert after his remark that their breath "smelled like
catfish."
Richards, Keith:
Keith Richards beat a heroin addiction by having all his
blood replaced at a Swiss medical clinic.
Slick, Grace:
Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick named her daughter '
God.'
Spector, Phil:
Producer Phil Spector deliberately recorded an unreleasable song called "
The Screw" in order to cheat his former partner out of royalties.
Stewart, Rod:
Rod Stewart collapsed at a party and had
semen pumped from his stomach.
10cc:
The band
10cc was so named because the term represents the amount of semen in an average male ejaculation (or a little bit more).
Twain, Shania:
Shania Twain is the great-granddaughter of
Mark Twain.
Urban, Keith:
Keith Urban orders all Canadians to
leave his concert.
Van Halen:
Van Halen's standard performance contract contained a provision calling for them to be provided with a bowl of M&Ms, but with all the
brown candies removed.
Vega, Sergio:
Sergio Vega
murdered scant hours after dispelling rumors about reports of his death.
Williams, Hank Jr.:
Hank Williams, Jr. is the father of Kid Rock.
Wood, Ron:
Guitarist
Ron Wood lost a chance to join the Rolling Stones in 1969 because he missed a phone call.
Zappa, Frank:
Frank Zappa was the son of TV's
Mr. Greenjeans.
Frank Zappa won a
gross-out contest by eating excrement on stage.
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