Amazing Music Facts!

Davey Jones of the Monkees was a success in the mock group
He was on the Ed Sullivan show as a kid doing a scene from "Olivier" stage musical
That same night, the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan.
Years later, a new rock and roll star could not use his real name, Davey Jones because of the Monkees Davey Jones.
So he used the name David Bowie and became even bigger than the Monkees member.

Jimi Hendrix was considering to join the progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (very cleverly named after the names of its members ) which would have made them HELP.
He died shortly before their first jam session though.

What has thr mother of Mike Nesmith (of The Monkees) ever done for you..?? She invented Tippex that's what. So you could sniff it in Geography and hallunicate about knobbing that bird next to you....Sweet.

Bruce Dickinson's (Iron Maiden) nickname "Air raid Siren" was actually well-earned in Samson when he
managed to shatter a huge glass globe at Chelsea College with one particularly well-placed scream.

John Lennon named his band the Beatles after Buddy Holly's 'Crickets.'

And it started out as "Long John And The Silver Beetles". Not a spelling mistake. And when James Paul McCartney was asked to join, he refused to do so unless he brought his own drummer. A man by the name of Richard Starkey. Richard was also the oldest of the four.

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Originally posted by rainbowdemon

And it started out as "Long John And The Silver Beetles". Not a spelling mistake. And when James Paul McCartney was asked to join, he refused to do so unless he brought his own drummer. A man by the name of Richard Starkey. Richard was also the oldest of the four.

Cool how things start and change eh!

Nick Mason is the only member of Pink Floyd to appear on all of the band's albums.

Thaddeus Cahill invented the Telharmonium; an instrument that weighed almost 200 tons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telharmonium

The frontman for "Primus" (Les Claypol) Tried out for a position in "Metallica"...Way back in the day.

When Queen was formed, their drummer, Roger Taylor, was studying to become a dentist.

Charles Manson wrote songs for the Beach Boys

EMI stands for ' Electrical and Musical Instruments'.

TOOL--- the band's name stands for how they want their music to be a TOOL to aid in understanding lachrymology (which is the science of crying as a therapy). Lachrymology translates literally to "the study of crying." The basic tenet, evident in the band's music, is that the greatest road to advancement is through pain--emotional and physical. Hence the band's name.

Ronald P. Vincent (supposedly) wrote a book in 1949 called _The Joyful Guide to Lachrymology_ which (supposedly) was the band's original inspiration. Vincent suggested that 'people can only advance themselves by exploring and understanding their physical and emotional pain'.

Tool fucking sucks .pardon my ignorance . John Lennon did a song with Keith Richards and Eric Clapton and Keith Moon under the title band of the Dirty Mack , One night only stand on the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus . Download " Yer Blues " and it will blow your mind as the greatest rock /blues song of all time .

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Originally posted by maweber76

Charles Manson wrote songs for the Beach Boys

He wrote one for Guns 'n Roses too.

The Motown female group The Supremes, which dominated the pop charts in the 1960's, was originally called The Primettes.