Cracked Archive - Music
55 Crazy Stories About Famous Musicians
These stories are wild, and many of them don't even involve drugs.
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17 Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Tells Facebook To Eff Off Over Request To Use 'Another Brick In The Wall Part 2' In A Commercial
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- By Carly Tennes
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Did Lorde Release "Solar Power" For The Sole Purpose Of Making A Butt Joke?
Here's what we know about the singer's cheeky move.
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- By Carly Tennes
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4 Embarrassingly Awful Musical Tributes To Tragedies
Sometimes, the right music can unite a grieving nation. Unites people in asking, "What in the world were you thinking when you wrote that?"
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- By Mark Hill
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Getting 'Weezered' Is TikTok's Latest Viral Trend
"Yo, you just got Weezered."
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- By Carly Tennes
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5 Weirdly Awesome Ways People Play Music
Are you even a musician if you haven't at least tried turning an old electrical appliance into a bass guitar?
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- By Oona O'Brien
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20 Painfully Embarrassing Prom Songs (You Secretly Love)
2021 is not a good year from proms. But if we're using music as a yardstick, the past years might've been even worse.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Cracked Readers
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Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple Haze' Is About Aliens, Not Drugs
Jimi Hendrix was a rock god. He was also a quiet, shy, science fiction-loving nerd.
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- By Eirik Gumeny
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23 Criminally Underrated Albums You Should Listen To Right Now
Bands have recorded enough good stuff to entertain you all day, every day -- but no one's ever played it for you.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Cracked Readers
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20 Classic Guilty Pleasure Songs By Artists You Otherwise Can't Stand
Musicians you'd otherwise refuse to share an airplane with put out one song that you just can't help liking.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Cracked Readers
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The Beatles' Forgotten Punk Rock Origin Story
It's been a hard day's night and I've been working like a meth head.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Why Was The 90s So Obsessed With Swing?
Right between grunge and nu-metal, there was a time when swing swung in.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Celebrated Composer Hans Zimmer Now Apparently Makes Ringtones, Likely Delighting Telemarketers
“Zimmer’s simple yet epic notes [to] inspire optimism and joy with every alert" – apparently, even when you see you've missed four calls from your mom.
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- By Carly Tennes
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The Wiggles Were '80s Rock Gods?!
They were kind of like Hall and Oates if they had a breakdown and pivoted to Nick, Jr.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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It Turns Out We’re Right to Judge People By Their Taste in Music
The kind of music we like is actually a pretty reliable reflection of how we think, feel, and our personalities -- and sometimes a strong influence over it.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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