28 Random Bits of Music Trivia That Are Gonna Rock Around the Clock Tonight

Then they’re gonna rock, rock, rock till the broad daylight
28 Random Bits of Music Trivia That Are Gonna Rock Around the Clock Tonight

We hope you brought your dancin’ shoes, because these music facts fully intend to get down with their bad selves. Ooh doggie, do they mean to cut a rug to shreds.

This ain’t your mama’s music fact list, but if you’re not too scared, they’ll teach you and your brain a little something about boogying down!

Muse

Muse Marshall CRACKED.COM FIRST SHOW: In 1994, the Rocket Baby Dolls won a battle of the bands by playing a few Nirvana covers. Matt Bellamy got taken out by security for smashing his equipment, but escaped and returned to the stage to keep on smashin'.

Oasis

Oasis CRACKED COM FIRST SHOW: Noel Gallagher watched the first Oasis show from the sidelines s - and thought they sucked. But he saw an opportunity to weasel into his brother's project and play some stuff he'd been working on solo.

The Beatles

The Beatles CRACKED.COM FIRST SHOW: George Harrison was almost booted from the venue for breaking the dress code... the foppish bloke wore jeans.

Guns N’ Roses

Guns N' Roses CRACKED.COM FIRST SHOW: The boys kicked off their inaugural tour by... breaking down, hitchhiking for 40 hours, getting a pay cut for their first gig, and having the rest of their shows straight-up cancelled.

AC/DC

AC/DC CRACKED.COM FIRST SHOW: Bassist Dave Evans says the venue owner wasn't used to everything rocking and rolling, so he would literally pull the plug on the band when they got too loud (approximately every 20 minutes).

Beyonce

Beyonce has a free-Popeyes-for-life card. GRAGKED.COM The Louisiana kitchen fast-food franchise learned about Beyonce's apparent love of their food, so they gave her all the free chicken and biscuits she could ever want. Pretty sure she can af- ford to pay, though.

Taylor Swift

CRACKED THREE MPS REALLY WANT TAYLOR SWIFT TO COME TO CANADA An Alberta Member of Parliament has asked the House of Commons to help them get Taylor Swift to bring her Eras Tour to Canada, filing an official grievance. They have the backing of two other MPs.

Lil’ Bow Wow

Lil' Bow Wow got his name from Dr. Dre Не makes an apperance in Snoop Dogg's Gin and Juice music video. CRACKED.COM

Sam Smith

Sam Smith sang Stay With Me all by himself -- no choir. Не got the choir effect by layering his voice (while standing in different spots) about 20 times, and what we hear is the finished demo. The song was written in 34 minutes and recorded in a single take, but it wasn't until he'd added the harmonies that he felt like the whole song suddenly made sense. CRACKED.COM

Frank Sinatra

CRACKED FRANK SINATRA HATED ELVIS PRESLEY AND ROCK 'N' ROLL. About Elvis' music, Sinatra said, It's the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression that has been my misfortune to hear. Presley called a press conference to defend himself and his music.

Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne suffers from epilepsy CRACKED.COM Не was diagnosed as a child, but he's suffered more and more seizures as his career progresses. Не blames it on the rock star lifestyle, or, as he puts it, just plain stress, no rest and overworking myself.

Joan Jett

Rock Star JOAN JETT saved a 3-year-old boy from drowning in 1985. Jett spotted the kid face down in the ocean and jumped in, fully clothed, to rescue him. The rocker administered CPR until paramedics came on the scene. GRACKED.COM

The Elton John-Madonna Feud

Elton John can't stop talking trash about Madonna. And it's all because of Lady Gaga. Madonna doesn't like Gaga because Born This Way sounds like a straight ripoff of Express Yourself. Because of that friction, Elton keeps lashing out at Madge in public-at one point suggesting she be shot for lip-synching on tour. CRACKED.COM https://youtu.be/hexgsXeSlhs

Bjork

Bjork and Lars von Trier really had a hard time working together on Dancer in the Dark. Among other things, Bjork apparently told von Trier that her grandpa once told her Never work with a Dane because he will eat your soul. Von Trier (who is Danish) said that everyday she had something like that. CRACKED.COM

Elton John

ELTON JOHN MARCH 1997 CRACKED.COM For his 50th birthday, John held a costume party for 600 celebrities. Не dressed as Louis XIV, with a costume so massive it had to be carried in a 30-foot moving truck.

Ozzy

OZZY OSBOURNE needed a cocaine substitute CRACKED.COM Ozzy asked Motley Crüe for coke, but they were out. Не walked over to a crack in the sidewalk, recalls Nikki Sixx. I saw a long column of ants and as I thought, No, he wouldn't, he did. Не put the straw to his nose and sent the entire line of ants tickling up his nose with a single, monstrous snort.

Keith Moon

KEITH MOON AUGUST 1967 CRACKED.COM This isn't 100% confirmed, but the story goes that on his 21st birthday, Keith drove a car into a pool, knocked a tooth out, spent the night in jail, and still made the flight to The Who's next gig.

Kiss

KISS turned the place upside down GRACKED COM KISS, like most rock bands worth a damn, has a history of trashing hotel rooms. The legend goes that Ace Frehley took that tradition to another level, Supergluing all the furniture in his hotel room to the ceiling. Some guys just know how to party.

Thriller

Michael Jackson's THRILLER is so much more than a music video. In December 1983, the 13-minute short film was solely responsible for increasing MTV's ratings tenfold. It is the only music video to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being culturally, historically or aesthetically significant. CRACKED

Duran Duran

DURAN DURAN NAMED ITSELF AFTER THE VILLAIN IN CHEESY SCIFI FLICK BARBARELLA. The villain was actually named Durand Durand. Also in Barbarella: Jane Fonda, pictured above in the Orgasmatron. CRACKED.COM http://www.bandnameexplained.com/2013/07/duran-duran-band-name-meaning.html

Pharrell

Pharrell's 24-hour music video. ISE 08:57 AM 08 SHARE THIS MOMENT Directed by We Are from LA, the full length version of Pharrell's 2014 hit Happy is 24 hours long. It filmed hundreds of regular people and celebrities dancing to the song overll days of shooting and 42 separate locations around L.A. CRACKED

Mike Patton

MIKE PATTON OF FAITH NO MORE HAS ONE OF THE WIDEST VOCAL RANGES IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC. CRACKED.COM OVER SIX OCTAVES.

Buckethead

Buckethead is prolific to an almost extraterrestrial degree. Не has released more than 300 albums in his career - most of them made since CRACKED.COM 2013 where at points he was releasing an album a day.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson could compose a song in his head and express every single aspect of it (the bass, the harmony, the chord) through beatboxing. In 1994, he successfully overturned a plagiarism lawsuit by demonstrating his songwriting ability in court, beatboxing and all. CRACKED.COM

Rahzel

Former Roots member Rahzel is so talented at beatboxing that he can vocalize both the beat and the lyrics of a song at the same time. CRACKED.COM

Billy Joel

Billy Joel has CRACKED.COM synesthesia. Не can see colors in music, and uses the ability to write his songs.

Freddie Mercury

We all know Freddie Mercury's singing voice was incredible. Now there's SCIENCE to back it. Anecdotal claims of a four octave range aside, scientific studies concluded that he used vocal subharmonics common to Tuvan throat singers. And while he mostly sang tenor, the average frequency of his speaking voice places him as a natural baritone. They also found his vibrato control was better and faster than Pavoratti's. CRACKED.COM

Brendon Urie

CRACKED.COM Panic! at the Disco's only member Brendon Urie can amazingly play every musical instrument. UTRO - UMA All of the instruments heard on his latest album were played by him, except the horns.

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