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In addition to well-known performers….

January 11, 2023Weirdo

In addition to well-known performers, a relatively unknown artist by the name of Prince also opened for the Rolling Stones on their record-breaking 1981 tour. However, his set was met with a poor reception as he was only able to perform a few songs before being met with boos from the audience and ultimately being forced to leave the stage.

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The guys from Milli Vanilli…

November 29, 2022Weirdo

The guys from Milli Vanilli (Rob & Fab) as well as the original singers were all misled by their record producer in the lip-sync scandal and are the ones that brought it to the press. Rob & Fab were upset they wouldn’t let them sing, and the original singers were upset they weren’t the stars.

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In 1967 Michigan resident James Osterberg…

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022Weirdo

In 1967 Michigan resident James Osterberg attended a concert by The Doors (made legendary by Jim Morrison’s lateness and drunken antics). He was so inspired and influenced that his own stage persona evolved into the performer better known as Iggy Pop.

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Before he was the best-selling author…

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022Weirdo

Before he was the best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown tried his luck as a musician. In 1994 he released an album called Angels & Demons—a title he reused for a 2000 novel.

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The Phil Collins album No Jacket…

March 11, 2022Weirdo

The Phil Collins album No Jacket Required is named after an incident at a Chicago restaurant where Collins was denied admittance. Collins later appeared on TV denouncing the restaurant who in turn sent him a sport coat and an apology, saying he could come back wearing whatever he wanted.

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David Bowie considered becoming a Buddhist monk…

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021Weirdo

David Bowie considered becoming a Buddhist monk, and studied for a few months in 1967 before a Lama told him he should follow music instead. His ashes were scattered in Bali in accordance with Buddhist rituals.

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Roy Orbison wrote the biggest hit of his….

October 13, 2021Weirdo

Roy Orbison wrote the biggest hit of his career after asking his first wife, Claudette, if she needed cash for the market. His writing partner interjected “pretty women don’t need money.” As Orbison watched Claudette go to the market by “walking down the street”, he wrote “Oh, Pretty Woman.”

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Kris Kristofferson went into music…

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021Weirdo

Kris Kristofferson went into music after studying at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. He moved to Nashville and made ends meet as a helicopter pilot. After trying unsuccessfully to get Johnny Cash to hear some of his songs, he finally got Cash’s attention by landing a helicopter on his lawn.

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After the musician Prince changed…

March 18, 2021Weirdo

After the musician Prince changed his name to The Love Symbol “Ƭ̵̬̊” in 1993, he sent out custom 3.5 inch floppy disks to news/media outlets with strict instructions that contained a custom font that would replace the capital letter “P” with that symbol on the PC and Macintosh.

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When Bill Withers was in his 30s earning…

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020Weirdo

When Bill Withers was in his 30s earning $3 an hour, he went to a Lou Rawls concert. He overheard that Rawls (who didn’t arrive) was to be paid $2000 for the show. Withers immediately bought a cheap guitar and started writing songs.

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