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It was Mike Oldfield's groundbreaking album Tubular Bells which launched the Richard Branson's Virgin empire. TB was the first album ever released by the label in 1973. |
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Mudcrutch is the band Tom Petty headed in Florida that later became Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
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C/S member Mick Jones is one of the founding members of the seminal English punk band The Clash |
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Peter Gabriel was the original frontman for the band Genesis from 1967-1975 before going solo. |
Darshan |
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Allison is married to Steve Earle, the very storied, accomplsihed and Grammy winning singer/songwriter. |
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On the new ABC series, Eli Stone, George Michael has appeared as himself and multiple episodes have been named after his songs. |
Darshan |
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Although a band consisting of multiple members, The Mars Volta is the collaborative duo of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala. |
Darshan |
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Prime Movers Joe Ramsey & Gary Putman are founding members of the very successful Led Zeppelin-Reggae grooved band Dread Zeppelin. |
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Thomas won Guitar Center's drum off when he was 9, became the youngest drummer to be endorsed by Zildjian at 12 and was accepted to Berklee at 15. |
cool mo c |
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Did you know that Les Paul taught Steve Miller to play the guitar? It's true. |
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Tears for Fears was the band who discovered and debuted soul singer Oleta Adams on their album, Seeds of Love. The track "Woman in Chains" featured Oleta in a duet with Roland. |
Darshan |
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One of Jimi's hobbies is working on old VW's - more specifically the air cooled ones. |
cool mo c |
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Michael Franti, the voice and one of the founding members of The Disposible Heroes of Hiphoprisy, was taught how to play guitar by Amy Ray and Emily Sailers of the Indigo Girls. |
Darshan |
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Ian hosted a radio program on the world famous and influential KROQ radio station in Los Angeles in the early 80's. |
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Guitarist Izzy Stradlin once worked as an LA Weekly deliveryman. |
cool mo c |
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Gene Simmons of KISS suggested they change their name to Daddy Longlegs. |
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Paul Stanley of KISS lobbied to produce Appetite for Destruction. |
cool mo c |
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Nikki didn't meet his sister, who had Down syndrome and lived in a sanitarium, until her funeral. |
cool mo c |
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Van Halen was paid $1.5 million to perform at the 1983 US Festival making it then the highest paid single performance by a band. |
cool mo c |
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Sixx was approached to produce Guns n' Roses Appetite for Destruction album. |
cool mo c |
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Nikki's mother dated Richard Pryor. |
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Slash's mom dated David Bowie. |
cool mo c |
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Richie was the opening act for Woodstock. |
socalmojo |
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Known as Bt4, Brendan McCreary is the brother of L.A. based composer, Bear McCreary who composed music for the later seasons of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. Bt4 also provided the vocals for the groundbreaking cover of "All Along the Watchtower" which appeared in the season 3 finale of BSG. |
Darshan |
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Originally hailing from Oakland, CA. Tupac Shakur got his start as a dancer for the hip-hop act Digital Underground. Best known for their hit "The Humpty Dance", DU also originated in Oakland, CA. |
Darshan |
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The Refugees are the trio of award winning soloists - Cindy Bullens -- Deborah Holland -- Wendy Waldman. Each have worked with the likes of Vanessa Williams, Stanley Clarke, Stewart Copeland and Elton John |
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In 1999, Jeff Berkley won the prestigious New Folk Songwriter Competition in Kerrville Texas. Past winners have included: Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Jeff Walker, Hal Ketchum and Nancy Griffith. |
socalmojo |
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The original Riders of the Purple Sage disbanded in World War II as members fulfilled their military commitments. |
socalmojo |
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The group's name "Riders of the Purple Sage" is borrowed from the title of a Zane Grey novel published in 1912. |
socalmojo |
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John was stood up by his date on New Year's Eve 1972. He got the last laugh, however, as this setback served as the inspiration for Hall & Oates first hit song "She's Gone". |
socalmojo |
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Kevin was found dead at the age of 52 in his Las Vegas apartment on November 25, 2007. |
socalmojo |
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Chris was the 4th finalist of the fifth season of American Idol, eliminated on May 10, 2006. He was inspired to enter the competition by Bo Bice, who finished second in the fourth season. |
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The day after her death, Janis was to record the lyrics of the final song of the album “Pearl”, ironically titled “Buried Alive in the Blues”. Consequently the song was released without any vocals. |
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Janis died of heroin overdose, on October 4th, 1970, in room 105 of the Landmark Hotel (now the Highland Gardens) at 7047 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA, at the age of 27. She had been in town recording the album “Pearl”. |
socalmojo |
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Under the urging of Mick Jagger, Peter was signed to the Rolling Stones record label in 1978 and opened for the Rolling Stones summer tour that year. |
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Stan's son Nathan sounds much like Stan. I heard he was suppose to be out here in California in early "08". |
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According to Rolling Stone magazine, Jack nearly died in a surfing accident when he was 17. The incident resulted in a broken nose, 2 lost teeth, and required 150 stitches. |
garrettmyler |
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The "D.L.G" mentioned in the song "Bubble Toes" refers to the De La Guerra Dining Commons at UCSB, where Jack met his wife Kim. He said the song was "a joke with my wive around the house". Based on a nickname for his wive and her chubby toes, he never expected the song to be heard by so many. |
garrettmyler |
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Sia's "Breathe Me" was played during the last minutes of HBO's "Six Feet Under" final episode, which helped spur her popularity in the US. |
socalmojo |
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Former Keyboardist for the David Sylvian's Eighties Glam Band Japan, Richard Barbieri is currently the keyboardist for Porcupine Tree. |
Darshan |
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Terry's 1960s group, Mason Proffit, influenced groups like The Eagles, who told Terry that "Hotel California" was musically based upon the Mason Proffit hit, "Two Hangmen". |
socalmojo |
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Terri is best known for co-writing the Dixie Chicks song "Lil' Jack Slade". |
socalmojo |
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Lloyd won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2003 for the Dixie Chicks' Home. |
socalmojo |
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Lloyd is the father of Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks. |
socalmojo |
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The first record Gretchen ever bought was "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes" by Edison Lighthouse. |
socalmojo |
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The first song Gretchen learned on the guitar was "Jamaica Farewell" |
socalmojo |
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Jimmy Page's playing his guitar with a violin bow was suggested to him at a session by the violinist father of actor David McCallum (Man from U.N.C.L.E.) |
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Jimmy Page's playing his guitar with a violin bow was suggested to him at a session by the violinist father of actor David McCallum (Man from U.N.C.L.E.) |
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DJ is a very accomplished player of the vibes and contributes to/participates in a number of jazz bands. |
cool mo c |
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ronnie is only 5'3" or 5'4" tall (guess that is where ELF comes from). |
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