6 Interesting Facts About ‘Guitar Hero’
After a long hiatus, the popular video game franchise is coming back. Here are some interesting facts about the game and its many spinoffs and competitors.
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7 Fun Facts About Ringo Starr
Up until this month, Ringo Starr was the only member of the Beatles not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. In fact, he was only inducted via a special committee who included Starr under its “Award for Musical Excellence Banner,” which honors sideman, producers, and other tertiary participants in the music industry.
The Weirdest Album In Music History
Is it still one album if it’s four albums played simultaneously? Here’s the bizarre story behind the Flaming Lips’ Zaireeka.
10 Amusing Stan Lee Cameos From Marvel Movies
Stan Lee helped make Marvel Comics what it is, creating or co-creating hundreds of characters, including Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the Fantastic Four. In tribute, every movie based on a Marvel Comics title includes a Stan Lee cameo. Here are some of the best, and hardest to spot.
The Weird World of Uncle Floyd
There’s a good chance that you’ve never heard of this unusual entertainer but, for an entire generation of Jerseyites and New Yorkers, he was a beloved television icon.
The Wrecking Crew, and Other Unsung Heroes
After being tied up in music rights issues for seven years, The Wrecking Crew is now being released. This documentary tells the story of one of the most important session musician groups in pop history. Here’s a bit more about the Crew, and other backing bands.
Impossible Questions: Angels in the Airwaves Edition (The Answer!)
What strange medical condition do Weird Al Yankovic’s 1989 movie UHF and the 1999-2004 UPN supernatural drama Angel have in common?
Where in the World is Parliament-Funkadelic’s Mothership?
The legendary funk band once used a large UFO prop during their live shows. It disappeared in the ‘80s and no one has seen it since.
3 Bands Who Replaced Their Lead Singer And Became a New Band
Lead singers tend to get all the attention…and cause most of the problems. Result: the band fires their lead singer, gets a new one, and goes in a new direction.
Ask Uncle John’s Anything: It’s Okay, We’ve Got Insurance
Yes. Lloyd’s isn’t a traditional insurance company, but a “specialist insurance marketplace.” Not backed by one institution, it has the financial interest of several backers, which means that it can offer big payouts if necessary by distributing risk around the multiple parties.
3 Notable Cases of Musical Infringement
This week a judge ordered Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay $7 million to the estate of Marvin Gaye, finding that their 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give it Up.” Here are some other cases of musical copyright drama.
Movie Trivia: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
No animals were injured during the filming of 1981 horror movie “Roar” but their human co-stars weren’t so fortunate.
3 Members of Famous Rock Bands Who Don’t Play Music
Did you know that you could be in a band but not actually have to do much?
4 Interesting Facts About “We Are the World”
The charity single to benefit Ethiopian famine relief was released 30 years ago this week. Here are some interesting facts you may not know about it.
Music Trivia: 8 Awesome Facts About Hall and Oates
Whoa-oa, here they come…Ready for some music trivia? Here are some awesome facts about Hall and Oates.
3 Noteworthy Tributes to Leonard Nimoy
Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy succumbed to pulmonary disease last week. The beloved, influential actor has since been honored in a number of creative ways.
The Happiest Ghosts on Earth
Disneyland and Disney World are home to more than just actors in stuffy costumes and thousands of exhausted families—there are “grim grinning ghosts” around, too.
4 Musicians Who Were Big in Japan
“Big in Japan” is a bit of music industry puffery—it describes bands that aren’t popular stateside but do really well overseas, allegedly, especially in Japan. It’s usually a big lie, although sometimes it isn’t.
