tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44049922001624446672023-11-15T10:04:29.774-08:00Rock MythsRumoured ramblings about the world of rock music, not about rocks.Virgil Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06350535578893538053noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-61237668738710181972015-11-16T14:57:00.000-08:002015-11-16T14:57:14.701-08:00Rock Myth #110<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Campaigner for the preservation of humanity and pseudo geography teacher Jeremy Corbyn will only bow at the feet of John Deacon, which he does at the appointed hour of 5.45pm every Thursday.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-16265506363997463362015-02-08T16:04:00.001-08:002015-02-08T16:05:16.415-08:00Rock Myth #109Nick Cave's legs once appeared in an Australian TV commercial for men's leg shaving <a href="http://www.2uptop.com/sites/www.2uptop.com/uploads/images/Article%20Pics/fantasy_england_good_bad_ugly/ruddock_35.jpg">razors</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-67089303294966013292012-03-14T16:05:00.000-07:002012-03-14T16:05:21.947-07:00Rock Myth #108<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Family Guy character Cleveland Brown was based on the song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRTuarR_SmE">"Look Out Cleveland"</a> by The Band.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-89905485497318430952011-11-20T09:46:00.000-08:002011-11-20T09:46:55.153-08:00Rock Myth #107Multi-banded former Smiths, Electronic, The Cribs and Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr was breast-fed until the age of 5, which explains his unusually robust immune system.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-78130974116234525992011-10-25T06:41:00.000-07:002011-10-25T06:50:36.007-07:00Rock Myth #106One time Communards front man <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Somerville">Jimmy Somerville </a>isn't naturally bald. He had to start removing his body hair in 1985 when his body started growing brambles instead. Indeed, by 1988 his annual bramble growth could fill an average sized industrial skip.<br />Many an ex lover was heard to complain of awful chafing after love making and Somerville's big hit, Don't Leave Me This Way, is said to be about a former lover who ran off with his only pair of garden<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruning_shears"> secateurs</a>.<br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span>Virgil Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06350535578893538053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-54299251457088901352011-07-08T15:09:00.000-07:002011-07-08T15:09:02.648-07:00Rock Myth #105An area of rainforest the size of Wales is destroyed every day to keep <a href="http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/gallery/series-1/images/1-13.jpg">Cat</a> Stevens in wicker baskets.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-64935410596876822182011-06-25T14:55:00.000-07:002011-06-25T14:55:12.064-07:00Rock Myth #104On the night of 24th June 2011 Queen Elizabeth II of England and the Colonies slaughtered 3 corgis after briefly switching onto U2 at Glasto and falling into a trance.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-3561476306786195932011-02-15T13:29:00.000-08:002011-02-15T13:29:51.160-08:00Rock Myth #103Sultry songstress of spice Victoria Beckham is the current stadium announcer at LA Galaxy's home ground The Home Depot Center.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-76647965775269838702011-01-28T15:11:00.000-08:002011-01-28T15:11:57.995-08:00Rock Myth #102"Illsley", as in Dire Straits' formerly bemulleted bass maestro <a href="http://www.markknopfler.co.kr/direstraits/john.jpg">John Illsley</a>, is a slang term meaning "very good" in Hartlepool slang, as in "That stew you just cooked was well Illsley, Mum".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-22649586991811235272010-12-06T05:57:00.000-08:002010-12-06T05:57:27.901-08:00Rock Myth #101If you listen to <a href="http://www.prbullet.com/guns07.jpg">Guns</a> And Roses' album Appetite For Destruction backwards you will within 36 hours find yourself <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107653/">naked</a>, covered in orange paint and tied to a chair in Axl Rose's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing">drawing</a> room.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-33753356501930935452010-11-22T01:38:00.000-08:002010-11-22T01:38:34.436-08:00Rock Myth #100You won't always find <a href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46934000/jpg/_46934003_lewie_266_bbc.jpg">Jona Lewie</a> in the <a href="http://www.kitchencontraptions.com/images/kitchen-after-Img30015-1.jpg">kitchen</a> at parties. Occasionally you'll find him in the basement being whipped incessantly by <a href="http://www.celestialheavens.com/homm5/images/artwork/Fortress/HeroesV_HF_Dwarves_01_Defender.jpg">dwarves</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-72075188438005443942010-11-14T13:15:00.000-08:002010-11-14T13:15:07.715-08:00Rock Myth #99Master of hair and solos Brian <a href="http://www.carpages.co.uk/news/news-images/james_may_13_09_06.jpg">May</a> must at all times be no fewer than 30 feet away from other <a href="http://www.cheatmasters.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/royal_queen.jpg">Queen</a> band members whilst on stage, and no fewer than 50 feet from<a href="http://www.dptv.org/pressroom/fourtops/paulrodgers2.jpg"> Paul Rodgers</a> at all times.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-88260516150171878582010-10-17T06:14:00.000-07:002010-10-17T06:14:52.982-07:00Rock Myth #98Band perennially used as yardstick for other hard-to-classify bands <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYdJAi-BBrs">Arcade Fire</a> were recently voted at a meeting of the<a href="http://www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficial"> Arcade Fire</a> fan club "Band that sounds least like <a href="http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/large_arcade-fire2.jpg">Arcade Fire</a>".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-5129870933459547252010-09-24T08:53:00.000-07:002010-09-24T08:53:58.814-07:00Rock Myth #97The weather in <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/mikep/WindowsLiveWriter/ClaireOHalloranakatheArmadillojoinstheB_99FB/Armadillo%255B1%255D.png&imgrefurl=http://blogs.technet.com/b/mikep/archive/2007/01/29/claire-o-halloran-aka-the-armadillo-joins-the-blogosphere.aspx&h=412&w=640&sz=463&tbnid=2F8T3umyYnFBQM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3DArmadillo&zoom=1&q=Armadillo&hl=en&usg=__AUmqsoawuWGvGm2_Nb6qJ_mTlC4=&sa=X&ei=xsicTKPqLNWI4QbhkZivDg&ved=0CCIQ9QEwAQ">Amarillo</a> is directly proportional to the level of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tonychristie">Tony Christie</a>'s endorphins.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-56955125472655223542010-09-20T08:49:00.000-07:002010-09-20T08:49:06.893-07:00Rock Myth #96At any given moment 1 of Def <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QettcCSq1FY">Leppard</a> is standing, 1 is sitting and the other is playing the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmUjOCtEHbA">oboe</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-27918900492498929432010-08-25T11:53:00.000-07:002010-08-25T11:53:51.423-07:00Rock Myth #95Gene Simmons plays a bass guitar made entirely of compressed issues of the Wall Street Journal.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-40892056401555974542010-08-05T02:59:00.000-07:002010-08-05T02:59:45.713-07:00Rock Myth #94Squealing, whingeing monster of alternative rock Thom Yorke has a fear of singing in the key of F and once spent 2 days quivering under a table when he accidentally slipped into Yesterday whilst jamming with Paul McCartney.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-21043951451213368332010-08-03T02:54:00.000-07:002010-08-03T02:55:24.645-07:00Rock Myth #93<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Reggae legends and creators of Smash Hits Magazine's "Most Erotic Track" (1993) 'Tease Me' Chaka Demus & Pliers now run a successful hardware store in Kingston, Jamaica.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-86153311176285101152010-07-20T03:46:00.000-07:002010-07-20T03:46:32.274-07:00Rock Myth #92During Chris Lowe's 10 minute keyboard solos at their late 80s gigs his Pet Shop Boys' bandmate Neil Tennant used to pop off to canvas for the Labour party in the audience, and it is thought it was greatly down to his influence that Tony Blair got re-elected at the 1987 election.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-47335942775263031592010-07-15T12:21:00.000-07:002010-07-15T12:21:14.565-07:00Rock Myth #9180% of male drivers in the 45-65 age group stopped for speeding in the UK in 2007 were found to be under the influence of Dire Straits.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-31002909504147918212010-06-09T05:23:00.000-07:002010-06-09T05:23:46.647-07:00Rock Myth #90Blonde-haired free-loving free spirit <a href="http://web.mac.com/joss63/Jockney.com/Welcome.html">Jockney</a> 'Big' <a href="http://www.hearya.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/122357__rod_stewart_l.jpg">Rod Stewart </a>was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internationalwaters.png">international waters</a> and is thus subject to an international dispute of ownership rights.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-89996988734590851372010-06-07T04:40:00.000-07:002010-06-07T04:40:14.750-07:00Rock Myth #89As a child electronic punk wizard of Hammersmith <a href="http://www.numan.co.uk/">Gary Numan</a> was briefly famous as the face of <a href="http://www.greenexpander.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/a-jackass-penguin.jpg">Penguin</a> publishing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-38853371778721343012010-05-27T11:49:00.000-07:002010-05-27T12:01:12.209-07:00Rock Myth #88When Queen decided to reform with former Free front-man, Paul Rodgers, they originally went with the name "May, Rodgers, Taylor". It was only after fans repeatedly posted lude video's of themselves dressed as their heroes on a popular adult website that they realised they had created an eponymous <a href="http://www.julianclary.co.uk/">double-entendre</a>. Since then the band have played under the name "Queen and Paul Rodgers".Virgil Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06350535578893538053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404992200162444667.post-40639325820396208692010-05-27T08:29:00.000-07:002010-05-27T08:29:10.554-07:00Rock Myth #87<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Football playboy <a href="http://www.uglymales.com/wc/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ian_dowie.jpg">Iain Dowie </a>played trombone for Bad Manners on their album</span><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff133/splattercore/TARINGA/BadManners.jpg">Return of the Ugly.</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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