Rock Myth #83

Les Dawson taught Alicia Keys to play the piano.

Rock Myth #82

The Klaxons started out life as an ironic tribute to the Jacksons.

Rock Myth #81

Late great Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Keith 'Syd' Barrett was the original illustrator for Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men series of children's books.

Rock Myth #80

At the time of going to press 93.2% of UK adults aged 18-35 had experienced the Doves live in concert. Of that group 90% rated the experience as "yeah not bad I think, but I wouldn't go out & buy an album or anything", with the other 10% just mumbling "it was a festival, there were a lot of drugs about..." and drifting off.

Rock Myth #79

Alanis Morisette's twin brother Wade understands the true meaning of the word "ironic".

Rock Myth #78

Eric Clapton wrote the song "Cocaine" about his pet dog of the same name who refused to lie down at obedience classes.

Rock Myth #77

Man in need of a diary to keep track of which stage of his weekly relationship he has reached, Craig David, was recently ousted from the Beard Liberation Front after it was revealed that for much of the past 10 years he had been glueing on to his face discarded chow-mein noodles from his local Oriental Garden restaurant in Havant.