Think you know everything there is to know about music? Prepare to be blown away as we take a look at some of the most interesting, unbelievable facts about musicians and the music industry!
1. The first clip ever aired on MTV is the Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star. The first clip ever aired on MTV Europe is Dire Straits’ Money For Nothing.
2. New Order’s Classic Blue Monday is the best-selling 12-inch single in history. How unfortunate that for every copy sold, the band lost money because the cost of producing its unique disk cover was higher than the cost of the sale
3. And if it’s already New Order, then when five musicians from Las Vegas were looking for a name for their emerging band, they decided to use a fictional band from the clip for New Order’s Crystal song. Band Name: The Killers.
4. The name of the only player who does not show off his beard in the band ZZ Top is Frank Beard.
5. The International Animal Rights Organization, PETA, asked the Pet Shop Boys to change their name to Rescue Shelter Boys. The duo refused with the British politeness typical of the hallucinatory request.
6. Rick Allen, Daf’s drummer for Fred, has only one hand.
7. Victor Willis, the mythological lead singer and writer of most Village People’s famous hits is Straight. A bonus fact, his first wife, was Felicia Ayers-Allen, who played Claire Castell in “The Cosby Family.”
8.And if the angles work, the reason why Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit song clip features a server with a mop and a bucket (including a school atmosphere with basketball players, cheerleaders, etc.) is that Kurt Cobain had to work as a server at the school where he studied. A period that scarred him badly and shaped his rebellious personality.
9. Only three music companies are responsible for over 80% of the music you listen to Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group.
INTERESTING Music History