ITT: Surprising music facts

>>72685071
His father is probably ashamed of all the garbage he's put out then

Jamie Stewart's father produced Piano Man by Billy Joel and was nominated for a Grammy.

>>72685092
Basically this again:
>>72685091

>>72685071
Soft Machine? Or just a soft machine.

>>72686407
He was the man in charge of looking after Robert Wyatt's Soft Machine
...Wait, that came out wrong

Harry Partridge (the animator) is the son of XTC's Andy Partridge.

>>72686909
Incidentally, XTC's Andy Partridge is the father of Harry Partridge (the animator)

>>72685091
came here to post this

One of Steve Reich's very first pieces of music was written for an experimental minstrel film called "Oh dem watermelons"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvs0-nPNha8

>>72685071
We all laugh at cheesy Christian music, but did you know The Nation of Islam utilised Hip Hop in the golden age to spread its message? This manifested in acts such as Wu-Tang Clan, Jay Z and Nas.

>>72686940
Incidentally, H.P. Lovecraft is the author of Herbert West: Re-Animator.

Krs one just dropped an album

>>72686980
what the fuck am I watching?

Ricky Gervais managed Suede early in their career.

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Brian Wilson used to chain Mike Love to a bed and beat him with a belt until he sang in key.

>>72688457
good.

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>>72688304
Ricky Gervais was also in a Synthpop band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvcoX6EQH2s
Wikipedia has a whole bit about this being a massive hit in the Philipines which I can't tell if it's bollocks or not

Also Pointless co-host Richard Osman's brother is the bassist in Suede

Good thread. The dude who wrote A Series of Unfortunate Events played some guitar on 69 Love Songs

You'll Be In The Air is about eating box

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David Bowie and Peter Frampton went to school together and they played Buddy Holly covers together during lunch breaks

>>72688638

That guy is Mat Osman's brother? wtf

>>72688638
What a handsome lesbian he used to be

>>72689047
I mean, there's not many other 7 foot Osmans going about

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>>72689047
Here's a nice picture of the two of them

>>72689101
What's Brianna Wu doing hanging out with Will Toledo?

>>72686526
Sounds hot desu

>>72685071
Nick Mason produced Rock Bottom

>>72688720
>eating box
What
Are you talking about cunnilingus?

>>72689367
Also produced the Damned's second album

And he came 18th in the 1979 Le Mans 24 hour race

>>72686909
this blows my mind, happy harry was the shit in middle school

Peter Hook almost joined the Rolling Stones until someone told him he was tone deaf.

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>>72689651
Peter Hook and Stephen Morris were both questioned in connection to the Yorkshire ripper murders because their tour schedule roughly followed ripper murder locations. Morris was even arrested and his mum had to come and stop him from freaking out over it.

>>72689391
Yes

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>>72685071
Graham Coxon has a collection of motorcycles.

Also
>Kurt Cobain drove a Volvo
>David Berman is the son of lobbyist Richard Berman
>Stephen Malkmus plays in a softball league in Portland
>Buck Dharma started playing guitar after a wrist injury playing basketball.
>George Harrison was really into auto racing
>Paul McCartney plays the solo on Taxman, not George.
>The first Foo Fighters record is Dave Grohl, on every instrument, on every song, EXCEPT, Greg Dulli, who added a guitar part to "X-Static"

I don't know how surprising those are, but I think they're interesting.