Common misconceptions about popular musical artists

[Reverend Conehead]

Post here if you know of some common misinformation about a musical artist. I'll go first. One false belief is this:

Bon Scott was AC/DC's original singer.

Not true. Their first singer was Dave Evans. The band did not have the massive success with Evans that they had with Bon Scott and later with Brian Johnson. With Dave Evans they did record at least one song (Can I sit next to you, girl), and they performed live with him. However, they never recorded an album with him, and they didn't become a household name with him. You can find a video of the band performing "Can I sit next to you, girl" with Dave Evans. His style was very glam rock, which didn't fit AC/DC's grittiness. He wasn't a bad singer. He just wasn't a good fit for that band. Bon Scott was actually their limo driver at one point. I'm not sure of the details of the ousting of Evans and then the hiring of Scott. Maybe they figured out that their chauffeur could sing and then went with him.

Your turn. Post any misconceptions that you know about.

 

[Captain-Crash]

all rappers don't like baby oil at Diddy's house?

 

[Runwildboys]

Rod Stewart never actually had to have his stomach pumped. (If you know, you know.)

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Rod Stewart never actually had to have his stomach pumped. (If you know, you know.)

I remember hearing about that one. Yup, it's a myth (and you were smart to keep it vague).

 

[Hardline]

Anton Fig, the drummer in Paul Shafers band that was David Letterman's house band was the studio drummer when KISS recorded ther Dynasty album.

 

[Hardline]

Lynyrd Skynyrd got their name from a high school teacher, Leonard Skinner, who suspended students for having long hair.

 

[Runwildboys]

Anton Fig, the drummer in Paul Shafers band that was David Letterman's house band was the studio drummer when KISS recorded ther Dynasty album.

Interesting...but that's not the premise of the thread.

 

[CyberB0b]

2 Marilyn Manson rumors:

He was Paul from the Wonder Years
He had a rib removed to pleasure himself

 

[Reverend Conehead]

2 Marilyn Manson rumors:

He was Paul from the Wonder Years
He had a rib removed to pleasure himself

I hadn't heard these rumors, but they're hilarious.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Lynyrd Skynyrd got their name from a high school teacher, Leonard Skinner, who suspended students for having long hair.

Yes, that's something that's true, but the question is about misconceptions about musical artists, in other words, things that are believed to be true, but are actually false. I've got another one:

"Gene Simmons uses cow's blood for his blood-spitting routine." Not true. It's some kind of concoction using red food coloring and some other ingredients, but there's no real blood of any kind.

 

[Hardline]

Post here if you know of some common misinformation about a musical artist. I'll go first. One false belief is this:

Bon Scott was AC/DC's original singer.

Not true. Their first singer was Dave Evans. The band did not have the massive success with Evans that they had with Bon Scott and later with Brian Johnson. With Dave Evans they did record at least one song (Can I sit next to you, girl), and they performed live with him. However, they never recorded an album with him, and they didn't become a household name with him. You can find a video of the band performing "Can I sit next to you, girl" with Dave Evans. His style was very glam rock, which didn't fit AC/DC's grittiness. He wasn't a bad singer. He just wasn't a good fit for that band. Bon Scott was actually their limo driver at one point. I'm not sure of the details of the ousting of Evans and then the hiring of Scott. Maybe they figured out that their chauffeur could sing and then went with him.

Your turn. Post any misconceptions that you know about.

One misconception I had about AC/DC for years is I thought they were a British band instead of Australian.

 

[Hardline]

Not all members of the Village People were gay. The original lead singer, Victor Willis, was heterosexual.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I thought of one:
"Frank Zappa ate [caca] onstage."

Did not happen. I've substituted the French word what was supposedly eaten so as not to be gross. You can probably easily guess. If not, and you must know, look up the word.

 

[Runwildboys]

I thought of one:
"Frank Zappa ate [caca] onstage."

Did not happen. I've substituted the French word what was supposedly eaten so as not to be gross. You can probably easily guess. If not, and you must know, look up the word.

In that same vein, Ozzy never really bit the head off a bat...it was a dove, and not onstage, but at a meeting.