Steven’s Tyler’s throat surgery was featured in 2007 on an episode of the National Geographic Channel series, Incredible Human Machine.
Elvis Presley was a big Monty Python fan. His favourite film was The Holy Grail. It was in his video recorder when he died.
David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust is about Vince Taylor, who wrote Brand New Cadillac which was covered by The Clash
In 1996, Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlain was charged with drug possesion after the death of keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin in his New York Hotel room.
In 1994, after an argument TLC singer Left Eye set fire to her boyfriends Atlanta mansion worth $ 2million burning it to the ground. She was charged with arson and fined $10.000 with 5 years probation
James Brown holds the record for most US Hot 100 entries (ninety-nine) without ever scoring a number-one song.
Reviewing The Beatles single ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ US music bible Billboard describe it as ‘a driving rocker with surf-on-the-Thames sound.
In 1989, Ozzy Osbourne was charged with threatening to kill his wife Sharon. He was released on condition that he immediately went into detox, the case was later dropped when the couple decide to reconcile.
In the late 50’s record producer Sam Phillips sold Elvis Presley’s recording contract to RCA for $35,000. He invested a large part of the money in an early stake of The Holiday Inn chain of hotels
I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ was written after The Rolling Stones paid a visit to Chess Records and saw their hero Muddy Waters painting the office.
Slash, Alice Cooper, Ronnie Wood, Brian Johnson, Justin Hawkins, Seasick Steve, Roger Daltrey, Rick Parfitt and Rick Wakeman have all appeared on UK TV show, the BBC’s Top Gear. They separately set lap speeds at a race track on Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, England.
In 1992, on tour in America Def Leppard were forced to cancel two shows after their sound-equipment truck was found abandoned after the driver had attempted to rob a store. The driver was later charged of possessing drugs and criminal damage.