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Music Trivia -> What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music) -> S
What are various bands best known for outside of their musical abilities? Kiss for example are best known for their makeup.
Entries Beginning with S
Drinking on stage - Sam Totman
During Dragonforce concerts, Sam will chug booze hands-free while still keeping the rhythm. It's his "stage move".
DJ Blaze
Having converted to Judaism - Sammy Davis, Jr.
According to legend, he felt compelled to convert after finding after the imprint of a Star of David in his hand, which came from a charm that Tony Curtis had left with him when he was hospitalized after a car accident.
Raphael
Hair Dryer Broken by Platinum Blonde - Sandy Horne (Spoons)
Sandy told the story of how Platinum Blonde was opening for the Spoons. She made the mistake of lending Mark Holmes her hair dryer so that he could do his hair. [br] [br] Sandy got her hair dryer back from Mark and found that it was broken and she couldn't do her hair.
Celeste
Wearing Tulle Skirts - Sandy Horne (Spoons)
Sandy was known for wearing tulle skirts when the band toured together in the 1980s.
Celsste
Appearance while performing - Sarah Bettens
Sometimes Sarah will perform barefoot and other times she likes to go shirtless.
Rad
Being the inspiration for a classic movie. - Saxon
The band Saxon was a major source of inspiration for the film, "This Is Spinal Tap."
GlamRockNinjaLord
stuttering - Scatman John
stuttering problem is said to be the reason he got into music business.
mads.
Dramatic Enterance - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
"This dude knew how to make an entrance! He would often start his shows by being brought out in a coffin (sometimes a flaming coffin), and incorporated a gaggle of voodoo parlour tricks throughout (just to keep things interesting)"
princejellyfish
Possible Naiveness? - Seal
In the liner notes to his untitled second album (sometimes called Seal II or Seal 1994) there's a "letter to a friend". It discusses issues and problems that have plagued history, notably hate, war, racism,etc. Seal says that complacity is fast becoming a thing of the past so if you feel you can't "go on" remember that "fast changes" are coming. One might've thought along that line in 1990 after the Cold War ended peacefully but in 1994 war had become a TV drama for armchair warriors, the violent and ugly genocidal Bosnia war raged on, the hideous Rwanda genocide was on, the rise of domestic terrorism and extremist militias, hate radio and other evils had run rampant. Seal, you make really good music but did someone spike your drink?
I Saw the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1994!
Having a "Top Gear" host in the band. - Secret
Secret member Nikolai Fomenko was one of the hosts of the Russian version of "Top Gear". Unfortunately, this was also the shortest lived version of the show.
Brian Kelly
JYPE Trainee - Secret
Song Jieun was a former JYPE trainee. JYPE stands for J.Y. Park Entertainment...
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Lowest number of Anti-fans - Secret
Secret's anti-cafe only has 52 members as of January, 2012, making them the group with the lowest number of Anti-fans out of 31 groups.
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Being the namesake of another performer - Selena
Mandy Dawn Cornett must have been a fan, because she named her daughter, Selena Gomez, after this singer whose life was tragically cut short.
emma
Was murdered by president of her fan club! - Selena
This young Tex-Mex singer had the misfortune of catching her fan club's president in dishonest dealings and paid the ultimate price. Where I lived at the time, her popularity wasn't so well known and it was through her sensational and ironic demise that I first heard of her. And there must be a lot of others to whom she was unknown in her lifetime, so that her tragic death was similarly how they first heard of her.
Renee Scoggins
Rocking Guitar Solo in Crying Over You - Sergio Galli (Platinum Blonde)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCfEAzeLP-w
Platinum Blonde lead guitarist Sergio Galli is known for his rocking guitar solo in the song Crying Over You.
Platinum Blonde lead guitarist Sergio Galli is known for his rocking guitar solo in the song Crying Over You.
Celeste
Becoming An Architect - Sergio Galli (Platinum Blonde)
After his life with Platinum Blonde Sergio Galli decided to become an architect but got turned down by every architecture school. But with his "never give up" attitude he started his own architecture firm. :)
Celeste
Defending His Fallen Bandmate - Sergio Galli (Platinum Blonde)
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight Canada when asked if there was any doubt that Kenny MacLean would have been the one "leading the charge!" They all agreed. Sergio said "Absolutely. Kenny, he really loved Platinum Blonde and Platinum Blonde loved Kenny MacLean very much."
Celeste
Writing poetry - Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian has had two full books of his poetry published.
GlamRockNinjaLord
Rebellious attitude - The Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols didn't get a record contract until 1977 because of their lewd behavior such as vomiting on people, wrecking studio rooms, and even getting arrested during concerts.
Paul Warren
A really crazy television appearance. - The Sex Pistols
They were the last minute fill-ins for Queen. Johnny Rotten swore a lot and the guy in charge of the show was allegedly drunk, so he just kept encouraging the language.
G
Theme song for a Filipino cooking show - Shakatak
The title track from the 1982 album "Invitations" became well-known in the Philippines as the theme tune for the ABC 5 cooking show "Cooking With Sandy Daza".
Maryellen Larkin
Alternate Countdown - Sheila E.
On the hypnotic 1985 - 1986 dance hit "A Love Bizaar" (featuring Prince) Sheila E. starts off the song by counting "A! B! A-B-C-D!" instead of the more "1-2-3-4" (did somebody mention the Ramones?). This druggy tune hit #11 and it's the only really good cut on her "In Romance 1600" album.
Lover Bizaar
Neon drum sticks - Sheila E.
They tend to glow when she plays her little snare drum. She has drummed on many Prince albums as well as her own.
Lover Bizaar
Dancer turned rapper - Shinobi Ninja
Before forming Shinobi Ninja, Baby G danced for artists like Rihanna, Daddy Yankee, Nelly, and LL Cool J, among others. She even appeared in the video for "Long Way to Go" by Cassie
JeReMy
O.D.ing a few months after his girlfriend died - Sid Viscious
The Sex Pistols' guitarist died of an overdose of heroin on February 2, 2009, not long after his American girlfriend, Nancy Spungeon was killed by a stab wound while she and Viscious were in a drugged-out stupor (on October 12, 1978). He was arrested for murder, then tried to commit suicide ten days after Spungeon's death. He survived that, but O.D. in February of the next year.
rocky
Cheating Death Twice - Simon Le Bon
Simon Le Bon is a very dangerous man cheating death twice around water.
The first such incident took place during the filming of the Wild Boys video.
In one scene Simon was strapped to a windmill that was spinning around and suddenly stopped which left Simon with his head underwater.
The second time Simon cheated death was when his 50 ft yacht Drum lost its keel and capsized off of the southern coast of Falmouth, Cornwall.
Simon, his brother, and two other crew members wer trapped underwater for almost 20 minutes.
The first such incident took place during the filming of the Wild Boys video.
In one scene Simon was strapped to a windmill that was spinning around and suddenly stopped which left Simon with his head underwater.
The second time Simon cheated death was when his 50 ft yacht Drum lost its keel and capsized off of the southern coast of Falmouth, Cornwall.
Simon, his brother, and two other crew members wer trapped underwater for almost 20 minutes.
Celeste
Forgetting the words to Wild Boys - Simon Le Bon
At a concert in New York Simon Le Bon was singing the Wild Boys when he missed a line in the chorous.
Instead of singing: "Wild Boys never loose it" Simon sang "Wild Boys never chose this way" before he realized that he made a flub; causing John Taylor to laugh at him.
Instead of singing: "Wild Boys never loose it" Simon sang "Wild Boys never chose this way" before he realized that he made a flub; causing John Taylor to laugh at him.
Celeste
Music for Scooby Doo - Simple Plan
They did the theme for cartoon "What New Scooby Doo" and they do the majority of the music for the show.
Travis
NOT ALLOWING U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM TO BE PLAYED - SINEAD O'CONNOR
IN 1990, SHE THREATENED TO CANCEL A SHOW AT NEW JERSEY'S GARDEN STATE ARTS CENTER TO PROTEST A POLICY THAT THE U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" BE PLAYED BEFORE EVERY CONCERT THERE. SHE WAS CRUCIFIED BY THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC AS A RESULT. FRANK SINATRA EVEN STATED HE WANTED TO "KICK HER IN THE ASS".
SUTCH
Ripping-up a picture of Pope John-Paul II - Sinead O'Connor
In 1992, Sinead O'Connor appeared on "Saturday Night Live" and sang a rendition to Bob Marley's "War". Originaly, she was supposed to show a picture of an African Child, but instead insisted on using The Pope instead. When Sinead tore-up a picture of Pope John-Paul II, she was booed-off by the audience, some who watched the show called NBC, and others destroyed her albums as well as not play her songs.
Paul Warren
Defacing His Holiness in effigy on live television - Sinead O'Connor
During a performance on Saturday Night Live, she pulled out a photograph of Pope John Paul II and tore it in half.
Raphael
White Wedding + Birthday - Sir Paul McCartney
After the Beatles disbanded John Lennon said, "We are all tied through this together". Don't believe him? Today in London Sir Paul McCartney of the Beatles got married. Today would've been fellow Beatle John's 71st birthday! Congrads to Paul and to John: they say it's your birthday! Happy birthday to you!
Rocktober Festgoer
Great Scot! - Sir Rodney Frederick Stewart
When Rod Stewart got knighted late last year, he wore tartan plaid pants at his ceremony. He's been known to wear T-shirts saying "God Made the Scots #1" and having Scottish bagpipers start off his shows before he gets on the stage.
Sexy Scott
Mispelling - Slade
Slade has a history of mispelling their songs as well as their band which should be called 'Slayed'.
Paul Warren
Having a "Christmas" hit last well into next year - Slade
Their 1973 "Merry XMas Everybody" did very well, for very long. In fact, it was only sometime in February that it was finally dislodged from the British hit charts. whereas most Christmas songs are gone by New Year's day.
Ra'akone
Possibly inspiring a video game series. - Sly Fox
The band's name, and the one members' last name (Cooper) may have motivated a popular early-to-mid 2000s video game series, called "Sly Cooper", especially since another major characters' last names is "Fox".
JeReMy
Firing Their Drummer - The Smashing Pumpkins
In 1996, after the body of traveling keyboardist Jonathan Melvoine was found in an NYC hotel room, Billy Corgan, Darcy Wretsky, and James Iha decided that they would sever their relationship with Jimmy Chaimberland stating that for 9 years they put up with their friend's "insidious use of drugs and alcohol that has nearly destroyed everything they are and stand for."
They went on to say that they would "find a perminant replacement for the rest of the tour.
They went on to say that they would "find a perminant replacement for the rest of the tour.
Celeste
Having their music in Dance Dance Revolution - Smile.dk
They probably wouldn't be very popular in the states if it wasn't for their song "Butterfly" which was included in the very first DDR game.
DJ Blaze
Detained in Norway - Snoop Dogg
Norwegian media is reporting that Snoop Dogg was briefly detained by Customs Officials for entering the country with marijuana and a large amount of cash. The pot was discoverd by a sniffer-dog and his cash amount was more than legally allowed. He was fined 52,000 Kroner ($8,600) for the violations and released. He was scheduled to perform at a musical festival in Kristiansand.
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Motorcycle accident - Soft Cell
Marc Almond became victim of a terrible motorcycle accident in 2004 which brought him in coma for a month, but he fortunately survived.
mads.
Sister of Beyonce - Solange
Haven't stepped out of her shadows, see "Haylie Duff", only Solange is Beyonce's little sister. What could had been if she were in Destiny's Child as well?
Rocky Mak
Snorting Song - Son Volt
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones claimed a few years ago that he snorted up some cocaine with his father's ashes mixed with it! Of course he may have just been saying that, who knows? A movie that he played a cameo role in was about to be released. Anyway, Son Volt wrote the song 'Cocaine and Ashes' about this. It's on their 2009 CD 'American Central Dust'.
Sun Snorter
First modern Glam Rock group - Spacehog
Spacehog, who formed in the 1990's, play a style of music strikingly similar to 1970's "Glam Rock", personified in the mainstream by acts like David Bowie, T Rex and Queen, all of whom Spacehog have cited as major influences.
GlamRockNinjaLord
Being Compared To Talking Heads - Spoons
Critics in 1981 declared Spoons first album Stick Figure Neighbourhood to be "The best album that Talking Heads Never Wrote!" It does sound a bit like something Talking Heads would write. :)
Celeste
Filming Romantic Traffic In The Yonge/Bloor Subway - Spoons
The Romantic Traffic video which was directed by Nile Rogers was filmed in the Yonge/Bloor Subway station in Toronto, Ontario.
Celeste
Appearing in a Discover Card commercial - Steel Panther
The band members played the fictional band, Danger Kitty, in a Discover Card commercial from around 1999. Danger Kitty even had their own website, which made reference to Steel Panther's famous all-cover L.A. gigs.
GlamRockNinjaLord
An appearance on "The Drew Carey Show" - Steel Panther
The members of the band Steel Panther, then called Metal Shop, performed a live version of the sitcom's theme song during an episode.
GlamRockNinjaLord
Adam's Reaction to - Stellar Kart
On their way to a show in Vancouver, the band tried "All Dressed" chips, taped their reactions, and put it on YouTube. Brian actually liked them, but Adam's reaction was priceless. He was almost crying.
JeReMy
Disney covers - Stellar Kart
Since 2011, Phoenix, Arizona-based Christian pop punk band Stellar Kart has covered seven songs from five Disney movies on two EP's, including three from 2013's Frozen.
JeReMy
"Walkie Talkie Man" in other media. - Steriogram
In 2004, New Zealand rapcore band Steriogram released "Walkie Talkie Man" as the lead single from the album Schmack, their only release on Capitol Records. The song was a huge hit, appearing the soundtracks for three home video games (MVP Baseball 2004, MLB 2005, and SingStar Pop Vol. 2) (four if you include Jason Paige's cover in "Elite Beat Agents"), one arcade game (Pump It Up), an iPod commercial, a milk ad, one beer ad in their native New Zealand, one video from popular YouTuber eddsworld, and six (completely different) movies (Agent Cody Banks 2, Kicking & Screaming, Robots, Man of the House, Arthur and the Invisibles, and Una pelicula de huevos (Spanish for "A movie of eggs").
JeReMy
Sound ripoff - Steriogram
Nothing against them, but Walkie Talkie Man sounds a lot like The Kinks' "Picture Book", Terrorvision's "Pretend Best Friend", and Green Day's "Warning"
JeReMy
Her "goddess" look - Stevie Nicks
Stevie has made it her signature to take to the stage wearing a thin, loose-fitting, colorful outfit that signifies her as an independent woman in touch with nature.
Raphael
Wearing a bandana - Stevie Van Zandt
He was in a car accident that left his head horribly scarred up, so he wears something to cover it at all times.
dayna
Low budget videos - The Stone Roses
The first video that the Stone Roses did was a low budget video for Love Spreads. The lead singer Ian Brown decided to lean this way because he didn't want to lipsync to the vocals.
Celeste
Fire Band's Co-Founder - Stone Temple Pilots
Singer Scott Weiland said he learned that he'd been fired by the Stone Temple Pilots when the band released a one-sentence statement to the media recently. "I learned of my supposed 'termination' from STP this morning by reading about it in the press. Not sure I can be terminated from a band I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of the biggest hits, but that's something for the lawyers to figure out." The statement by the band said: "Stone Temple Pilots have announced that they have officially terminated Scott Weiland." No other information was provided. Weiland, 45, has dealt with drug addiction, run-ins with the law, and two failed marriages. He released his memoire "Not Dead & Not for Sale" in 2011. Weiland said he was focusing on his solo tour, which kicks off in Flint, Michigan.
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Electricution on stage - Stone the Crow's
"Forever known as "Exibit A". Les Harvey from Stone the Crow's had a decent career going for himself, but learned the hard way to go unplugged during a rainstorm
princejellyfish
Obscene name - STRFKR
This band makes excellent music and they are one of the best newer ones of today. However, most of the time the band name is printed out as 'STRFKR' because the ACTUAL name (and pronunciation) of this group is 'STARFUCKER'.
Starship Trooper
Answering E-Mails - Strong Bad
Nearly every Monday, Strong Bad answers an e-mail sent in by one of his fans in a hilarious fashion. There have been over 180 since 2001. Go to homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html to see them.
Jake
Jennifer Nerttles Gives Birth to Child - Sugarland
Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles gave birth to son Magnus Hamilton Miller on Dec 6, 2012. It's the first child for the 38 year old singer and husband Justin Miller.
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Headliner during Indiana State Fair stage collapse - Sugarland
On August 13, 2011, the band was minutes away from performing on the ISF grandstand stage when an 80 MPH wind gust caused the roof of the stage to collapse on passing spectators, killing 7 people and injuring 58 others. Sugarland was initially absolved of any blame. However, 44 lawsuits have been filed against them by the show's organizers, even though investigators found the fair stage itself was unsafe and that Fair officials failed to inspect it on a regular basis. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush were so distraught by the tragedy that the band cancelled the Iowa State Fair concert scheduled the next day, then staged a benefit concert for the Indiana Fair victims the following October.
Indy Gent
Sundays Singer has Sexy Birdlike Voice - The Sundays
Harriet Wheeler has a very feminine, almost childlike singing voice. She can reach various octave ranges, always with a sweet stratospheric ethereal charm pleasing to the ears of many male college rock radio listeners in the 80s - 90s. Her voice complements the dream pop / alternative sound of the band.
Listen to the Siren
Showing Simon Cowell She Could Sing - Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle appeared on Britain's Got Talent to get a chance to showcase her amazing singing voice. Simon had looked at Susan as if she was crazy until she started to sing I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserabls.
All of the judges said "yes" to Susan.
All of the judges said "yes" to Susan.
Celeste
Three Years of Success... but Sticks to Routine - Susan Boyle
Since singing "I Dreamed a Dream" on "Britain's Got Talent" in April 2009, Susan Boyle has since realized many other dreams. She has sold millions of albums, received an honorary doctorate, sung for Pope Benedict XVI and performed in Vegas with Donny Osmond. She moved into a modern $500,000 home in Blackburn, but still sings Karaoke at the Crown Pub and stays at the row house she grew up in. Despite the honors, Boyle still clings to her daily routine as much as possible with family and friends.
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Awarded a Doctorate - Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle has been awarded a honarary doctorate from Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University in recognition of her "contribution to the creative industies". The singer once studied for a higher education at the university. A 40-something church volunteer from a small Scottish town, Boyle became a global sensation in 2009 after she performed the song "I Dreamed a Dream" on 'Britain's Got Talent". She has since sold 18 million records around the world and has performed in the U.S. and China.
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Deciding to drop off from the music scene - Syd Barrett
Syd just decided that music wasn't what he wanted to do anymore, went back home to Cambridge, and lived out the rest of his life as a normal person. Strange, but very admirable.
Jenny
Their ethnicity and their activism - System of a Down
They're all Armenian, and many of their songs have references to certain important events in Armenian history, especially the genocide. They are also known for trying to raise awareness of such issues.
Ra'akone
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