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Music Trivia -> Former Career -> P
Before the fame arrived, what did performers do to make ends meet?
Entries Beginning with P
Name & Band | Former Career | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Panic At The Disco, Jon Walker | Starbucks Shift Manager | - KatieKay | ||
| Panic At The Disco, Jon Walker | Starbucks | Yeah :) - Someone | ||
| Paramore, Josh | Cook at the Greek Cafe | - Anonymous | ||
| Paramore, Zac | Waiter at the Greek Cafe | - Anonymous | ||
| Patti Smith, Patti Smith | Toy factory worker | Patti Smith used to work in a toy factory, fixing boxes and testing toys. She didn’t seem to have had the best time there: “The stuff those women did to me in that factory was horrible. They’d gang up on me and stick my head in a toilet full of piss!” - Lefty Lucy | ||
| Pearl Jam, Eddie Vadder | Security guard | In his youth, Eddie Vedder patrolled the night shift as a security guard at La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla, Calif., recording music and surfing on his time off. In the '90s, Vedder was working at a gas station, before picking up with a Seattle-based group looking for a vocalist. Vedder’s self-recorded demo Momma-Son, highlighting his distinctive pipes and original lyrics, won him the gig. The band, Mookie Baylock, would later change their name to Pearl Jam after running into trademark issues. - Lefty Lucy | ||
| Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder | Gas station attendant | E-Ved was working as a gas station attendant when Jack Irons passed the demo tape onto him, which he then put vocals onto and became lead singer of Pearl Jam - GUILLOTINEinc | ||
| Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant | Magazine Journalist | He was journalist for a pop magazine before co-founding Pet Shop Boys. - mads. | ||
| Peter Schilling, Peter Schilling | Record company bookeeper, Taxi company, delivered cars for BMW Stuttgart | - ps_rd_fan | ||
| Pink, Pink | McDonalds | I remember reading in a magazine that she worked at the fast food chain before hitting the big time - Cait Sith | ||
| Pink Floyd, David Gilmour | Fashion Model | - Agrimorfee | ||
| Placebo, Brian Molko | Paper Shredder | That's where the song "Slave to the wage" came from (See video) - Saiyandudette | ||
| Placebo, Steve Hewitt | Formula 1 Racing Car Team | - Saiyandudette | ||
| Platinum Blonde, Mark Holmes | Hairdresser | Before he took the riegns of lead singer for Platinum Blonde Mark worked as a hairdresser and even gave the band their signature platinum blonde hair. :) - Celeste | ||
| Platinum Blonde, Sergio Galli | P.A. Rental | Sergio mused that he used to rent out P.A.s to Mark. - Celeste | ||
| Platinum Blonde, Mark Holmes | Welder | Mark also took a job as a welder in a muffler shop. - Celeste | ||
| Platinum Blonde, Kenny MacLean | Hair Dresser | Kenny and Mark were both hair dressers. - Celeste | ||
| Platinum Blonde, Mark Holmes | Welder | Another one of Mark Holmes' various jobs before his years in Platinum Blonde. - Celeste | ||
| Poison, Rikki Rockett | Hairdresser | I couldn't stop laughing when I heard this... - G | ||
| Police, Sting | Phys Ed Teacher | Born Gordon Sumner, he got the nickname "Sting" from a striped yellow and black jacket he used to wear. - Michael E Cormier | ||
| The Police, Sting | School Teacher | He taught English and Soccer. - Larcen Tyler |
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