Useless Pop Culture Facts

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Astound us with yr knowledge of pop culture here! Anything you think might be of interest to SOMEONE! The more obscure and the more hair raising the better.

Did you Know - E.T The Extra Terrestrial was originally called Night Skies and was to be a film about hostile aliens who terrorise a family in a remote farmhouse in Nebraska.

Did You Know - The cover of Pink Floyd’s '77 album Animals originally featured a picture of a young boy walking in on his parents having sex.

Did You Know - Marc Bolan (T Rex), who was killed in a car crash in 1977, never learnt to drive a car because he had a paranoid fear of dying in a car crash.

Did You Know - Director Stanley Kubrick was such a big fan of US sitcom Roseanne that he considered directing a film loosely based on the series.

Did You Know - Elton John once auditioned for King Crimson but was told his playing style was too “happy” to fit in with the band.

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Thats crazy on Marc Bolan!

I’m full of a lot of useless facts. But heres some that come to mind

Did you know- Les Claypool auditioned for Metallica after Cliff Burton died? And that he didnt make it bc they thought he was too good?

Did you know- In-A-Gaddah-Divida was originally titled In The Garden Of Eden? The singer was so drunk that when he sang it it came out In A Gaddah Divida

Did you know- Ozzy wrote the lyrics to Paranoid in less than 5 minutes?

Did you know- Rod Stewart’s first hit Maggie May was written about the woman he lost his virginity to? Not that anyone on here cares about Rod Stewart

Did you know- Freddie Mercury was born on an island of the coast of Zanzibar? And that he grew his trademark moustache bc he was ashamed of his overbite? Or that he didnt fix his overbite bc he was a afraid it would fuck up his voice?

Did you know- The name Led Zeppelin came from a joke that Keith Moon of The Who made about the band not going anywhere. “This is gonna go over like a led balloon”

Did you know- Courtney Love stopped doing hard drugs after she got her role in The People VS Larry Flint? I know all of you dont believe me on that one already

Did you know- Tom Araya from Slayer is a catholic?

Did you know- Trent Reznor’s first name is actually Michael?

Did you know- In Madonna’s Like A Virgin video they asked her if she was on her period? They did so bc there was a lion in the vid and that she wouldve gotten attacked if she was on her period

Did you know- Bijork’s album Homogenic was inspired by spain? And that she recoreded an album of children’s music?

Did you know- A Perfect Circle’s Mer De Noms translates to Sea Of Names?

Did you know- Rick Allen of Def Leppard almost lost both of his arms bc he had an infection from his arm that he lost after getting it reattached? I hope I described that right

Did you know- The vid for U2’s Discotech was directed by band members Bono and Edge? No wonder why its a shitty vid

Did you know- The whining sample on Ministry’s Step was from the movie River’s Edge? I’m sure at least some of you know that one already though

Did you know- Rob Halford had a short lived industrial band with John 5 called 2wo?

Did you know- Justin Broadrick of Godflesh was at one time a vegan?

Did you know- Sting’s real name is Gordon Sumner?

Did you know- Twiggy Ramierez auditioned for Metallica after St Anger was finished?

Did you know- Prince’s full name is Prince Rogers Nelson?

And now I leave you with some food for thought

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izY9mdYvKGA

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Les claypool tried out for Metallica but was turned down because he was “too good” (I would bet it was because he didn’t have the look)

the kid that played “andy” (the baby) on family ties is now all white trashed out and has a failed grunge bandin like Kansas or some mid west type place.

the girl that played viki the robot on small wonder is now an “experimental dancer” whatever that is. and a crazy christian type chick!

I know i know more pop culture stuff but I can’t just pull it off the top of my head I need a topic of sorts!
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grmpysmrf

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Did you know- Les Claypool auditioned for Metallica after Cliff Burton died? And that he didnt make it bc they thought he was too good?

Did you know- In-A-Gaddah-Divida was originally titled In The Garden Of Eden? The singer was so drunk that when he sang it it came out In A Gaddah Divida

Did you know- Ozzy wrote the lyrics to Paranoid in less than 5 minutes?

Did you know- Rod Stewart’s first hit Maggie May was written about the woman he lost his virginity to? Not that anyone on here cares about Rod Stewart

Did you know- Freddie Mercury was born on an island of the coast of Zanzibar? And that he grew his trademark moustache bc he was ashamed of his overbite? Or that he didnt fix his overbite bc he was a afraid it would fuck up his voice?

Did you know- The name Led Zeppelin came from a joke that Keith Moon of The Who made about the band not going anywhere. “This is gonna go over like a led balloon”

Did you know- Tom Araya from Slayer is a catholic?

Did you know- In Madonna’s Like A Virgin video they asked her if she was on her period? They did so bc there was a lion in the vid and that she wouldve gotten attacked if she was on her period

Did you know- Justin Broadrick of Godflesh was at one time a vegan?

Did you know- Sting’s real name is Gordon Sumner?

Did you know- Twiggy Ramierez auditioned for Metallica after St Anger was finished?

Did you know- Prince’s full name is Prince Rogers Nelson?

Yes on all of these.

Did You Know - Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch Of The West, nearly died of toxic shock poisoning from the green make up that was applied to her skin.

Did You Know - Groucho Marx was, in real life, quiet and introverted and suffered from insomnia.

Did You Know - Melanie Griffith spent a good deal of her childhood in a nudist colony. As did actress Cristina Ricci.

Did You Know - Up until recently, it was illegal in Oaklahoma to own a copy of the 1979 film, The Tin Drum - which incidentally won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.

Did You Know - Oprah Winfrey was raped by a friend of the family and had an abortion at age 14.

Did You Know - Punk/Sludge/Metal band The Melvins took their name from Buzz Osbourne’s supervisor at the supermarket he worked in as a teenager.

Did You Know - The boy actor who played Bobby, the youngest Brady son in The Brady Bunch, used to jerk off in the dog house during rehearsals.

Did You Know - Alice Cooper cannot remember recording his 1983 album DaDa because he was so drunk.

Did You Know - Lou Reed wrote several of the songs on Kiss’ 1981 prog rock inspired flop Music From The Elder.

Did You Know - Japanese noise muiscian, Masami Akita (Merzbow) has sent that he will stop making music altogether when has released 1000 albums.

Did You Know - Actress Brooke Shields posed nude for a photo shoot at age 12. The photos have been exhibited all over the world. A London gallery was recently reprimanded for displaying them.

Did You Know - Swans frontman Michael Gira did time in jail as a teenager for drug trafficking.

Did You Know - Director Jim Jarmusch is a huge doom/drone metal fan. His favourite band is Japanese doomsters Boris.

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Did you know - in the 1953 film Dracula In Istanbul, due to the scarcity of fog machines at the time during a night sequence in a cemetary the director had 30 of the crew lie just offscreen smoking to simulate a thick mist. Each crewmember had 3-4 lit cigarettes in their mouths.

Did you know - in the 1988 film Hellraiser II - Hellbound the horn noise whenever Leviathan is shown is actually Morse Code for ‘God’.

Did you know - Skinny Puppy frontman Ogre once accidentally jabbed an ice pick several inches into his arm during a performance, but didn’t seek medical help until after the show was over.

Did you know - Jackie Chan has a hole in his head after falling from a tree and hitting a rock while filming The Armour Of God.

Did you know - Bela Lugosi played Jesus in a stage play in Budapest in 1915.

Did you know - that Jean-Claude Van Damme originally played the titular alien in the film Predator, but was removed after problems on the set. His scenes are still in the film towards the beginning uncredited.

Did you know - that Tod Browning the director of such films as Dracula and Freaks was once a side-show geek performing as the ‘The Living Corpse’ where he would be buried underground for hours.

Did you know - that Lon Chaney Jr’s real name was Creighton Tull Chaney.

Did you know - that in the 1980’s cult film Troll the young hero of the film’s name is Harry Potter.
Did you know - that the 1989 film Cyborg used sets and costumes originally made for an unrealized sequel to the 1987 Masters of the Universe He-Man film.

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Did you know - Will Smith turned down the roll of Neo in The Matrix in favour of playing James West in Wild Wild West?

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Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order is the daughter of the late, and some say great, Jayne Mansfield.

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Did you know:

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Tom sellik (Magnum P.I.) was in the running to play Han Solo for Star Wars. As was Christopher Walkin.
Late,
grmpysmrf