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What are various bands best known for outside of their musical abilities? Kiss for example are best known for their makeup.
Not Revealing Their Faces - Daft Punk
Not one performance of Daft Punk's shows the members faces, which are usually hidden by masks or are replaced by animation. They also never show their faces when at interviews or awards ceremonies.
Rachel
Exotic Outfits - Dana International
The Israeli 1997 Eurovision Song Contest winner, Dana International (Sharon Cohen) is known for her really outré outfits.
Susanna Viljanen
Playing On Other People's Records - Dave Grohl
In a 2006 Much More Music interview Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters openly admitted to always wanting to work. He appeared on several musician's albums including David Bowie, the Queens of the Stone Age, and Mike Watt.
Celeste
Being a cartoon - Dethklok
One of today's most popular metal bands aren't even real people: they are an Adult Swim cartoon.
DJ Blaze
Their Political Views - Dixie Chicks
Or rather it was Natalie Maines's political views that caused a lot of contreversy.
At a concert in France Natalie Maines blurted out to a crowd at a concert in France that she was "embarrassed that President Bush is from the state of Texas" which prompted protests, public steam rollings of their CDs, death threats, and Radio station bans of the Dixie Chicks's music.
At a concert in France Natalie Maines blurted out to a crowd at a concert in France that she was "embarrassed that President Bush is from the state of Texas" which prompted protests, public steam rollings of their CDs, death threats, and Radio station bans of the Dixie Chicks's music.
Celeste
Puffed-up cheeks, bent trumpet - Dizzy Gillespie
The jazz great's cheeks puffed up when he played, giving him more air for performing. His trumpet was accidentally bent in the early 50's, and he liked the sound of the damaged instrument so much that he had future horns bent in a similar fashion.
Todd W. Zimmerman
Having Keanu Reeves on bass guitar - Dogstar
Keanu Reeves is still one of the most recognizable celebrities in Hollywood. Ironically, there was another band called Klaatu (Reeves' character on "Day The Earth Stood Still"), which recorded a song called "Dog Star".
rocky
Unorthodox Time Signatures - Don Ellis
The jazz trumpeter and arranger used unusual time signatures (9/2, 7/4, 17/8) in his charts. It was joked that the only chart that Ellis wrote in 4/4 was "Take Five" (which was written in 5/4 time)
Todd W. Zimmerman
Crude remarks about Glenn Frey and vomit - Don Henley
Before The Eagles reunited in 1994, Henley was asked during a news conference if he would ever work with Frey again. His response was: "I'd rather eat my own vomit."
Rocky
Throwing her used tampon into a crowd at a concert - Donita Sparks
During the 1992 Reading Festival, the then-L7 singer/guitarist was angry that mud was being thrown at her by the crowd. In protest, Sparks took her tampon from her pants and threw it back at them, yelling "Eat my used tampon, M***********s!" (Sparks has also exposed her privates during a late-night British entertainment show.)
sherock
Purple socks - Donny Osmond
During the height of his fame in the 70's, they were his favorite fashion item.
Martha Hankins
Hosting a talkshow with his sister - Donny Osmond
The Donny and Marie show debuted in 1996 and lasted for a year before being cancelled, officially, in 1999.
Celeste
Hosting a game show - Donny Osmond
Donny hosted a revival of Dick Clark's "Pyramid" a few years ago.
Martha Hankins
Getting booted-off of Ed Sullivan - The Doors
You thought the FCC was strict now, back then they told Jim Morrison not to say 'higher' on "The Ed Sullivan Show" since the FCC thought it was a Drug Reference. But still...The Doors sang "Light my Fire" without any alterations...and never played on Ed Sullivan again, even Sullivan was upset as well since he refused to shake their hands after their first and last performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"!
Paul Warren
Their lyrics - Dragonforce
Apart from having awesome guitar solos, Dragonforce is also known for having song lyrics that sound like the plot to Final Fantasy. As a matter of fact, a fan once called their music "Nintendo Metal."
Rachel
Having a song become a hit through a video game - Dragonforce
"Through The Fire And Flames" reached an insane level of popularity due to it's inclusion in Guitar Hero III.
DJ Blaze
Becoming popular through a video game - DragonForce
It was terrible! I have listened to DragonForce for years but all of a sudden they had a huge breakout when their song, "Through The Fire And The Flames" was featured on Guitar Hero 3.
Travis
Their hair - Dragonforce
All of the members except Dave have very long hair, which, according to Wikipedia, they have a pact never to cut. The result: Herman Li looks like a horse in the Sonic Firestorm booklet.
DJ Blaze
Exotic outfits - Dschinghis Khan
The band members each wore exotic outfits depending on which song they were performing.
Dylan Baranski
Having their first video banned by MTV - Duran Duran
When MTV came on the air in 1981 Duran Duran had the dubious distinction of having their video "Girls On Film" banned by the sprouting young TV network.
At the time even talking about sex was a taboo subject. Having a racy video such as this made it that much more a taboo subject.
Thankfully Duran Duran were never subjected to the PMRC's "Explicit Lyrics" sticker guidelines. This song would have almost certainly made the group's Filthy Fifteen.
At the time even talking about sex was a taboo subject. Having a racy video such as this made it that much more a taboo subject.
Thankfully Duran Duran were never subjected to the PMRC's "Explicit Lyrics" sticker guidelines. This song would have almost certainly made the group's Filthy Fifteen.
Celeste
Having band members leave - Duran Duran
All three of the Taylors left Duran Duran at certain stages of the band's success. Roger first because he was a newlywed and wanted to start a family, then Andy to persue a solo career, and then John was the last original member of the band to leave. This left just Simon and Nick to pick up the pieces.
Celeste
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