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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.
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
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
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
Rebellious attitude - 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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