The oldest artist to top the UK singles chart was Louis Armstrong (aged 66 years and 10 month) in 1968 with What A Wonderful World.
Pink Floyd performed under various monikers in their early years, including Tea Set, Sigma 6, The Screaming Abdabs and Leonard's Lodgers (after their landlord Mike Leonard
Axl Rose used to earn $8 an hour for smoking cigarettes, for a science experiment at California's UCLA.
Prince played 27 different instruments on his debut album For You.
Pete Townshend has smashed more than 90 guitars in his Who career, including at least 23 Fender Stratocasters, 12 Gibson Les Pauls and 21 Gibson SGs.
Leo Fender, inventor of the Stratocaster and Telecaster, couldn't play the guitar.
In his youth, Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis's babysitters included Cher and Sonny Bono.
In recent months we have had some of the best tribute acts around Live here at Garbos. But not everyone gets it right!!! Check out these 'ahem' covers!!!
Karen Conway, Lorcan Veale and Kieren Munnelly are organising a reunion for one of Castlebar's most loved and missed pubs, The Humbert Inn.
The Reunion is not just for those there in the run up to its closure in 2006 but for as many people from as far back as possible to come together the 1st weekend of September 2016 to use the 10th anniversary as a reason to re-create the spirit of The Humbert.
Bands and DJ's have been contacted, venue booked and they have loads of ideas for a great night. All they need is for as many people as possible to turn up on the night.
Each show focuses on a musician or musical group, documenting both the successes of the musicians and the problems they faced during their careers. Except for the first two episodes (which focused on Milli Vanilli and M.C. Hammer), all programs are narrated by Jim Forbes. Forbes was later used to narrate the Milli Vanilli episode when it was modified to include the death of Rob Pilatus. The UK airings of the episodes focusing on Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith and Genesis were narrated by Mary Anne Hobbs while Forbes narrated the US airings.
VH1's criterion for choosing the musicians who appear on the show is, in many cases, to profile those who are no longer in the music industry, or were moderately significant in rock history (although many are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame such as Neil Diamond, The Police, Metallica, AC/DC, Aerosmith among others). This is as opposed to VH1's other biography show, VH1's Legends, which profiles musicians that have been very significant to the industry. However, there are some artists that were profiled on both Behind The Music andLegends, including Tina Turner, Elton John, The Who (although their Behind the Music exclusively focused on their drummer Keith Moon), and John Lennon (although Behind The Music exclusively focused on the months and days leading to his murder in 1980).
Another episode of Behind the Music on KISS was re-christened KISS: Beyond the Makeup in July 2001 (which was 2 hours in length). This featured Matt Pinfield, formerly of MTV's 120 Minutes, as narrator instead of Jim Forbes.
Behind the Music came to be after Paul Gallagher and George Moll produced a one-hour special entitled Dying in Vein which first aired on VH1 in December 1996. While Dying in Vein was a magazine style show, its approach to storytelling served as the prototype for Behind the Music.
A short-lived half-hour spin-off series titled BTM2 (short for Behind the Music 2), chronicled the careers of newer upcoming artists.
A spin-off titled Behind the Music: Remastered on VH1 Classic airs the updated original episodes with new interviews, footage and the later half of the artist's career. Motörhead and Deep Purple are the only all-original Remastered episodes despite not having a Behind the Music episode. (Source: Wikipedia)
Do you remember when Thin Lizzy, The Boomtown Rats and Madness rocked the Occasion at the Castle Music Festival in Castlebar? Have you any pictures or memories to share. If so, we'd love to see/read them so feel free to share on our Facebook page or in the comments section below.
July 18th, 1972, Mick Jagger was arrested for 'obstruction of a police officer' at Green Airport
In 1992, Axl Rose dove into a crowd in St. Louis to take the camera of an audience member. Punches were thrown and Axl threw down his mic and left the venue. A riot broke out following this and Axl was arrested for 'property damage and misdemeanor assault'. The charges against him were later dropped.
1980, Prince faced charges for pulling a prank on an aeroplane
1978, Sid Vicious was arrested for the murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen. The pair were in a codependent destructive relationship. Nancy died as the result of a stab wound. Sid's Mother had been supplying him with drugs from a young age. Sid overdosed on heroin so he never faced trial.
1971, Jim Morrison was arrested for indecent exposure and profanity.
2001, Marilyn Manson was arrested for Criminal Sexual Conduct towards a security guard.
1986, Kurt Cobain was arrested for trespassing while intoxicated.
1965, Johnny Cash was arrested for drug possession.
