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Listen to Revolver by The Beatles on Spotify!

The strings on Eleanor Rigby came from producer George Martin, who was inspired by the scores of films by French New Wave director, Francois Truffaut. It was also one of very few songs in which all of The Beatles contributed to writing the lyrics.

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Listen to Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso on Spotify!

Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso were at the forefront of the Tropicalia movement in late 60's Brazil. The content of the music they wrote contained extensive political and social commentary. The military dictatorship of Brazil's then-government retaliated by throwing the two in jail for three months, followed by four months of house arrest and then again by exile from Brazil. They spent their time of exile in London where they continued making music. SOURCE

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Listen to the Buckwheat Boyz on Spotify!

In 2002, Jermaine Fuller, founding member of the Buckwheat Boyz and singer of the viral hit song "Peanut Butter Jelly Time," was killed by policemen in an 11 hour shootout. Snoop Dogg tried to calm him down and convince him not to commit suicide by cop, but Jermaine was too high and stubborn.

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Listen to Canned Heat on Spotify!

During a show at The Palomino Club in North Hollywood, Bob "The Bear" Hite, lead singer of American blues rock band Canned Heat, died of an accidental overdose in between sets. A fan handed him a vile of powder Hite assumed to be cocaine which he subsequently snorted. To his dismay, it was filled with heroin causing him to get blue in the face and pass out after which he was driven home where he passed away. SOURCE

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Listen to Sunshine by The Beach Boys on Spotify!

The Beach Boys’ song “All I Wanna Do” from their 1970 album Sunflower is considered to be a precursor to shoegaze and chillwave.

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Listen to the Sex Pistols on Spotify!

John Lydon, better known by his stage name Johnny Rotten of punk pioneer group The Sex Pistols, was struck with spinal meningitis at the age of seven. The condition left him in several separate comas, leaving him with severe memory loss and eye problems. It is because of this that he was left with his iconic wide-eyed stare. SOURCE

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Listen to Bjork on Spotify!

Icelandic singer/musician Bjork's infamous stalker, Ricardo Lopez, recorded a video diary about his obsession with her and jealousy of her then boyfriend. He committed suicide on camera after sending her a mail bomb, not knowing the couple broke up 3 days before. The police safely tracked and detonated the bomb being sent. SOURCE

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Listen to The Stooges’ self-titled album on Spotify!

When The Stooges handed in their self-titled 1969 album to their record label Elektra, they assumed they had enough songs for a full record. However, Elektra was not happy with the five songs worth of material they were given and requested more. "That's ok, we've got lots more songs!", frontman Iggy Pop told the label. This was a lie - the band quickly wrote and recorded three more songs.

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Listen to Belle and Sebastian on Spotify!

Indie Twee Pop group Belle and Sebastian picked their name after a French TV adaption of the Cécile Aubryl novel, about a boy (Sebastian) and his Pyrenean mountain dog (Belle). The novel was also adapted as an anime in 1984 and into a film in 2013.

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Listen to Michael O’Shea’s self-titled album on Spotify!

Musician Michael O'Shea was discovered busking on the street by Wire members Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis who asked him if he wanted to record in their studio. Two years later O'Shea showed up to the studio unnanounced and recorded his eponymous 1982 album. The album features instruments O'Shea created himself such as an old door strung with strings and played with chopsticks. SOURCE

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Listen to The Stone Roses and Guns N’ Roses on Spotify!

After leaving Guns N’ Roses in 1996, guitarist Slash almost joined Britpop group The Stone Roses. He was offered to play, after their guitarist John Squire left the group. They thought, “Yeah yeah, we’ll get this big rock icon, that would really annoy John.” Then they said something to the affect of, “We’re not going to work with a guy with leather pants, are we?” SOURCE

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Wally Amos, better known as the founder of the Famous Amos cookie brand, didn't start out as a baker. He initially was a music talent agent representing such acts like Simon & Garfunkel. He attracted clients by packing cookies with his invitations to prospective clients. He hadn't considered selling his cookies until a friend of his had suggested it, and with a generous $25,000 loan from client Marvin Gaye and singer Helen Reddy, he was able to open up his first cookie store. SOURCE

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Listen to Since I Left You by The Avalanches on Spotify!

The album Since I Left You by The Avalanches is highly known for being consisted solely on samples in its entirety, containing around 3,500 samples of disco, funk, soul and other various genres of music. SOURCE

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Listen to Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot by Sparklehorse on Spotify!

The title of Sparklehorse's debut album Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot is a summary of a dream that frontman Mark Linkous had of a Civil War submarine piloted by General Lee. Inside the submarine, an old-timey band played and the sound was distorted by the water. SOURCE

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Listen to Blur on Spotify!

Alex James, bassist for the English rock band Blur, is also cheesemaker. He owns a 200-acre cheesefarm in Oxfordshire, England, producing award-winning cheeses. One of these include “Blue Monday,” named after the New Order song, and the “Farleigh Wallop,” which won Best Goat Cheese at the British Cheese Awards. SOURCE

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Listen to The Barbarians on Spotify!

Proto-Punk/Garage Rock band The Barbarians' drummer, Victor Moulton, lost his hand in with a pipe bomb at the age of 14. He rigged a prosthetic hook/hand that accommodated a drum stick with which he played.

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Listen to Boards of Canada on Spotify!

There was a 2000 advertisment for Telecom Italia that was directed by Chris Cunningham, featured an unreleased track from Boards of Canada and starred Leonardo DiCaprio. “We wanted to record 'Leonardo Dicaprio is a wanker' and put it in the advert music backwards,” they said.

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