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Trivial Pursuit
The song title is an anagram of Talking Heads.
2. Shot by Both Sides. Magazine
Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley wrote this song when the former was still a member of Buzzcocks. When it appeared on Magazine‘s 1978 debut, Real Life, Shelley got a co-writing credit. But Devoto got nuthin when Shelley recycled the riff later that year for Lipstick, a b-side to the Promises single.
Exene, John Doe, and Billy Zoom are all pseudonyms. Only drummer D.J. Bonebrake uses his real name.
Singer Henry Rollins and Minor Threat frontman/Discord Records founder Ian MacKaye worked together in a Haagen Dazs ice cream shop as teenagers in Washington DC.
Eric Stefani, founding keyboardist and older brother of Gwen, left the band to become an animator on The Simpsons.
The liner notes for Nobody’s Cool, the unheralded NYC band’s 1996 second LP, were written by Thomas Pynchon.
7. Destination Unknown. Missing Persons
Singer and drummer Dale and Terry Bozzio, guitarist Warren Cuccorullo, and bassist Patrick O’Hearn were all veterans of Frank Zappa‘s band.
Johnny only ever played downstrokes so the trickier guitar parts on the first 4 Ramones albums were played by Tommy Ramone or producers Ed Stasium and Craig Leon. On later albums guest guitarists included Graham Goulding, Walter Lure, Dave Stewart, Jean Beauvoir, Daniel Rey, and Vernon Reid.
Peter Hook and Stephen Morris were questioned as suspects in the Yorkshire Ripper case.
10. The Blues Are Still Blue. Belle & Sebastian
On a 2017 tour, the band accidentally left drummer Richard Colburn behind in a North Dakota Walmart. They appealed to twitter to find a fan that drove Colburn to the airport for a gig in Minnesota.
Jonny
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Oooh, I’ll have to find that Lotion album. I’m about a third of the way through Against The Day right now, trying to get it read before hopefully getting Shadow Ticket for Christmas (ya listenin, Santa?)
Since you mentioned Missing Persons and anagrams , should point out that their first album (Spring session m) is an anagram of their name!
That’s why we keep you in the band, Dave.
Okay epic Thomas Pynchon detail. I had no idea he wrote the liner notes. Very cutty info JTFL! Love it.
Agh Good Proofs beat me to it! The Pynchon detail is epic and quintessential JTFL .
Also who knew singers as languid as in Joy Division were detained in the Yorkshire Ripper Case! A perfect meld of your musical erudition and love of true crime.
Really enjoying this series!