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Yep it's time to put right some of those rock n roll myths that have circulated for years & the violetz are happy to dispel the rumours & give you the whole truth about rock n roll.

For all of you sad old gits who love trivia and love to bore the pants off your boozing partners in crime, this is the part of the site you have been waiting for.

Trivia 1 - first hits for artists

Trivia 2 - songs and bands about numbers

Trivia 3 - songs about actors & fans & places

Trivia 4 - what they did for a living / bands named after Animals

Trivia 5 - misheard lyrics

Trivia 6 - true or false (general trivia)

trivia 7 -  Fictional Bands - made up bands, pseudonyms, alter egos,

trivia 8 - Songs & Bands about colours

Rock trivia 4 - proudly presents what people did before they were famous & Bands that are named animals

Andrea true - porn star    

Andy Partridge - Commercial artists                                                   

Annie Lennox - Fish filleter

Belinda Carlisle - Petrol pump attendant

Billy Bragg - Goat herd / Soldier

Bob Geldof -  journalist for music magazines

Bobby Dall (Poison) - truck stop cook and clam digger

Brian Jones - Salesman in department store

Bryan Ferry - Art teacher

Captain Sensible - Theatre cleaner  

CC Deville (Poison) - Taxi Driver

charlie watts - graphic artist

Chris isaak - Tour guide

chrissie hynde - journalist & ex handbag seller (in oxford street)

Chubby Checker - Chicken plucker

Chuck Berry – Hairdresser

Cilla Black - Cloakroom attendant

Cliff Richard - Credit control clerk

Courtney Love - Stripper (ugh!)

Craig Douglas – Milkman  

Cyndi Lauper - Racehorse walker

Dave Clark – Stuntman

Dave Dee – Policeman

Dave Vanian (Damned) - Gravedigger

David Bowie, Andy Partridge - Commercial artists

David Lee Roth - Hospital Orderly

Davy jones – child actor

Debbie harry - Play boy bunny waitress

Des O'Connor - Butlin's Redcoat

Eddie Vedder (pearl jam) -  Gas Station Attendant

Elton John – Teaboy

Elvis costello - computer operator

Elvis Presley - truck driver

Eric Clapton - postman

Freddy Mercury - Clothes stall holders

Gaz Coombes - Waiter at Harvester

Gene Simmons – Teacher

George Michael - Cinema usher  

Geri Haliwell - toy store

glen matlock - shop assistant

Graham parker - Petrol pump attendant

Henry Rollins - Ice cream shop manager

Hugh Cornwall – Chemist

Hugh Cornwall - science teacher

Ian Anderson - Cinema cleaner

Ian Dury - Art teacher

Jet black - ice cream sales man

Joe Cocker - Gas fitter

John Entwistle - Tax clerk  

John McGeoch - Registered Nurse

John Otway – Dustman

John Squire Cartoon Animator (Dangermouse)

J on Bon Jovi - Burger King worker

Keith Emerson - Bank clerk

Keith Moon - Plaster salesman  

Keith Richard - ex Chorister at Westminster Abbey

Lou Reed – Accountant

Madonna -  Serving pastries at Dunkin' Donuts.

Marc Bolan – Model

mark knopfler - journalist

Mark Stoermer (Killers) - Medical Courier

Matt Monro - Bus driver

Mick Jagger  - Ice cream sellers

Otis Redding – Chauffeur

Ozzy Osbourne - testing car horns in the Lucas car factory and on the kill floor of an abattoir

P J Proby - Farm hand

Pat Benatar - Bank cashier

Patti Smith - journalist for music magazines 

Paul Young - Car factory apprentice

Paula Abdul - waitress

Percy Sledge - Hospital porters

peter Gabriel - Travel agent

Phil Collins - Child actor

Phil Oakey - hospital porter

Poly Styene - Launderette lady

Rat Scabies - Toilet cleaner

Rod Stewart – Gravedigger

Roger Daltrey - Sheet metal worker

Roger Taylor - Clothes stall holder

Ronnie Lane - Plumbers Mate

Sandie Shaw - Computer programmer

Shane MacGowan – Barman  

Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran) - detergent commercial

Siouxsie sioux - Waitress

Sting - Primary school teacher

Terence Trent D'arby – Soldier

Van Morrison - Window cleaner  

 

They were animals

A Flock Of Seagulls

Animals 

Beatles

Bees Make Honey

Birds

Black Crows

Blodwyn Pig

Blow Monkeys

Blue Jays

Boomtown Rats

Budgie (band or banshees drummer)

Bufallo Springfield

Byrds

Camel

Chicken Shack

Country Joe And The Fish

Crazy Horse

Crickets

Def Leppard

Eagles

Echo And The Bunnymen

Fabulous Poodles

fish

glass tiger

Groundhogs

Henry Cow

House martins

Iron Butterfly

Jellyfish

Lamb

Long Pigs

Matching Mole

Monkees

Pigbag

Sandpipers

Seal

Skunk Anansie

Slaughter And The Dogs

Soup Dragons

Steppenwolf

Stray Cats

Swansway

T Rex

The Yardbirds

Three Dog Night

tiger Lillies

Turtles

Tygers Of Pantang

Whitesnake

 

You have been warned that their is loads more to follow !!!!!!

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This page was last updated on 18/04/06.

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