PICTOFACT 40 Random Bits of Trivia We’ve Been Fermenting for Weeks and We Think Have Gained a Sort of Collective Sentience
PICTOFACT 40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Were Standing Right Behind You When You Were Talking About Them
Who hijacked their band’s website to announce their breakup?Noel Gallagher, OasisSonny Sandoval, P.O.D.Pete Wentz, Fall Out BoyTim Pagnotta, SugarcultWhich bassist had an on-air freakout after losing an MTV Award, causing the band to break up?D’arcy Wretzky, Smashing PumpkinsTim Commerford, Rage Against the MachineLes Claypool, PrimusRobert Sledge, Ben Folds FiveWhose Wendy’s ad created an irreparable rift?Kool & the GangT-PainAir SupplyViolent FemmesWhich band threw in the towel, at the peak of their fame, because they failed to defeat capitalism?RefusedJane’s AddictionJawbreakerNew RadicalsAt the Drive-InWhich rock band called it a day because their music was just too loud?The KinksThe Moody BluesCreamThe BeatlesWhich band’s guitarist quit because they thought the rest of the band was gay?The Runaways (Lita Ford)Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen)Siouxsie and the Banshees (Steven Severin)The White Stripes (Jack White)Which band broke up because they accidentally hired the world’s coolest bassist?The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea)The Pixies (Kim Deal)David Bowie (Gail Ann Dorsey)Fall Out Boy (Pete Wentz)Which duo didn’t survive their attempted transition from music to film?The White StripesSimon & GarfunkelSonny & CherIke & Tina TurnerWhich act fizzled out over a cutesy cover song?Willow SmithSam SmithThe SmithsThe Smith Street BandWhich rock band broke up over birthday cake?The BeatlesCakeDeathklokThe Kinks
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