23 Music Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History

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23 Music Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History
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The worst thing about being a big music fan is having to deal with all those gatekeepers. You know, the guys who rag on your for wearing a band t-shirt if you can't recite each band member's complete biography or name every studio album they've ever produced in order of release. 

You can choose to roll your eyes and ignore people like this, or you can hit them with some well-researched music history facts. But wherever could one find knowledge niche enough to impress these self-proclaimed musical historians? We got you. Below, there are no less than 24 music facts to shut those hipsters right up. 

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child o' Mine began as a dumb joke. During a jam session, Slash started making faces while playing a silly melody. The other band members liked the tune and ran with it. Within an hour my guitar exercise had become something else, Slash wrote. CRACKED.COM

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Vanessa Carlton

CRACKED VANESSA CARLTON WAS THE QUEEN OF 2002. Her hit single A Thousand Miles and its music video made her world-famous. It remained in the Billboard Top Ten for 41 weeks, went double platinum and charted worldwide. No other song came close.

Artist Profits

CRACKED VS ARTIST PROFIT THEN NOW CRACKED.COM Artists get $0.00397 per stream on around 6% Spotify, artists of CD sales still make the (a bit more if most money they are also from ticket the sales and songwriter) merchandise

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG CRACKED.COM Imagine your 2nd gig ever was Woodstock '69? Crosby (The Byrds), Stills (Buffalo Springfield), and Nash (The Hollies) formed in '68 after harmonizing well at a party. Neil Young joined soon after, and although each have released high-profile solo albums, the group performed together until 2016, and were inducted into the Rock & Roll HoF in '97.

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Stevie Nicks

CRACKEDC Stevie Nicks' COM Stand Back ripped off a Prince song. And he was totally cool with it. Nicks wrote the song over the melody for Little Re

Grandmaster Flash

Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash loves collecting souvenir mugs from his travels. His collection CRACKEDCON consists ofbetween 5-000 and 7.000 mugs.

Billy Idol

prastien Before he found success as a solo artist, Billy ldol was in the classic punk band Generation X. Their 1978 self-titled album is pure punk roc

Harry Potter

The Harry Potter franchise is so popular it inspired a whole new genre of music called wizard rock. For starters, rock bands are named after HarRY Pot

John Travolta

In 1986, John Travolta lent his vocal talents to The Road to Freedom, an album of songs written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Sample lyric:

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