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some facts about The Cure. In actual fact The Cure cant stand cats. At some point during the late 70's- early 80's, the band thought it would be fun to rename themselves after modern text speak, even though the mobile phone had yet to be invented. Members at the time included brb Gallup on bass, l8rs m8 Hartley on keys and pmsl Hedges doing production duties. After a month or two, the band decided mostly to drop the monikers, with only the drummer labouring the joke onward, as drummers are wont to do. Scarily hairstyled frontman Robert ROFLMAO Smith was once asked how he got his lips looking that way. "Well,I eat raspberry jam with a wooden spoon" he crooned. The bands seminal hit 'A Forest' was written after a chance encounter with ABBA's pubic stunt wigs in the 70's. It also explains Roberts signature 'do.

John Lee Hooker has never played rugby.

All 3 members of The Minutemen were at least average size.

Thrash metal band Anthrax are banned from playing in Wales

To this day, The Stranglers have never been convicted of their crimes.

Scottish drone rockers Franz Ferdinand have continued to befuddle everyone as to how the f&%k they won a Mercury Music prize with that twaddle

Crosby Stills Nash and Young, which is nice for them both that they have that calming influence.

Brian or sometimes Ryan Adams

Got one of these winging its way to me, Ill weigh it when it arrives.

And lets not mention Paul Simon.

And Olivia Newton-John.

Cliff Richard is the only known person to have ever had a hit record whose surname is also a common Christian name. Apart from Elton John. And George Michael.

They Might Be Giants, aren't.

It is not illegal to listen to the music of The Sundays on a Saturday, nor indeed The Saturdays on a sunday, but in either case is considered poor form, and will probably ruin your weekend. Doing both may even lead to possible suicide.

Gender confuser and former Dead or Alive frontman Pete Burns once suffered so terribly due to some botched plastic surgery that there were fears his lips would have to be amputated. If this had happened he would have had to legally change his name to 'Eat Urns'

A summary perusal of the latest copy of The Building Regulations -Part K (2000) reveals that 3 steps does not constitute a stairway. You really need to get together and thrash this out once and for all, Led Zeppelin and Eddie Cochran

Somebody, somewhere is still playing Limahls 'Never Ending Story'

Parachute trousered rapper M C Hammer had and still has a severe case of OCD, as discussed in his hit "U cant touch this"

The Prodigy's pixie like lyricist Keith Flint is not really an arsonist. The song originally penned for him " I am a biscuit-dunker, twisted biscuit-dunker" was rejected by their record company so a hasty re-write ensued.

Ludwig van Beethoven never owned a camper-van

Neil Spring and Arthur Autumn are currently embroiled in a lengthy and bitter legal battle with Johnny Winter and Donna Summer as to who owns the rights to the Four Seasons back catalogue

Actually, heaven knew you were miserable before, Morrisey.

Ringo Starr actually has no idea what colour his submarine is, having been born a mole. Extensive plastic surgery has turned him into the handsome water buffalo he is today.

Many years ago Huey Morgan carried out a botched attempt at an armed robbery of a 7-11 in his home city of New York. He was caught after someone threw a bagel at him, arrested and subsequently served 9 months as his punishment. Due to federal law, even though he is a changed man, this 'black mark' cannot be removed from his name. It is the first fun lovin' criminal record.

Barry White oddly enough isn't, yet Errol Brown kind of is. Along those lines, Al Green may well be for a short period after his death.