During sessions of 'Black Holes And Revelations' Muse killed time by strapping live praying mantisses to rockets and firing them skyward.

Growing up in Indiana, Axl Rose attended church eight times a week, sang in the choir, and taught Sunday school.

Drummer Keith Moon's habit of blowing up toilets with fireworks led him to get banned from the Holiday Inn, Sheraton and Hilton chains for life.

Aerosmith's transatlantic 1998 Number One hit 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing', used in the movie 'Armageddon', was originally written for Celine Dion by songwriter Diane Warren.

Lily Allen's first manager was BBC 6 Music presenter George Lamb, who discovered her on the island of Ibiza.

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl has his hero John Bonham's Led Zeppelin symbol tattooed on his arm.

"Here we are now, entertain us" was what Kurt Cobain would say whenever he entered a party in order to "break the ice". He later used it in the chorus to 1991's hit 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.

The Ramones took their name from the pseudonym Paul McCartney used to use when checking into hotels when he was in The Beatles: Paul Ramone.

John Lennon once sang into a condom-covered microphone to protect himself from electric shocks. He was trying to achieve an underwater sound for The Beatles' 1966 hit 'Yellow Submarine', but they never used the zany recording.

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy met when the latter tried to steal Kapranos' drink at a house party in Glasgow in 2001. The rest, as they say, is history.

Amy Winehouse used to work as a copy writer at tabloid news agency WENN- and her boss was none other than NME production editor Marc McLaren.

Noel Gallgher made a headline appearance with Inspiral Carpets at Reading Festival in 1990. He was one half of a pantomime cow which came onstage during the band's set - Gallagher was then a roadie for the band.

The Killers took their name from the fictional band New Order presented themselves as in the video to their 2001 single 'Crystal'.

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