Classic Rock Factoids

1. Although The Beatles broke up 25 years ago, they continue to sell more records each year than the Rolling Stones.

2.Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain were all 27 years old when they died.

3. When a record company executive first met the band Pink Floyd he asked them ’’Which one’s Pink?’’

4. Jimi Hendrix was thrown out of high school for holding the hand of a white girl in class.

5. The band ’’Lynyrd Skynyrd’’ took their name from their gym teacher, Leonard Skinner. Skinner had given some of the band members a hard time in school because of their long hair.

6. Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols died in February, 1979 from an overdose of heroin that was bought for him by his mother, who was present when he injected it.

7. Eric Clapton was born to an unwed mother. To shield him from the shame, Eric grew up believing that his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his sister.

8. When Pink Floyd played in front of a large lake at the Crystal Palace Bowl in London in 1970, they played so loud that a number of fish were killed.

9. Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham died of alcohol overdose. It is said that he downed 18 bottles of whisky before he passed away in his sleep.

10. British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams was scared to death one night of a prowler and had to call the police. The prowler was Courtney Love, drunk and banging on the door asking for a sexual favour.