Rock Facts

From Sockheads

[edit] Season 1ne

• Q: What mysterious coincidence links Prodigy to Pink Floyd?
  A: Not unlike Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz, the Prodigy's The Fat of the Land perfectly replaces the soundtrack of Free Willie 2. Wow.
  [This is so not true.]

• Q: What strange power links Mariah Carey to marine life?
  A: Certain notes in Mariah Carey's high range have actually been known to make dolphins abduct and eat small children. Woah. Man.

• Q: Which female lead singers' [sic] depends on a rare gem?
  A: If you remover the gem on Gwen Stefani's head, she will deflate like a punctured love doll.
  

• Q: Are rumours true that the band Sugar Ray can actually fly?
  A: No. But if the members of Sugar Ray were bird-shaped and had hollow bones, they could fly. I guess they could. Mm-hm.

• Q: What sultry artist mysteriously appeared to frontline soldiers during Desert Storm?
  A: Saddam Hussein developed a chemical cloud in the shape of Janet Jackson to seduce soldiers out into the open. Is that really true? No.

• Q: How does the pope get his daily dose of the Beastie Boys?
  A: The pope gets his dose of the Beastie Boys through his funny hat, or his mitre, it's known as in the spiritual world. Uh, it's actually a solar powered 50-CD changer with a built-in headphone system and it was designed by Coolio, believe it or not. Hmm.

• Q: What is the secret link between Baywatch and Björk?
  A: Absolutely nothin'! I can't believe you would think that Björk would have anything to do with Baywatch! Shame on you.
  

• Q: Which female pop singer left 300lb men in pools of their own blood?
  A: Jewel started her career in the entertainment industry as a pro wrestler, where she was famous for her roundhouse Alaskan crotch-kick, but mostly for her five-octave Alaskan death scream. Cool. D'you know that? Well, no, because I thought you just made it up. I did.

• Q: What strange ritual do the Beastie Boys to keep [stay] in shape?
  A: The Beastie Boys, to keep in shape, actually play a game that's a cross between badminton and hand grenades known as "badassminton". [giggles].
  

• Q: What hidden talent does Celine Dion hide from her fans?
  A: Truth is, Celine Dion is a world class bass fisherman, and also she can fit four pool balls in her mouth at the same time. Really? Mm, no.

• Q: Which Rock Star is also a famous race horse?
  A: Perry Farrel won last year's Kentucky Derby, where he raced against the fastest horses in the world. His jockey was Blues Traveller's, John Popper. That's amazing
  

• Q: Which rock star had the highest GPA in college?
  A: Ok, It's Trent Reznor of the Nine Inches Nails. He graduated at the top of his class when he attended cosmetology school, where he honed his skills as the manicurist of Nine Inch Nails.

• Q: What did U2 Use for Power instead of electricity to create their albums?
  A: Up until "Rattle and Hum" all of the U2 albums were recorded by harvesting the power of fermenting potatoes, to symbolize the plight of Ireland. No Way. I know.
  

• Q: Which singer could destroy the world easiest if he or she was a giant turtle?
  A: That's an easy one: Puffy Combs. Absolutely.

• Q: How did the band Jethro Tull get their name?
  A: I think Jethro Tull got their name from that dude on the Beverly Hills. Oh, Jethro Clampett. Yeah, I don't know what Tull means. I think it's English for like 'Rock' or something. Yeah.
  

• Q: How is the band Menudo linked to heavy metal?
  A: Rock Answer. Menudo actually started as a death metal band called Cadaver Calieñte.