Rock and Roll trivia

The Rolling Stones....because they always rolled stones instead of snake eyes.





(well, it sounded good when I first thought of it)
 
The Pretenders

Half of the band dead within a few months of one another .

( in photo.... far left & far right.). Drugs are Cool !!

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The unluckiest band had two suicides and a manager who stole all their money. There were other issues as well.
 
When you said Wales that narrowed it down.
They were called the Iveys when Apple signed them in 1968. They released two singles that were in the top ten in several European countries and Japan. Apple didn't release them in the US. The way Apple was set up, every decision needed all four Beatles to agree on things, which was often difficult to do because not all of them would be around unless they were putting together another album. The Iveys were being neglected and stated such in an interview McCartney ended up reading. He gave them "Come and Get It" which was written for the Magic Christian soundtrack he was commissioned to write. It was also this time the name was changed to Badfinger.

The next problem was a result of "Come and Get It" because it sounded like the Beatles making people believe it was the Beatles. I was 13 when the song came out and I heard it on the radio. I thought it was the Beatles. People were disappointed at their concerts because no Beatles were with them on stage. This was quite a problem for the guys. Apple rejected a lot of their own songs at first because they didn't sound like the Beatles.

Then Stan Polley became their business manager. This guy stole all their money which resulted in Pete Ham committing suicide in 1975. These had to fight hard to get their own songs recorded in order to break away from the Beatle's mold. They had a lot of top-ten hits, but had no money to show for it.
 
Speaking of Rock N Roll, it was a Molly Hatchet kind of night here. Man, that was a great group back in the day. Now all have passed, as far as I know.



The instrumental at about 3:04 is impressive for back then, IMO.

Molly Hatchet was a great southern rock band. Unfortunately, the last original member passed away two years ago. The band still tours small venues with John Galvin who has been with the band since 1984.
 
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