ARTICLE: 15 Rock facts that you never knew

Everyone has a favorite Rockstar or rock band ,but here are some facts that you may not have known about your favorite artists.

1. AC/DC founding member, Malcolm Young,, worked in a bra factory as a sewing-machine mechanic.

2. Paul McCartney made a mistake during the recording of Hey Jude, at 2:58, you can hear him say "Oh, fucking hell", it was kept on the recording

3. The night he died, John Bonham downed 40 shots of Vodka

4. 'Born in the USA' by Bruce Springsteen was the first CD to be pressed in America

5. Jimi Hendrix was the highest paid performer at Woodstock, having earned $18,000 for his performance

6. Prince’s song “Purple Rain” is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze”.

7. The Doors were the first band to ever promote a new album through a billboard ad.

8. Queen holds the Guinness World Record for longest-running fan club.

9. In the 40's, the term used for UFO's by the US Air Force was Foo Fighters

10. Nine Inch Nails recorded their second studio album, The Downward Spiral, in the same house that the Manson Family killed actress Sharon Tate in.

11. Chuck Berry started performing music so he could afford photography equipment.

12. A talent manager named Jim Denny told Elvis to “stick to driving a truck because you’ll never make it as a singer”

13. Led Zeppelin came up with the title “Black Dog” after a black Labrador walked into their recording studio.

14. Stevie Ray Vaughan was the guitarist on David Bowie‘s Let’s Dance album.

15. The Who drummer, Keith Moon, claims to have given Led Zeppelin their name