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#FakeRockandRollFacts

Being a lover of music, especially rock 'n' roll, when I saw the trending hashtag #FakeRockandRollFacts on Twitter, my eyes lit up, and my mind started going in overdrive yet again. So, here are my tweets, ordered from most to least popular (all my tweets can be seen here - https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki):

1) Meat Loaf's original name was Ham Steak
#FakeRockandRollFacts
60 Likes, 17 Retweets

2) In 1969 Alice Cooper auditioned for the part of housekeeper Alice on "The Brady Bunch"
#FakeRockandRollFacts
38 Likes, 17 Retweets

3) Keith Richards is 193-years-old
#FakeRockandRollFacts (actually that one might be true)
40 Likes, 13 Retweets

4) Ted Nugent once scored higher than 50 on an IQ test
#FakeRockandRollFacts
36 Likes, 10 Retweets

5) Bono admits he never knew what he was looking for to begin with
#FakeRockandRollFacts
22 Likes, 9 Retweets

6) Stevie Nicks and Nikki Six have long thought about having children named Nikki Nicks and Stevie Sixx
#FakeRockandRollFacts
23 Likes, 4 Retweets

6) Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello said he came up with the band's name after getting pissed at a dishwasher
#FakeRockandRollFacts
24 Likes, 3 Retweets

8) Ted Cruz inspired the Bruce Springsteen song, "Born in the U.S.A."
#FakeRockandRollFacts
19 Likes, 2 Retweets

9) While Slash's father preferred his eventual name over the other finalist, his mother favored the name Lacerate
#FakeRockandRollFacts
13 Likes, 3 Retweets

10) Every AC/DC member's favorite movie is "Batteries Not Included"
#FakeRockandRollFacts
12 Likes, 3 Retweets

11) Trent Reznor was approached by the creators of "Friends" on making "Closer" the show's theme song
#FakeRockandRollFacts
13 Likes, 1 Retweet

12) Along with being musicians, every member of the band Faith No More is a televangelist
#FakeRockandRollFacts
11 Likes, 2 Retweets

12) Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top started growing their beards on December 17, 1951, when both were 2-years-old
#FakeRockandRollFacts
11 Likes, 2 Retweets

12) After being sleep deprived from thinking about it, Bono decided to go with U2 over Me Too, W-2, and Tutu
#FakeRockandRollFacts
13 Likes, 0 Retweets

15) In English "Rammstein" means "to fantasize about butting Ben Stein with ram horns"
#FakeRockandRollFacts
9 Likes, 3 Retweets

15) It wasn't until Gene Simmons slept with woman #5,327 that he realized he might be gay
#FakeRockandRollFacts
11 Likes, 1 Retweet

17) "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was written while every band member of Iron Butterfly was clean and sober
#FakeRockandRollFacts
10 Likes, 1 Retweet

18) Shirley Manson and Marilyn Manson are identical twins
#FakeRockandRollFacts
9 Likes, 1 Retweet

18) Members of the band flipped a coin on whether to call themselves Def Leppard or Blind Cheetah
#FakeRockandRollFacts
10 Likes, 0 Retweets

20) Coldplay's biggest musical inspiration and influence is Megadeth
#FakeRockandRollFacts
7 Likes, 2 Retweets

20) If James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich decide to follow in Steven Tyler's footsteps, they'll call themselves Hillbillica
#FakeRockandRollFacts
7 Likes, 2 Retweets

22) When writing "Don't Stop Believin'," Steve Perry was playing the penny slots at Circus Circus
#FakeRockandRollFacts
6 Likes, 2 Retweets

22) Every Nickelback song played backwards sounds like "Stairway to Heaven"
#FakeRockandRollFacts
7 Likes, 1 Retweet

22) After Neil Diamond wrote "Sweet Caroline," he said, "In 40 years, this is like going to the anthem for drunks!"
#FakeRockandRollFacts
7 Likes, 1 Retweet

22) Marilyn Manson's real name is Charles Monroe
#FakeRockandRollFacts
8 Likes, 0 Retweets

22) Flea's gone on the record as saying if he has four sons he'll name them: Tick, Gnat, Fly, and Habanero
#FakeRockandRollFacts
8 Likes, 0 Retweets

27) John Lennon became furious when management recommended he not name his band the Brownbanded Cockroaches
#FakeRockandRollFacts
6 Likes, 1 Retweet

28) Lead singer Rob Halford is dyslexic and intended for his band to be named Priest Judas
#FakeRockandRollFacts
5 Likes, 1 Retweet

28) Shirley Manson said, "'Only Happy When It Rains' is a response to Bob Ross' happy clouds, bushes, and trees"
#FakeRockandRollFacts
6 Likes, 0 Retweets

28) R.E.M. stands for Really Expensive Monocles
#FakeRockandRollFacts
6 Likes, 0 Retweets

31) In the song "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)," "that" refers to taking a selfie with Chad Kroeger
#FakeRockandRollFacts
3 Likes, 2 Retweets

31) "Enter Sandman," when played backwards, sounds like a rip-off of John Michael Montgomery's "I Swear"
#FakeRockandRollFacts
4 Likes, 1 Retweet

31) The Counting Crows will follow up their hit "Mr. Jones" with the songs "Mr. Johnson," "Mr. Smith," and "Mr. Rogers"
#FakeRockandRollFacts
5 Likes, 0 Retweets

34) Axl Rose's father had an axe collection; his mother loved dill pickles, so it was either Axl or Dillax
#FakeRockandRollFacts
2 Likes, 2 Retweets

34) Gwen Stefani says her marriage with Gavin Rossdale ended b/c his friends and family started calling them Gavinani
#FakeRockandRollFacts
3 Likes, 1 Retweet

34) Chris Cornell went to Princeton
#FakeRockandRollFacts
4 Likes, 0 Retweets

34) On every New Year's Eve since 1970, Tom Petty has been spotted slow-dancing with a bong
#FakeRockandRollFacts
4 Likes, 0 Retweets

38) Ozzy Osbourne's first memory is ordering a three wise men shot at the age of 5 at the bar, "Whatever"
#FakeRockandRollFacts
2 Likes, 1 Retweet

38) Elton John was born wearing pink sunglasses
#FakeRockandRollFacts
2 Likes, 1 Retweet

38) Weird Al Yankovic actually got the words right to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in his parody of it
#FakeRockandRollFacts
3 Likes, 0 Retweets

38) Kid Rock is thinking about following in Puff Daddy's footsteps and changing his name to K. Riddy
#FakeRockandRollFacts
3 Likes, 0 Retweets

38) Governor Sam Brownback once invited Boston, Chicago, and Kansas to his home state. They all declined.
#FakeRockandRollFacts
3 Likes, 0 Retweets

43) John Mellencamp confused many when he said that without him, there'd be no women cougars today
#FakeRockandRollFacts
2 Likes, 0 Retweets

Totals: 495 Likes, 110 Retweets (Averages of 11.5 Likes, 2.6 Retweets)

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