Rod Stewart – Worst Pre-Fame Jobs
Quick, name three rock stars you would expect to have held jobs as gravediggers in their pre-rock and roll days. Names like Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, and Ozzy Osbourne probably come to mind, right?
Quick, name three rock stars you would expect to have held jobs as gravediggers in their pre-rock and roll days. Names like Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, and Ozzy Osbourne probably come to mind, right?
Somewhere in your basement, quite possibly, lies proof of Jon Bon Jovi's creative skills. No, we're not talking about your 'Slippery When Wet' cassette.
Prior to making his name as one of the biggest and most recognizable rock stars as frontman of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger worked as a porter ( errand runner) at a mental hospital.
Steven Tyler watched Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger impersonate him on 'Saturday Night Live' last weekend, and says he got it all wrong. "He could have done the 'yeah yeah yeah!'" Tyler tells Hollywood Life. Jagger played Tyler during a skit called 'So You Think You Can Dance At An Outdoor Music Festival.'
What's that you say? You didn't get enough of seeing Mick Jagger perform with Foo Fighters on 'Saturday Night Live' last week? Well, apparently neither did the musicians. During the afterparty, Foo Fighters served as the musical entertainment, with Jagger sitting in for a few more songs.
Few bands have owed a greater debt to the Rolling Stones than Aerosmith. From the bluesy, riff-based rock to the dynamic between Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, they were originally seen by some as little more than Stones rip-offs. But on last week's episode of 'Saturday Night Live,' Mick Jagger turned the tables by doing an impression of Tyler.
Mick Jagger was joined by other rock luminaries including Jeff Beck, Foo Fighters and Arcade Fire during his stint hosting the season finale of 'Saturday Night Live,' where the Rolling Stones frontman proved adept at not just music, but comedy and political punditry as well.
A biopic about Mick Jagger and Keith Richards called 'Exile on Main St.' is in the works, with the casting stage reportedly underway. Rumor has it that Harry Styles, one of the members of British boy band One Direction, is in the running to play the Rolling Stones' frontman in the project, which is being funded by Virgin's Richard Branson.
NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' is pulling out at all the stops for the finale of its 37th season. First it was announced that Mick Jagger would be both the host and musical guest. Then they said that Jagger would be backed by Foo Fighters and Arcade Fire. Now they've added another rock legend to the proceedings, guitarist Jeff Beck.
The season finale of 'Saturday Night Live' is becoming a mini-all star rock party. Mick Jagger will host and perform during the May 19 broadcast. The Foo Fighters and Arcade Fire will join him on stage during his performances on the show.