Oh man I almost forgot the granddaddy of them all ---Elvis was a twin! His brother, Jesse Garon, died at birth. Oh, how history would be different if it was the other way around....or would it?
That one's been proven to be an urban legend. Chuck was in prison at the time of the Monkees auditions. Joe Satriani auditioned for the band Giuffria ( Call To The Heart) and did not get the job.
The cult of Trout Mask Replica is a classic. Beefheart secluded himself and the Magic Band to a house in Laurel Canyon, no one could leave. He wrote the whole album there, he would create every instruments part on the piano, and John French 'Drumbo' would transcribe it to the band. They would then practice ad nauseum for hours, days and months, while Beefheart screamed "Fast n' Bulbous, also tapered!" at them. Drumbo recalls living on a handful of beans daily the whole 9 MONTHS, one member allowed out every now and again for supplies. I think the album they recorded reflects its bizarre process!
There are three guys in ZZ Top. Two of them have beards. The name of the guy without the beard? Frank Beard.
Or, what if both survived?!? Elvis and Jesse Presley... they'd form a rock n' roll band: The Kings!!! (Not to be confused with the Davies brothers on the other side of the pond.)
George Jones driving his lawnmower on the freeway to get to a liquor shop because his wife hid all the car keys to prevent him from drink driving.
1.) That popular 1970s rock band Steely Dan was named after a steam-powered dildo mentioned in "The Naked Lunch," a 1959 novel by William S. Burroughs, a key figure of the Beat Generation. 2.) That Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan fame briefly played in a band with future comedy star Chevy Chase. The band was called the Leather Canary.
Tina Turner sang background vocals for Frank Zappa on Overnite Sensation, for union scale. Ike wouldn't let her take a credit.
Sure, why not? Can you imagine Elvis X 2?!?! Imagine the teen mags and tabloids going berserk over twice the Hunk O' Burning Love?!?! All the rampant rumors, stage fights, secret affairs, squabbles over Priscilla, splitting up the band and recording solo... (Was there a fictitious story written about this What If?) That's the pinnacle of Absurdity.
Or what if...They were identical twins, but only Elvis became famous. After his death, people would see his brother and think it was him. There would be people saying he's still alive to this day.
Not quite music related, but that's Albert Brooks real name (His brother is Super Dave Osborne, and his dad (Parkyakarkus) died during a roast of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Given that scenario, I'm sure he'd be pushed and prodded to take the stage and lip-synch all the hits. What's better than a hologram? Real flesh and blood.
Or had they both lived and there really was someone else who looked like Elvis, instead if all the impersonators who look nothing like Elvis but who all look alike.
the one that sticks out is Ozzy Osbourne snorting a line of marching fire ants during a drinking session on a patio and subsequently getting very badly bitten....up his nasal passage.
More creepy than absurd but Mama Cass and Keith Moon both died in the same London flat 4 years apart (1974 and 1978 respectively) both at the age of 32. Then there's that 27 Club.