History OneOfUs / MusicalFreaks

* Music/MarilynManson (the person) [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090915232300/http://kotaku.com/146565/cant-get-phoenix-wright-marilyn-manson-can is an avid gamer.]] Former bassist Twiggy Ramirez was as well, and he's also a [[http://web.archive.org/web/20110604045216/http://www.starwars.com/community/news/rocks/f20070227/index.html huge]] ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan and did a really creepy, proportioned-like-in-the-comics [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] [[http://zoeyposthuman.tumblr.com/post/124340489465/joker-cosplay-by-twiggy-ramirez cosplay]].[[/folder]]

** While we're on the subject of Fiasco, he has dropped lines that reference Excalibur, ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', Myth/RobinHood, Spider-Man (in the same verse)... his to-be-released song Army Girl samples a remixed ''Street Fighter'' track. There's even a picture of him dressed as Darth Vader (minus the helmet, plus a gold watch). Just look up "Darth Fiasco".

* Underground rapper Charles Hamilton is an absolutely ''massive'' Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog fanboy, to the point where he regularly wears Sonic paraphernalia, he's created an alter ego for himself called Sonic the Hamilton, and he's devised an entire philosophy around the character.

* [[Music/{{Space}} Tommy Scott]] collects sci-fi movie figurines and shops at Forbidden Planet. His bandmate Franny Griffiths is an avid gamer - he once stated that the best present he'd ever received from a fan is a Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog game, and he's also into VideoGame/CallOfDuty and Pro Evolution Soccer.

* It's not a coincidence that the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme is heard in Music/PinkFloyd's "One of These Days" from ''Album/{{Meddle}}''

* [[Music/JohnLydon Johnny Rotten/John Lydon]] is a fan of Music/{{Can}}, Music/{{Magma}}, Music/VanDerGraafGenerator, Music/CaptainBeefheart and likes {{Reggae}}. He also is a fan of Creator/OscarWilde: "His stuff was fucking brilliant. What an attitude to life!… He turned out to be the biggest poof on earth at a time when that was completely unacceptable. What a genius."

* Joe Walsh, guitarist of Music/Eagles, is an avid ham radio operator, going by the handle of WB6ACU and using a lot of vintage equipment bought from eBay. In one instance, he delayed a concert just to be able to get a winning bid on radio equipment.

* Dexter Holland, lead singer of the punk band Music/TheOffspring, handsome, blond, valedictorian from high school, master's degree in molecular biology, applied for a Ph.D. in the same field but turned it down in order to focus on his band.

*** Zappa's [[TheresNoBInMovie passion for cheap B-movies]], especially monster movies, went far. He referenced a lot of these movies in his lyrics and song titles, including "Cheepnis" from ''Music/RoxyAndElsewhere''. He even gave one of his sons, Ahmet, the middle name Rodan, in reference to ''Film/{{Rodan}}''. This also explains his adoration of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. He and the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] crew were actually in talks of making a movie together before he died. They also referenced Zappa a lot during their riffs, and dedicated episode 523 to his memory.

** He also seemed to like Magazine/MadMagazine: [[http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/sid-vicious/images/31661731/title/sid-vicious-photo]]

* Music/PattiSmith is a huge fan of ''Magazine/MadMagazine'' and claimed "after "Mad" drugs were nothing." She also adores Creator/ArthurRimbaud, Creator/WilliamBlake, and Creator/WilliamSBurroughs so much that she referenced them a lot in her song lyrics. She also loves Creator/RobertMapplethorpe, a photographer who took some of the most famous pictures of her, including one on the cover of ''Music/{{Horses}}'', and they were close friends together. Smith also wrote lyrics for several songs by Music/BlueOysterCult and performed some of them personally. She's a fan of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', and jumped at the chance to record a song for the end credits of the series' final episode.

* Marc Bolan, the elfin pre-Bowie glam god of Music/TRex fame, was a notorious {{Fantasy}} lover, who actually forced his original drummer to change his name to Steve [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Peregrin Took]].

* All Beatle members loved early RockAndRoll, especially Music/ElvisPresley, Music/LittleRichard, and Music/ChuckBerry. They were thrilled to meet their idols in person after they became famous. They all shared a love for Music/BobDylan too and put him on the cover of ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''
* The Beatles grew up with ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' and all loved the work of Creator/PeterSellers and Creator/SpikeMilligan. In fact, they hired George Martin as their musical arranger and producer because of his work on the Goons' comedy albums. Similarly, Richard Lester was hired as director for their first two features ''A Hard Day's Night'' and ''Help!'' because he had directed some comedy shorts starring the Goon members.
* According to rumor, Music/TheBeatles had considered making a film adaptation of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' with Creator/StanleyKubrick in 1969. Music/JohnLennon liked ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' so much that he claimed in 1968: "I watch it every week."
*** Several people on the cover of ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' in general were artists the Beatles admired: Creator/FredAstaire, Creator/MarlonBrando (a throwaway line in ''Film/TheWildOne'' about a motorbike gang named "the Beatles" inspired their band name), Creator/WilliamSBurroughs, Creator/LennyBruce, Creator/LewisCarroll, Creator/AleisterCrowley, Creator/TonyCurtis, Creator/MarleneDietrich, Music/BobDylan, Creator/WCFields, UsefulNotes/CarlJung, Creator/LaurelAndHardy, Creator/MarilynMonroe, Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw, Creator/TerrySouthern, Creator/DylanThomas, Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller, Creator/MaeWest, Creator/ShirleyTemple (apart from George who disliked her), Creator/HGWells and Creator/OscarWilde.
* Music/JohnLennon and Music/RingoStarr were big fans of the books of Creator/TerrySouthern. They put him on the cover of ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' too. Ringo even starred in an adaptation of Southern's book ''Film/TheMagicChristian'' and wrote down the line "Buy a Terry Southern Book" in the sleeve notes of his 1974 album ''Goodnight Vienna''.

* Music/PaulMcCartney has been a fan of the comic strip ''ComicStrip/RupertBear'' since his youth and even wrote music for an animated adaptation in the 1980s. He also called Music/TheBeachBoys ''Music/PetSounds'' his favorite album of all time and the 1971 concert by Music/FelaKuti he saw in Nigeria one of the best performances he ever saw in his life. His favorite painter is Creator/ReneMagritte. In fact, the ''Apple'' logo was inspired by Magritte's painting of "The Son Of Man".
* The Beatles were also fans of Creator/MontyPython, but Music/GeorgeHarrison's adoration went further than the others. Apparently, he saw the very first Monty Python episode while the Beatles were doing "Music/LetItBe" and the recording session had been all chaotic and George was depressed -- but watching Monty Python made him feel like that the spirit of fun and whimsy that used to be in the Beatles had been reborn in Python. He wrote a letter to the BBC that night, begging them to keep Python on the air. ... Later, he befriended the Pythons, and when their producer pulled out two days before filming on ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' was about to start, George put up the money himself. But even though they were all friends, according to Creator/MichaelPalin, sometimes George would drive them a little crazy by sometimes quoting Python sketches in an effort to get them to "do" the sketch with him. Michael Palin even claims that sometimes George Harrison, who always loved the "Lumberjack" sketch, would use the alias "Jack Lumber" while traveling.

** Roger Daltrey was a big Music/ElvisPresley fan as a kid and has at least once mentioned that he's a bit of a history buff.

* Music/ElvisPresley was apparently a comic book fan, and, as the legend goes, based the capes he wore onstage (and maybe even his hairstyle) on that of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel Jr.]]

** And according to the "Centuries of Torment" DVD, he's a big ''Franchise/StarWars'' geek as well. Which makes him and Creator/MarkHamill voicing for Music/{{Metalocalypse}} HilariousInHindsight.

* ''Psychostick'' songs include a lot of [[TakeThat (usually negative)]] references to Facebook, Windows Vista, AwardBaitSongs, [[MoffsLaw riffing on stupid movie plots]], email spam, and Creator/BruceCampbell. In one video, one of them is wearing a ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' T-Shirt.

* ''Psychostick'' songs include a lot of [[TakeThat (usually negative)]] references to Facebook, Windows Vista, AwardBaitSongs, [[MoffsLaw riffing on stupid movie plots]], email spam, and Creator/BruceCampbell. In one video, one of them is wearing a {{Halo:Reach}} T-Shirt.

* Chilli of Music/{{TLC}} is a huge fan of the Wrestling/{{WWE}}. She's been seen at live WWE shows on some occasions, including Wrestlemania 28.

* In 2009, Music/{{Eminem}} was interviewed on Creator/JonathanRoss's chat show. Part of the interview was spent discussing the rapper's interest in (and cameo appearances in) comics. After the interview, Ross [[http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6730/a5bb5da3623971426bfe183.png invited Eminem back to his house to look through his comic collection]]. Which, judging by what we saw in Creator/TheBBC's documentary on Creator/SteveDitko below, is rather extensive.
** When asked about what video games he plays, his reply was "VideoGame/DonkeyKong [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]."

[[folder:Classical music composers, musicians and conductors.]]

* Music/GustavHolst loved Creator/ThomasHardy and his work ''Egdon Heath'' is a musical adaptation of the eponymous fictious location in ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheNative''.

** Sinatra was also the biggest fan of comedian Creator/DonRickles. The first time the singer attended one of Rickles' shows there was an uneasiness in the room, because Sinatra was notorious for his short-fueled temper. Rickles' insult comedy, however, did manage to make Sinatra fall in the aisles with laughter. Thanks to his support Rickles quickly became a popular headline performer in Las Vegas. When Sinatra was asked to perform at UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan's second inauguration in 1985 he even stipulated that he wouldn't perform unless Rickles was allowed on stage too.
* Music/SammyDavisJr was a fan of daytime soap operas, particularly the shows produced by the American Broadcasting Company. This led to a cameo appearance on ''Series/GeneralHospital'' and a recurring role as character Chip Warren on ''Series/OneLifeToLive'', for which he received a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1980. He was also a game show fan, appearing on the ABC version of ''Series/FamilyFeud'' in 1979. He appeared on ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' with his third wife Altovise Davis in the 1970s. He made a cameo during an episode of the NBC version of ''Series/CardSharks'' in 1981. He also loved the show ''Series/PrisonerCellBlockH''. One of his hobby's was photographing.

** He was a huge fan of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. Apparently he frequently quoted the ''Nudge Nudge'' sketch. He also owned a copy of ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' and quoted incessantly from this movie, especially the ''Knights Who Say "Ni"'' sketch. Creator/MichaelPalin felt particularly great about this, because he was an Elvis fan since his youth.

* Guitar legend Link Wray was known for being a huge TV addict. On top of his addiction : westerns, but mostly ''Series/StarTrek'' and the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' (which he made several songs about, including a well-known cover of the theme song.).
* All Beatle members loved early RockAndRoll, especially Music/ElvisPresley, Music/LittleRichard and Music/ChuckBerry. They were thrilled to meet their idols in person after they became famous. They all shared a love for Music/BobDylan too and put him on the cover of ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''
* The Beatles grew up with ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' and all loved the work of Creator/PeterSellers and Creator/SpikeMilligan. In fact, they hired George Martin as their musical arranger and producer because of his work on the Goons' comedy albums. Similarly Richard Lester was hired as director for their first two features ''A Hard Day's Night'' and ''Help!'' because he had directed some comedy shorts starring the Goon members.

** Harrison's favorite film of all time was Creator/MelBrooks' ''Film/TheProducers''. Creator/PeterSellers got hold of an early print for him, before it had a UK release, and he showed it constantly to guests at Friar Park. In Harrison's song "Horse to the Water" (1974) he even quotes directly from it:

* Music/TheRollingStones: All band members are enormous fans of Afro-American {{Blues}} musicians. They covered a lot of the songs of these artists and brought them under attention of their own rock lovin' audience. Even their band name was inspired by the line ''like a rolling stone'' from Music/MuddyWaters' "Mannish Boy". When Waters died in 1984 they send a laurel wreath to the funeral.

** Pete Townshend also seems to be a big fan of animation, both WesternAnimation as well as {{Anime}}

** The first record Zappa loved as a teen was ''Ionisation'' by the 20th century classical composer Music/EdgardVarese, whom he considered to be his musical mentor. He even asked for- and received- a direct phone call with Varèse from his parents for his 18th birthday. When he called Varèse's wife informed the young boy that her husband was in Brussels for the World Fair of 1958, promised Zappa that he would call him back. Varèse did and sent Zappa a personal letter afterwards, which Zappa framed and hung in his house. Sadly, the two would never meet each other in person.

** Zappa was also a big fan of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', which he watched religiously during the final years of his life. He voiced the Pope in a ''Ren and Stimpy'' episode called "Powdered Toast Man" and wanted to guest star in ''The Simpsons'' too, but became to ill to record his part.
** Just the fact that he printed a list with influences on his music in the sleeve of his debut album ''Music/FreakOut'' should speak for itself. Though not all the influences are meant to be ''positive'' [[note]] The inclusion of Creator/JohnWayne and Music/ElvisPresley were added because his hatred for them was an inspiration on his work [[/note]] others were definitely artists whose work he admired. Among them a lot of classical composers, jazz, blues artists, doowop artists, but also people like Music/TinyTim, Music/RaviShankar, Creator/SalvadorDali, Creator/LennyBruce, Music/BobDylan, Music/JoanBaez and writers such as Creator/JulesFeiffer, Creator/RobertSheckley, Creator/CordwainerSmith, Creator/BramStoker, Creator/TheodoreSturgeon and Creator/JamesJoyce. Because although he claimed not to read books several people who knew Zappa noticed his eclectic language use and knowledge about musical topics revealed that he did read a lot. In a poll Zappa said he would bring the collected works of science fiction author Creator/CordwainerSmith to a deserted island with him. In ''"Being Frank"'' Nigey Lennon also revealed that Zappa had read every novel by Creator/FranzKafka, even his most obscure titles. This would also explain why Zappa advised all his fans to read a copy of Kafka's short story ''"In the Penal Colony"'' before listening to the final track of his album ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney''.

* Music/CaptainBeefheart used to listen to a lot of blues artists along with his high school buddy Music/FrankZappa. He even modelled his voice after Music/HowlinWolf. Beefheart was also amazed by the skill and stage antics of jazz musician Music/RolandKirk As a painter Beefheart drew influence from Franz Kline, Creator/SalvadorDali and Creator/VincentVanGogh. When he visited the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam he looked at the sun and was actually disappointed that it didn't look as brightful as on Van Gogh's paintings.
* Marc Bolan, elfin, pre-Bowie glam god of Music/TRex fame, was a notorious {{Fantasy}} lover, who actually forced his original drummer to change his name to Steve [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Peregrin Took]].
* Rock icon and sex symbol Jim Morrison, lead singer of music/TheDoors, was a huge bookworm from an early age and began writing in earnest during his adolescence. He was inspired by the writings of several philosophers and poets. He was influenced by Creator/FriedrichNietzsche, whose views on aesthetics, morality, and the Apollonian and Dionysian duality would appear in his conversation, poetry and songs. Some of his formative influences were Plutarch's ''ParallelLives'' and the works of the French Symbolist poet Arthur Rimbaud, whose style would later influence the form of Morrison's short prose poems. He was also influenced by Creator/WilliamSBurroughs, Creator/JackKerouac, Creator/AllenGinsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Baudelaire, Creator/BertoltBrecht, Creator/{{Moliere}}, Creator/FranzKafka, Creator/HonoreDeBalzac and Creator/JeanCocteau, along with most of the French existentialist philosophers. At UCLA he studied the related fields of theater, film, and cinematography. He self-published two separate volumes of his poetry in 1969.

** Not to mention the Greenwood brothers love for ''Manga/AstroBoy.'' Both have worn shirts with the character on it and Jonny has an astroboy sticker on one of his guitars

** He also studied Political Science at ''Harvard'', and works out the settings of his effect pedals using graphs and charts. He is quite possibly the geekiest guitarist to ever rock out a stadium...
* Music/BrianMay, lead guitarist of Music/{{Queen}}, was ranked as the 39th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone. In 2007 he received a Ph.D. in astrophysics with a thesis titled "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud." He allegedly did all the work for himself, because he didn't want a "honorary degree" -- he wanted to finish the doctorate he'd put aside when his hobby (the band) suddenly became profitable.

* Music/{{Gackt}}, J-rock artist, voice actor, and real-life {{bishonen}} is a huge fan of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. He once managed to swing an article about building Gunpla in a music magazine, and led a massive audience of screaming teenage girls in a chant of "Sieg Zeon" after reciting Gihren's speech at Garma's funeral.

** Besides ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', he and his songs have appeared in a number of games, including ''VideoGame/{{Bujingai}}'', ''Dragon Nest'', ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 3'', pachinko games Gladiator and Bounty Killer, as well as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygrvvyMswVI Japanese commercials for]] ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. There is also a dogtag in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' with Gackt's name on it.

* Speaking of Franchise/DragonBall, Music/BigBang's [=GDragon=] has a Manga/DragonBall tatooed to his collarbone.

* Music/TomWaits was inspired to begin his more avantgarde style career since the album ''Music/{{Swordfishtrombones}}'' after listening to Music/CaptainBeefheart. He is also such a fan of Music/FrankSinatra that the album cover of ''Music/TheHeartOfSaturdayNight'' directly references ''Music/InTheWeeSmallHours''. He also collaborated with author Creator/WilliamSBurroughs on his album ''Music/TheBlackRider''.

** Cobain also loved the works of Creator/WilliamSBurroughs and struck a friendship with the author. It was in fact Burroughs who introduced Cobain to Music/{{Leadbelly}}, which gave us the marvelous cover "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" Also, he was so obsessed with ''Literature/{{Perfume}}'' that the Music/{{Nirvana}} song "Scentless Apprentice" was directly inspired by the novel. In the album credits of Music/InUtero he thanked author ''Patrick Süsskind,'' as well as Creator/QuentinTarantino.
* Music/CourtneyLove is obsessed with Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of Music/SidVicious and wished she could play her in the film ''Film/SidAndNancy'', but this didn't happen. She has also said: "The one rock star that makes me know I'm shit is [[Music/PJHarvey Polly Harvey]]. I'm nothing next to the purity she experiences."

** Considering they recorded the song [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Blow Me Away"]] for ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' and even asked a crowd at a concert if they were excited about ''Halo 3'' coming out, this is pretty much self explanatory.

* Music/TheStrokes once interupted their own concert to do the theme song from ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats''.

** Voltaire is also a huge fan of anime, if a cover of one of his albums featuring a chibi-fied version of him is of anything to go by.

** The band is a big fan of Grant Morrison and had him appear as a super villain in their video for Art Is The Weapon.
** Lots of celebrities will write a comic series at sometime or another. Gerard Way though is an Eisner winner, the highest award in comic books.

* [[http://www.myspace.com/bloodhag Bloodhag]] are a metal band who advocate literacy and reading. All their songs are Biographies of Sci Fi and Fantasy authors. One of them is a Librarian.

* OwenPallett, who made string arrangements for Mika, The Last Shadow Puppets, Arcade Fire,Beirut, Pet Shop Boys and Grizzly Bear, has also made some albums as a solo artist. The name? Final Fantasy. Not to forget, he references Zelda in the song "He Poos Clouds".

* Music/TwistedSister vocalist Dee Snider is a huge gamer. He's made special appearances on Xbox Live at certain points, and on a Creator/VH1 special once told a story about how his son accidently erased his save file in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''.

* Felix Bohnke,[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/Edguy?from=Main.Edguy Edguy's drummer]], is a huge fan of Star Wars [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyFmGa6BRLA this is his drum solo]] and Star trek (see his tank yous in the Mandrake album).

** On the gaming front, Mike got bored while recording ''A Thousand Suns'' and hooked up a NES so he could play ''Metroid'' in his home studio and the entire band are pretty big fans of ''Halo'', hosting tournaments between themselves and touring partners on a dedicated bus.

* Joe Walsh, guitarist of Music/Eagles, is an avid ham radio operator, going by the handle of WB6ACU and using a lot of vintage equipment bought from Ebay. In one instance, he delayed a concert just to be able to get a winning bid on radio equipment.
* Music/MarilynManson (the person) [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090915232300/http://kotaku.com/146565/cant-get-phoenix-wright-marilyn-manson-can is an avid gamer.]] Former bassist Twiggy Ramirez was as well, and he's also a [[http://web.archive.org/web/20110604045216/http://www.starwars.com/community/news/rocks/f20070227/index.html huge]] ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan, and did a really creepy, proportioned-like-in-the-comics [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] [[http://zoeyposthuman.tumblr.com/post/124340489465/joker-cosplay-by-twiggy-ramirez cosplay]].[[/folder]]

** Also, John Dolmayan, like Nicholas Cage, purchased an authentic copy of Action Comics #1 at an auction. And not only that, he is in general a huge comic books fan and, if Wiki/TheOtherWiki is to be believed, was involved in the founding of a comics publishing company.
* ''Music/LedZeppelin''. You doubt this? Listen to the song "The Battle of Evermore". For that matter, "Ramble On" specifically namechecks Gollum and Mordor.

** Not only that, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csRhCdxCtlk his apartment is littered with anime posters and other merchandise]], including a fucking ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Yoko Littner]] waifu pillow''.
* George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, lead singer for death-metal band Music/CannibalCorpse, has said, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_Lv0r-l4c&fmt=18 "World of Warcraft is fuckin' life for me."]]

* Everyone currently in Music/{{Aborted}} save for maybe JB qualifies, though Sven in particular is known for his love of video games and his near-encyclopedic knowledge of horror movies.

* Music/{{Korn}}'s vocalist Jonathan Davis is, or was a confessed VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft addict. He also made plans for a music celebrity-themed fighting game called ''Pop Scars'', which [[DevelopmentHell never got past preliminary development.]] Also, he's a big Literature/HarryPotter fan.

* Music/{{Equilibrium}} are huge fans of Video Games and have released a song about VideoGame/MonkeyIsland (''Die Affeninsel'') and and a cover of the main theme of VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim named ''Himmelsrand'', the German name of Skyrim (the in-universe land, not the game).

* Music/TheProtomen's whole concept as a band is their avid love for Franchise/MegaMan. They've made two albums (a 3rd one on the way) that focuses on the backstory of Dr Light and Wily and have incorporated the Megaman and Protoman helmets into their costumes.

** Another person in this category would be Milo Aukerman of The Descendents: The album ''Milo Goes To College'' was so named because he had decided that once the album was finished, he'd take a few years off from the band to study Biology at the University of California. He now has a doctorate in biochemistry, and splits his time between the band and his academic research.

* Music/PattiSmith is a huge fan of ''Magazine/MadMagazine'' and claimed "after "Mad" drugs were nothing." She also adores Creator/ArthurRimbaud, Creator/WilliamBlake and Creator/WilliamSBurroughs so much that she referenced them a lot in her song lyrics. She also loves Creator/RobertMapplethorpe, a photographer whom took some of the most famous pictures of her, including one on the cover of ''Music/{{Horses}}'', and they were close friends together. Smith also wrote lyrics for several songs by Music/BlueOysterCult and performed some of them personally. She's a fan of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', and jumped at the chance to record a song for the end credits of the series' final episode.

** He was also a fan of VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog in the 1990s, and was even a composer for Sonic 3. While it's currently unknown if his music actually made it into the finished product, it's worth nothing that many fans noticed similarities between his songs and the music of Sonic 3 before his involvement was officially confirmed.
** This was only part of Jackson's life-long association with Sega, which started with ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'' (which only came to be because Nintendo didn't take the proposal for a NES adaptation) all the way to ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2''.

** Jackson admired Music/JamesBrown above any other musician on the planet and claimed he ''"learned everything from him"''. As a child he let his mother call him, even if he was sleeping, whenever Brown was on TV so he could watch him perform. But he also loved Jackie Wilson, Music/LittleRichard, Music/DianaRoss, David Ruffin, The Isley Brothers, Music/TheBeeGees and Creator/SammyDavisJr.

** The King of Pop was also endeared by classical music, especially Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky, Music/AaronCopland and Music/LudwigVanBeethoven. He also admired the paintings and sculptings of Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti.

** Jackson was also moved by ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. He did the narration for the audio book and CultSoundtrack of the film and had himself photographed next to E.T.'s animatronic robot.

* Canadian electronic music artist Music/{{deadmau5}} might just be the nerdiest musician ever. He has a host of gaming related tattoos, including hearts from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', a Space Invader, a [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Creeper]], and even Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto's signature. He even owns a replica of the Master Sword and Hylian Shield, which proudly hangs on his wall. He also is a major internet nerd and a huge {{Troll}} and often quotes memes in his livestream. He even incorporates video game elements and graphics in his live shows. He also taught himself computer programming, web design and programming, 3D modeling (which is the source for the mau5head he performs in), and flash animation, among other talents.

* It almost goes without saying that Music/WeirdAlYankovic is JustForFun/OneOfUs. The video for "White And Nerdy" alone has enough content to outgeek at least any two other examples on this list. That said, he's dropped enough hints in various appearances through the years that everyone knew decades before that video. Case in point: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU The Saga Begins]]", his retelling of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' to the tune of "[[Music/DonMcLean American Pie]]". He released that song before the film premiered, and only had access to some parts of the script. Still it turned out ''very'' accurate to the film.

* Will "will.i.am" Adams of the Music/BlackEyedPeas had a C-list X-Men character written into ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' for him to play, because if he couldn't play Nightcrawler, he wanted to be someone with the same powers. And really, even without the references to SF (including Transformers) in their lyrics, any group which has giant dancing mecha in their videos deserves to be on this list.

* Jade Thirlwall of Music/LittleMix is a massive ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' fan, occasionally quoting lines from the show in interviews and citing Bianca Del Rio as her her favorite queen.
* Dubstep producers tend to have pretty nerdy tastes in media, if their choice of vocal samples are of any indication. Midnight Tyrannosaurus, for example, has used samples from, among others, ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', and ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''... multiple times.

* Both members of Music/KnifeParty frequently play video games. Rob Swire in particular is a huge fan of ''Franchise/MegaMan'', while Gareth [=McGrillen=] likes ''Franchise/StarWars''

** He is also a big fan of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', which he was in fact an active follower of while the manga was still ongoing. Only days after the final chapter had been published, he shared this particular little treat on his facebook and instagram [[http://instagram.com/p/vO4jvVP9E4/]].
** He's also fairly knowledgeable about comic books, if his song "Batman & Robin" is any indication.

* On the note of Underground Rappers, Random largely made a name for himself in the underground by making the ''Mega Ran'' and ''Mega Ran 9'' albums, which are based off of (and sample the music tracks of) the ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' games.

* Music/JayZ did an album called ''Kingdom Come'', and its title track references a whole host of superheroes. The idea came from one of the people in his studio, who was a comic book fan, and was reading the comic book 'Kingdom Come', where Superman returns to teach the young superheroes how to follow in his footsteps (and comparing it to the state of hip-hop when Jay came back).

*** A final thing to slap the Official Seal of Nerdiness: Everything you see on Food and Liquor? The DS, the games, the action figures...he said those were things he carried around everyday.

** The RZA is such an afficionado that he appears on the commentary track for ''Film/36ChambersOfShaolin'' with a man who is credited as a "martial arts film expert", and yet the entire commentary is RZA making salient points and referencing obscure works that this "expert" has never heard of. RZA's passion and knowledge on the track is palpable, and really quite endearing.

* Pharrell Williams really does love sci-fi, cartoons and Creator/CarlSagan. He is also a Trekkie, throwin' up the Vulcan Salute in various music videos and co-founding a record label named Star Trak Entertainment, as well as a group called N.E.R.D.

** His tour rider actually [[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/backstage-rider/pharrell-williams-concert-rider-159073 includes a requirement that his dressing room have a framed photo of Carl Sagan in it]]. According to him, this was originally added by his staff as an affectionate ribbing about his obsession, but he took to the idea right away because he finds the photos inspiring.

* Rapper Music/WakaFlockaFlame claims that he will "“Run up on his car have him eating shells like Mario Go Kart” in his song ''Karma''

* Hip-hop violinist Music/LindseyStirling is a huge sci-fi and fantasy fan. She recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KUyPKbR7Q a medley of songs]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiNVk_u0po&feature=related the main theme]] from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BSLPH9d-jsI theme from Skyrim]], as well as videos for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCL94-MsxYc Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOg8Cz9yfWg Assassin's Creed]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVw8RxNvnxU Halo]]''(with pianist William Joseph), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDsfou6UfjU Mission Impossible]]''(with The Piano Guys), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oNpmSAvpGQ Game of Thrones]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQb2axKpuw Star Wars]]''(the last two with Peter Hollens). And all the times in those video that she appears in costume? Yeah, she made those. She's a cosplayer.

** That is correct, he did an interview with a X-Box magazine about it.

* Music/BeastieBoys are all big fans of Music/LeeScratchPerry and have him sing a track on "Dr. Lee Phd." on ''Music/HelloNasty''.

* Music/FelaKuti was a huge jazz and Music/JamesBrown fan, which shouldn't surprise anyone. But when asked whom he considered his most favorite musician of all time he gave an unexpected answer, given how much he railed against western culture: Music/GeorgeFredericHandel!

* [[http://twitter.com/TheMandyMoore/status/2346006722 This entry]] on Mandy Moore's Twitter page is cause for a certain degree of optimism....
** Oh, she's got a weirdo streak a mile wide. She covered New-Wavey XTC at one point, and is a big fan of outsider musician Jandek. She just had really good handlers back when her career was peaking. Now that's she married to crazy country singer Ryan Adams (himself an avid 80's gamer), I don't think she cares anymore.
* Not an exactly well known personality, but it's still worth mentioning Disarmonia Mundi harsh vocalist Claudio Ravinale once posted a thread on the band's message board about [=MMORPGs=]. [[http://forums.hmas.org/showthread.php?t=13641 See for yourself]].

* Joe Walsh, guitarist of Music/Eagles, is an avid ham radio operator, going by the handle of WB6ACU and using a lot of vintage equipment bought from Ebay. In one instance, he delayed a concert just to be able to get a winning bid on radio equipment.[[/folder]]

** He is also a big fan of ''{{Naruto}}'', which he was in fact an active follower of while the manga was still ongoing. Only days after the final chapter had been published, he shared this particular little treat on his facebook and instagram [[http://instagram.com/p/vO4jvVP9E4/]].

* Music/YoshikiHayashi likes fashion, Music/{{KISS}}, HeavyMetal, Korean pop, ''OnePiece'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', and ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.

** Eunhyuk has all Manga/DragonBall manga in his room and also likes OnePiece. He has been using a meme as his Twitter avatar for quite some time now.

* Music/{{Buckethead}}, while rarely vocal about himself, is known to be an avid video gamer, comic book fan, ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan, horror movie geek and ''Manga/GiantRobo'' enthusiast. He's also composed music for one of the MortalKombat movies, recorded a special (and insane) solo for his song "Jordan", when it was included in the second ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' game, and a remix of one of his songs also appears in the latest ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' game.

* In addition to his single Yeah 3X (which sounds like it came from an 8-bit game), Chris Brown has been spotted wearing [[http://turbo.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/08/chris-brown-kirby.jpg this]].

** Her daughter's middle name is Lórien, from [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Lothlórien]].

* NewAge singer Enya has a track titled "Lothlórien" from a good ten years before the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' movies. (She also appeared on the soundtrack thereof.)

** While we're on the subject of Fiasco, he has dropped lines that reference Excalibur, ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'', ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', Myth/RobinHood, Spider-Man (in the same verse)... his to-be-released song Army Girl samples a remixed ''Street Fighter'' track. There's even a picture of him dressed as Darth Vader (minus the helmet, plus a gold watch). Just look up "Darth Fiasco".

* Hip-hop violinist Music/LindseyStirling is a huge sci-fi and fantasy fan. She recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KUyPKbR7Q a medley of songs]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiNVk_u0po&feature=related the main theme]] from ''Film/LordOfTheRings'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BSLPH9d-jsI theme from Skyrim]], as well as videos for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCL94-MsxYc Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOg8Cz9yfWg Assassin's Creed]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVw8RxNvnxU Halo]]''(with pianist William Joseph), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDsfou6UfjU Mission Impossible]]''(with The Piano Guys), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oNpmSAvpGQ Game of Thrones]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQb2axKpuw Star Wars]]''(the last two with Peter Hollens). And all the times in those video that she appears in costume? Yeah, she made those. She's a cosplayer.