History OneOfUs / MusicalFreaks

* Sisqo of Dru Hill is a big gamer: He named his son Ryu and constantly tweets about games he's playing (a May 2020 tweet thanked Platinum Games for sending him a copy of ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101''.

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

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

** She's done songs for ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''.

* Music/SunRa admired Fletcher Henderson and cited Music/FryderykChopin, Music/SergeiRachmaninoff, Music/ArnoldSchoenberg and Music/DmitriShostakovich as his favorite composers. He was very interested in mystic literature, among the occult books by Madame Blavatsky and Henry Dumas, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Alexander Hislop's "The Two Babylons", "The Book Of Oahspe", Afro-American folklore and Egyptian culture. He also had an interest in Creator/WaltDisney movies and covered "Pink Elephant On Parade" from ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' on the multi-artist compilation ''Music/StayAwake''.

*** Jackson had a particularly strong obsession with Peter Pan, both [[Literature/PeterPan the original novel]] and [[Disney/PeterPan the Disney adaptation]]. He named his entire ranch ''"Neverland"'', in reference to the book, and, like Peter Pan, wished to remain a child forever. When the film ''Film/{{Hook}}'' was in production Jackson desperately tried to get the part of Peter Pan, but Spielberg never considered him, which really angered Jackson.

* Music/EltonJohn is apparently a big fan of animated Disney films and he was very excited when he was asked to help with the music for ''Disney/TheLionKing''.

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

* The only Music/{{Sabaton}} songs not about [[UnconventionalLearningExperience European military history]]? ''Shadows'', about [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the Nazgul]], and ''Birds of War'', about [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the Chaos Marines]]. They're also huge ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' fans and [[http://www.sabaton.net/world-tanks-collaborates-swedish-heavy-metal-band-sabaton/ have announced]] the start of a collaboration with its publisher Wargaming.

* Guitar legend Link Wray was known for being a huge TV addict. On top of his addiction: westerns, but mostly ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' (which he made several songs about, including a well-known cover of the theme song.).

* Music/DavidBowie is a fan of Music/FrankZappa and Music/JacquesBrel, whose "Amsterdam" he covered on ''Music/PinUps''. His love for Music/BobDylan is so strong that he wrong "Song For Bob Dylan" on his album ''Music/HunkyDory''. He was also the first mainstream artist to release a single for download; indeed, his official website also served as an ISP in the early days. He was also fond of Japanese culture and has demonstrated surprisingly insightful knowledge of Japanese politics and philosophy in interviews, and included several songs from his then-latest album on the game ''VideoGame/OmikronTheNomadSoul'', as well as appearing as a character in the game ''twice''.

* It's not a coincidence that the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme is heard in Music/PinkFloyd's "One of These Days" from ''Music/{{Meddle}}''. The band would also frequently interrupt recording sessions to watch ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and their royalties helped fund ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' as a tax shelter. Keyboardist Richard Wright, along with John Entwistle of Music/TheWho mentioned on this page, was also what we would now call a "band geek" as a fan of classical and jazz music who once expressed a desire to have a symphony of his performed in the Royal Albert Hall.

* 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.

* Michael Stipe of Music/REM loves ComicStrip/KrazyKat so much that he has an Ignatz the Mouse tattoo. He also called Music/PattiSmith the biggest influence in his life.

** He's also mentioned on Twitter that he's a fan of Website/ChannelAwesome. As of summer 2017, between trading tweets with WebVideo/DiamandaHagan, doing a promo video for WebVideo/RockedReviews, and meeting WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic himself while on tour, and filming a cameo while at his studio, it seems that the admiration is mutual.

* Indie-rock artist Mac DeMarco is a fan of the ''EarthBound'' soundtrack and projects [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwkyuU0zxpw&feature=youtu.be footage]] from the game on tour.

* Music/AvengedSevenfold are evidently fans of VideoGame/CallOfDuty.

* 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. He's also claimed that he dreamed of writing comics before becoming a rapper.

* [[Music/JohnLydon Johnny Rotten/John Lydon]] is a fan of Music/{{Can}}, Music/{{Magma}}, Music/VanDerGraafGenerator, Music/CaptainBeefheart and likes {{Reggae}}. Despite his infamous "I hate Music/PinkFloyd" t-shirt, he's actually a fan of the band, given that his love of ProgressiveRock and KrautRock mentioned previously, and just wanted to provoke people. He bestowed the stage name of Pistols bandmate Sid Vicious partially out of homage to former Floyd frontman Music/SydBarrett. 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."

* According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yheoOn-mbZc this interview]] with Complex Magazine, critically acclaimed hip-hop artist Music/KendrickLamar is a fan of classic cartoons, ''PowerRangers'', and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. He is also apparently a fan of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' as evidenced by his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZW7et3tPuQ music video]] for Backstreet Freestyle.

** The RZA is such an aficionado 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.

* Of Music/{{Disturbed}}, David Draiman is an avid gamer, saying his all-time favorite is the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series. Also, the band liked ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' enough to choose Todd [=McFarlane=] for their ''Ten Thousand Fists'' album artwork, then later to {{animate|dMusicVideo}} the video for their cover of "[[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]". They later went seeking out the former Top Cow artist David Finch to design the artwork for ''Indestructible''. They also once commissioned [[http://www.raymondswanland.com/Pages/Gallery01.html Raymond Swanland]] for ''Asylum'', popular with Creator/DarkHorseComics and MagicTheGathering illustrations. On that note, [[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2008/0630-disturbed.htm the band has their own]] [[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2010/0826-disturbed.htm gamer tag on Xbox Live]] to invite fans to gaming sessions.

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

* 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.).