History Trivia / ToriAmos

* CreatorBacklash: Amos fronted a synth-pop band called Y Kant Tori Read that released a single self-titled record in 1988. The record label stopped promoting it after two months, Tori had fired the entire band except for one member by the time the first video was shot, and Tori had, for a long time, [[CanonDiscontinuity acted like it never existed]], with good reason. She seems to have reconciled herself with the album, to the extent that she occasionally plays songs from the album live (particularly "Etienne" and "Cool on Your Island") and the album was ultimately reissued with her blessing in 2017. This may be an example of an artist reconciling with Old Shame.

* ApprovalOfGod: Music/Slayer liked Tori's cover of "Raining Blood" so much they sent her a box of T-shirts, though the arrangement was so different Kerry King admitted that it took him a minute to figure out where she was in the song.

** What would've happened if ''Y Kant Tori Read'' became successful?

* CreatorBreakdown - ''Boys for Pele'' was the result of a bad breakup, ''from the choirgirl hotel'' was the result of her miscarriage(s), and ''Ocean to Ocean'' was the result of both the death of her mother and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. As for individual songs, "Me and a Gun" from ''Music/LittleEarthquakes'' is about her rape[[note]]She was inspired to write it after seeing ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise''[[/note]], "Toast" was the result bof her brother's death, and "1000 Oceans" was written after her husband's father died.

* OldShame - She fronted a synth-pop band called Y Kant Tori Read (also featuring Cult/GNR/Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum) that released a single self-titled record in 1988. The record label stopped promoting it after two months, Tori had fired the entire band except one member by the time the first video was shot, and Tori has [[CanonDiscontinuity acted like it never existed]], with good reason.
** While many artists' pre-fame work is rereleased to capitalize on their later success, all of Y Kant Tori Read's work has remained out of print since Atlantic deleted it shortly after its release. This is because when Amos reached success with ''Music/LittleEarthquakes'', she demanded that no Y Kant Tori Read material be rereleased; Atlantic honored the demand until Amos made peace with the album, allowing a reissue to sneak out around the same time she released ''Native Invader'' in 2017. She occasionally plays the Y Kant Tori Read songs "Etienne" and "Cool on Your Island" live, and the album and the music video for "The Big Picture" (Featuring a scantily-clad Amos with [[TheEighties terrible 80s hair]]) have made it onto the internet.
** Oh, let's not forget that '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iZ8ys-utfs cereal commercial]]''' she did back in the 80's, when [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney she was young and needed the money.]]

* CreatorBreakdown - ''Boys for Pele'' was the result of a bad breakup, ''from the choirgirl hotel'' was the result of her miscarriage(s), and ''Ocean to Ocean'' was the result of both the death of her mother and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. As for individual songs, "Me and a Gun" from ''Music/LittleEarthquakes'' is about her rape[[note]]She was inspired to write it after seeing ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise''[[/note]], "Toast" was the result of her brother's death, and"1000 Oceans" was written after her husband's father died.

* CreatorBreakdown - "Me and a Gun" from ''Music/LittleEarthquakes'' is about her rape,[[note]]She was inspired to write it after seeing ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise''[[/note]] "Toast" was the result of her brother's death, ''Boys for Pele'' was the result of a bad breakup, ''from the choirgirl hotel'' was the result of her miscarriage(s), and ''Ocean to Ocean'' was the result of both the death of her mother and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. As for individual songs, "1000 Oceans" was written after her husband's father died.

* DyeHard - She's actually a brunette, but her dyed red hair is one of her trademarks. She also combined this with QuirkyCurls during the '90s and RapunzelHair-style wigs during the '10s. She started wearing wigs after the ''American Doll Posse - Abnormally Attracted to Sin'' eras.

* CreatorBreakdown - "Me and a Gun" from ''Music/LittleEarthquakes'' is about her rape,[[note]]She was inspired to write it after seeing ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise''[[/note]] "Toast" was the result of her brother's death, ''Boys for Pele'' was the result of a bad breakup, and ''from the choirgirl hotel'' was the result of her miscarriage(s), and ''Ocean to Ocean'' was the result of both the death of her mother and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. As for individual songs, "1000 Oceans" was written after her husband's father died.

* CreatorBreakdown - "Me and a Gun" from ''Music/LittleEarthquakes'' is about her rape,[[note]]She was inspired to write it after seeing ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise''[[/note]] "Toast" was the result of her brother's death, ''Boys for Pele'' was the result of a bad breakup, and ''from the choirgirl hotel'' was the result of her miscarriage(s).
** "1000 Oceans" was written after her husband's father died.

* CreatorCouple - The albums that Eric Rosse co-produced are considered Tori's best by critics. Tori has produced her own albums since her breakup with Rosse, but her husband Mark Hawley serves as her recording engineer and guitarist.

* CreatorBreakdown - "Me and a Gun" from ''Music/LittleEarthquakes'' is about her rape,[[note]]She was inspired to write it after seeing ''Film/Thelma&Louise''[[/note]] "Toast" was the result of her brother's death, ''Boys for Pele'' was the result of a bad breakup, and ''from the choirgirl hotel'' was the result of her miscarriage(s).

* CreatorCouple - The albums that Eric Rosse co-produced are considered Tori's best by critics. Tori has produced her own albums since her breakup with Rosse, but her husband Mark Hawley serves as her recording engineer.

* CreatorCouple - The albums that Eric Rosse co-produced are considered Tori's best by critics. Her husband Mark Hawley serves as her recording engineer.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Media outlets nicknamed Amos "The Cornflake Girl" in reference to one of her most popular songs....completely missing the point of the song[[note]]"Cornflake Girl" is a protest song about female genital mutilation, which was still occurring in the lesser developed parts of the world when the song was released in 1994[[/note]] and that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} when Amos made her comments about there being "cornflake girls" and "raisin girls"]], [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Amos said she considered herself to be a "raisin girl"]].

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Media outlets nicknamed Amos "The Cornflake Girl" in reference to one of her most popular songs....completely missing the point of the song[[note]]''Cornflake Girl'' is a protest song about female genital mutilation, which was still occurring in the lesser developed parts of the world when the song was released in 1994[[/note]] and that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} when Amos made her comments about there being "cornflake girls" and "raisin girls"]], [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Amos said she considered herself to be a "raisin girl"]].

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Media outlets nicknamed Amos "The Cornflake Girl" in reference to one of her most popular songs....completely missing the point of the song[[note]]''Cornflake Girl'' is a protest song about female genital mutilation, which was still occurring in the lesser developed parts of the world when the song was released in 1994[[/note]] and that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} when Amos made her comments about there being "cornflake girls" and "raisin girls" while discussing the song]], [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Amos said she considered herself to be within the minority of "raisin girls"]].