History Trivia / Can

* [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment The Shelf of Music Languishment]]: ''Delay 1968'' is so-called because it was recorded in 1968 and would have been their debut (going by the title ''Welcome to Thy Pnoom'') had it not been for the fact that no label had been willing to release it. Parts of it [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes ended up on bootlegs]], but it wasn't released in its entirety until 1992.

* If "Turtles Have Short Legs" sounds familiar, it's because ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'' sampled the song's intro for the driving lesson rap with Instructor Mooselini.

* ReferencedBy: ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'' features the character Damo Tamaki, who's named after both lead vocalist Damo Suzuki and the band itself[[note]]His last name, 田最, can be read as both "Tamaki" and "Kan"[[/note]]. Also, his ability, Vitamin C, is named after the Can song of the same name.

** John Lydon offered his services as vocalist after Music/TheSexPistols split up, not knowing that Can had already decided to call it a day themselves. The ''Can'' LP hadn't even been released at this point, and the split wasn't public knowledge, so it took a while to convince him it was true.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: The band's songs were worked up from jams in the studio and edited down later. Damo Suzuki would make up lyrics on the spot.

* ChannelHop: The band holds the rights to their own material using their label Spoon Records, distributed by Creator/MuteRecords.

* ChannelHop: The band holds the rights to their own material using their label Spoon Records.

** After Damo Suzuki left, doomed folk singer Tim Hardin was considered as a replacement, even playing one gig with them in 1975.

** John Lydon offered his services as vocalist after Music/TheSexPistols split up, not knowing that Can had already decided to call it a day themselves. The ''Can'' LP hadn't even been released at this point, and split wasn't public knowledge, so it took a while to convince him it was true.

** John Lydon offered his services as vocalist after Music/TheSexPistols split up, not knowing that Can had already decided to call it a day themselves. The ''Can'' LP hadn't even been released at this point, so it took a while to convince him it was true.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After Damo Suzuki left, doomed folk singer Tim Hardin was considered as a replacement, even playing one gig with them in 1975.

* ReferencedBy: Part 8 of [[{{Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure}} Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]] [[{{Manga/Jojolion}} Jojolion]], features the character Damo Tamaki, who's named after both lead vocalist Damo Suzuki and the band itself[[note]]His last name, 田最, can be read as both "Tamaki" and "Kan"[[/note]]. Also, his ability, Vitamin C, is named after the Can song of the same name.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After Damo Suzuki left, doomed folk singer Tim Hardin was considered as a replacement, even playing one gig with them in 1975.

* ReferencedBy: Part 8 of [[{{Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure}} Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]] [[{{Manga/Jojolion}} Jojolion]], features the character Damo Tamaki, who's named after both the band itself[[note]]In Japanese, his last name can be read as both "Tamaki" and "Kan"[[/note]] and lead vocalist Damo Suzuki. Also, his ability, Vitamin C, is named after the Can song.

* ReferencedBy: Part 8 of [[{{Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure}} Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]] [[{{Manga/Jojolion}} Jojolion]], features the character Damo Tamaki, who's named after both the band itself[[note]]In Japanese, his last name can also be read as "Kan"[[/note]] and lead vocalist Damo Suzuki. Also, his ability, Vitamin C, is named after the Can song.

* ReferencedBy: Part 8 of [[{{Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure}} Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]] [[{{Manga/Jojolion}} Jojolion]], features the character Damo Tamaki, who's named after both the band itself[[note]]In Japanese, his last name can also be read as "Kan"[[/note]] and lead vocalist Damo Suzuki. Also, he has an ability called Vitamin C, named after the Can song.

* BlackSheepHit: The band's 1976 hit "I Want More", which sounds more like a late RoxyMusic song than Can.

* TroubledProduction: The band struggled to get ''Ege Bamyasi'' completed because Irmin Schmidt and Damo Suzuki couldn't stop playing chess.

* CreatorBreakdown: Malcolm Mooney suffered one in 1969, fixating on audience members at a Can gig going upstairs to see an art exhibit and downstairs to see Can. He began running around in circles, hysterically screaming "''[[MadnessMantra Upstairs, downstairs!]]''" for two hours, after which point he collapsed from exhaustion. [[CaptainObvious He left the band after that.]]

* CreatorBreakdown: A smallish one; Malcolm Mooney suffered one in 1969, fixating on audience members at a Can gig going upstairs to see an art exhibit and downstairs to see Can. He began running around in circles, hysterically screaming "''[[MadnessMantra Upstairs, downstairs!]]''" for two hours, after which point he collapsed from exhaustion. [[CaptainObvious He left the band after that.]]