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What are various bands best known for outside of their musical abilities? Kiss for example are best known for their makeup.
Her extremely ridculous outfits - Lady GaGa
Just look at a picture and you'll know what I mean. From having giant spikes sticking out of her shoulders (New Years Eve show) to having a zipper glued to her eye.
Don
German Accent - Lawrence Welk
Welk never knew English until he was 21 years old since his parents were German Immigrants and he never had much schooling.
Paul Warren
Extravagant lifestyle - Led Zeppelin
"The greatest band on Earth" was known of their extravagant lifestyle and reckless off-stage behaviour.
Susanna Viljanen
Not shaking hands - Leon Redbone
After a concert, if a fan tries to shake his hand, Redbone will hand him a card that says "Thank You!"
Ra'akone
Public Temper Tantrums - Liam and Noel Ghalleger
Liam and Noel Ghalleger are almost as well known for their public temper tantrums than they are for their music. Liam and Noel's tempers are so explosive that they won't do interviews together because they almost always tend to butt heads.
Celeste
Candelabra on his piano - Liberace
He always performed with a candelabra on top of his piano. It essentially became his "trademark".
Lucy Crosland
Most hated band in the entire world - Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit really owned the world in 1999-2000, even though they were hated by everyone. The band started having differences with other bands and became enemies with Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails and Taproot. At first they were friends with white rapper Eminem, but they also became an object of his hate. In Chicago, the DJ Manlow hosted a radio show about Limp Bizkit's front man Fred Durst and how much he hated him. When Limp Bizkit played with Metallica on the Summer Sanitarium Tour, in Chicago, the people even threw shoes at them, hitting Fred Durst and causing the band to leave. Wes Borland, Limp Bizkit's ex-guitar, left the band due to serious differences with Fred Durst.
hypersk
Getting Banned in Vegas - Linda Ronstadt
Clean-cut Linda Ronstadt would seem to be the last person to get ousted from Sin City, but indeed she was. The grounds: during one of her shows, she dedicated a performance of her hit song, "Desperado" (originally by the Eagles), to radical leftist author and documentarian Michael Moore. While this gesture, considering the lyrics of the song, was probably tongue-in-cheek, the conservative local business-owners didn't find it funny, so they banned her.
Raphael
Wild Partying, Drugs, and Reckless Behavior - Lindsay Lohan
Has been in and out of hospital and rehab repeatedly for her rampant alcohol and drug abuse, but seems always to do it again.
Patricia McClure
"Outrageous!" - Lionel Richie
Richie shouted this after winning his Grammys in the 80s. The word became a favorite sound byte with radio DJs.
soul
His pencil-thin mustache - Little Richard
This signature piece of facial hair has lined his upper lip since the beginning of his career.
Raphael
Monster Costumes - Lordi
The Finnish hard rock band Lordi, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, is known for their monster costumes.
B1982
Drummer with a bicycle helmet - Loudness
Munetaka Higuchi, the drummer for this Japanese heavy metal band wore a bicycle helmet during performances so he can crash his head on the cymbals... or at least he did in one of their music videos.
The Skuz
His Girth - Luciano Pavarotti
Aside from his incredible range, which catapulted this tenor into operatic super-stardom in the first place, Pavarotti is probably best remembered for his bulging belly, which became increasingly noticeable by the '90s. His inability to lose weight became the butt of numerous jokes, including self-mocking ones. In reality though, his obesity limited his mobility around stages and lead to health complications.
Raphael
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