Rock Family Tree

[Rob McCow]

It is possible that every pop/rock act is linked to every other pop/rock act by various ways. Certain band members may have appeared with other acts. They may have had the same producer. They may have been 'heavily influenced' by an earlier band. They may have even slept with each other. Like that time in 1965 when the Rolling Stones slept with Fleetwood Mac, or in 1976 when Pink Floyd slept with Sister Sledge.

Anyway, the idea of this thread is to link musicians together. So one person would say 'Amy Winehouse' and another would say 'Covered a song called Valerie which was written by The Zutons'. The next person would have to think up a musical act linked to The Zutons. Hmmm.

So eventually, everyone will be linked to everyone else and attain their place in the Rock Family Tree!

We'll start the ball rolling with the persecuted prince of pop, Michael Jackson. Who is he connected with?

[Si Hunt]

He employed Sheryl Crow as a backing singer on his Bad tour...

Si.

[SiHart]

Who has written and performed with Neil Finn of Crowded House fame...

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

Who were covered on his live album by James Blunt.

Si.

[Simon R]

Who worked with Linda Perry...

[Si Hunt]

Who wrote for Christina Aguilera...

Si.

[Rob McCow]

...who appeared on the soundtrack of the first Pokemon Movie, along with N'Sync.

(this isn't going in quite the direction I imagined!)

[Si Hunt]

Who of course kicked off the career of Justin Trousersnake...

Si.

[Anthony Williams]

who was in a fairly long-term relationship with imploded pop princess Britney Spears...

[Si Hunt]

Who duetted with Peroxide Harlot and Post-techno Earth Mother Grannie of Pop Madonna...

Si.

[Anthony Williams]

who was slagged off during a concert by Marillion's Steve Hogarth...

[Si Hunt]

Who is Marillion's lead singer, as was Fish...

Si.

[Rob McCow]

...who was heavily influenced by Tolkein's works (Silmarillion, hence Marillion). Flight of The Conchords did a spoof Lord of The Rings Song entitled 'Frodo'.

Tenuous.

[SiHart]

... who did a song about the one and only David Bowie...

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

Who's "Heroes" was covered by Oasis.

Si.

[SiHart]

... who's first three albums were produced by Owen Morris...

Si xx

[MacNimon]

...who also produced The Verve's 1995 album 'A Northern Soul'...

[SiHart]

... on which Simon Tong played, who went on to be a member of the touring version of Blur in 2003...

Si xx

[Anthony Williams]

of which Damon Albarn was the singer...

[Si Hunt]

... and creator of Gorillaz.

Si.

[Perry Vale]

....who featured Neneh Cherry on their last album.....

[Simon R]

...who was on a hit record with (amongst others) Cher....

[Dino]

who was married for a short while to Greg Alllman of The Allman Brothers.

[Wayne]

Who's brother Duane played all the good guitar stuff that people often attribute to Eric Clapton.

[Dave Tudor]

...who played alongside Roger Waters on his 1984 'Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking' tour...