- During the Francisco Franco regime, Neil Young's classic "Cortez the Killer", from the album Zuma, was banned in Spain. After Franco's death Zuma was released there with the song retitled as "Cortez".
- Perry Farrell is the only artist to have performed at every single Coachella to date.
- GnR's Duff McKagan was one of the last people confirmed to have seen Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain before he died on April 5, 1994, having sat next to Cobain on a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle on April 1st.
- DJ Shadow is said to own upwards of 60,000 vinyl records.
- Contrary to what Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" says, there is no South Detroit.