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1. Above and beyond my regular duties as a bass player and backup vocalist, I am The Ox WHO wrote and performed the popular song "Boris The Spider". I died 27 June, 2002.
2. I am the only member of my band to have never quit during any point in its history. My first solo album was called "Fish Out Of Water". Most of the time, fans watch me play a Rickenbacker 4001 series bass, though I do switch around sometimes. One of my most famous bass lines was written "roundabout" 1972.
3. I am a session player who often has been seen on tour with Eric Clapton. When George Harrison toured Japan in 1990, Eric and I, along with Greg Phillinganes and Steve Ferrone, came along to be his band.
4. I was never a Beatle, but I was acquainted with two bass players who were. I was good friends with John Lennon, and played bass for Lennon's Plastic Ono Band. I'm probably more famous for my album cover art.
5. I might cause you to scratch yourself. I'm in a very popular band that plays red-hot funky music. I sat in on Young M.C.'s 'Bust A Move'.
6. My real name is Gordon Sumner.
7. I share my name with a very famous Naval Commander in the American Revolution. I might also sometimes be mistaken for the Pope. Some people have said my band was the first "heavy metal" band. We were leaded, after all.
8. I am the lead singer of a power trio whose career has spanned over three decades. As well as singing and playing bass, I also handle most of the keyboard playing on our records. My bass lines seem to have a free will of their own.
9. My band sails the seas of cheese in a large punchbowl full of pork soda. My six-string fretless Carl Thompson bass is almost as notorious as I am. My bass playing is highly regarded, but I will probably never win an award for my singing.
10. Some Beatles have Wings, others don't. I happen to be the one who does.
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