Discover the hidden musical talents of some of Hollywood's biggest names. From punk rock to bluegrass, these stars have a surprising past in the music industry.
You probably recognize the band Weezer, specifically the lineup from their 1994 debut album. Before recording Weezer's second album, bassist Matt Sharp started a side project, a band called The Rentals, which scored a big MTV hit with 'Friends of P.' That's where Maya Rudolph came in. Right after graduating from college, she joined The Rentals as they toured behind their first album.
Another wild one — in the late '60s, comedy legend Chevy Chase attended Bard College, where he studied English and played drums in a band called The Leather Canary. The exciting part? The other members of the band were Donald Fagan and Walter Becker.Academy Award-winning actor Brie Larson also had a surprising — and brief — music career.Larson began playing guitar at age 11 and soon started writing, recording, and uploading songs to her website. This led to her song 'Invisible Girl' getting some airplay on a Los Angeles radio station. Actor Jason Schwartzman joined the Los Angeles-based band Phantom Planet as their drummer.Phantom Planet's 1998 debut album failed to make much of an impression, but right around the time Schwartzman's acting career took off, the band scored a big hit with the song 'California.' Actor and comedian Peter Dinklage was the frontman of a punk band called Whizzy.Comedian Ricky Gervais, you know as the creator and star of the British sitcom 'The Office,' formed the new-wave duo Seona Dancing. Ed Helms fell in love with bluegrass music as a boy and later met some like-minded musicians, Ian Riggs and Jacob Tilove, at Oberlin College. Dubbed The Lonesome Trio, they played on back porches and at basement keg parties. In 1970, Ford was trying to start a career as a carpenter when he got hired for a massive job — building a recording studio for Brazilian bossa nova music legend Sérgio Mendes
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