Famous artists' early bands: Madonna played post-punk, Elton John was a "bluesologist", Neil Young a metalhead...

Just a lovely article by the Rolling Stone, about famous artists and their early bands. There's Madonna and her post-punk act Emmy where she played drums at first; Radiohead members played in a saxophone heavy band On a Friday (“the worst band name ever” Thom Yorke later said); Neil Young had a Motown pop band the Mynah Birds; Billy Joel played in a hard-rock duo Attila (just some American Deep Purple)...