10 Incredible Music Coincidences That Will Shock You

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These serendipitous musical moments changed the landscape of pop, rock, and more! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for times where things in the music world lined up in fascinating and unexplainable ways.

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00:00He left no time to regret

00:05Welcome to WatchMojo!

00:07And today we're counting down our picks for times where things in the music world lined up in fascinating and unexplainable ways.

00:15London was shot and killed at about 11 o'clock last night.

00:20Number 10. ZZ Top's Beards

00:22ZZ Top's signature beards have become a part of their image.

00:26And it's a look that only they could pull off.

00:34So it's ironic that this iconic look happened due to a happy coincidence, not something the band planned.

00:40Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill grew their beards in the late 1970s during a two-year hiatus from touring.

00:46Neither had shaved for the entire break when the band reunited to record new tracks.

00:58The band does have a third member in its drummer, who isn't rocking the signature look.

01:03But would you believe that Beard is his last name?

01:10Number 9. David Bowie and Freddie Mercury met before stardom

01:14Under Pressure is a classic pairing of two giant talents that deservedly became a huge hit.

01:25Freddie Mercury and David Bowie's vocals melt so smoothly, you just assume they were old friends.

01:37Well, in one sense, the two may have known each other many years before their collaboration.

01:42Back in the early 70s, before they were the celebrities they would become,

01:46sources say the future lead singer of Queen once sold a pair of boots to Ziggy Stardust himself.

01:52Bowie was making a name for himself, but at this point, he wasn't a major star.

02:01Were they moon boots, perhaps? After all, Bowie is known to be pretty out of this world.

02:08Number 8. Duran Duran members share name, but aren't related

02:12The band may be called Duran Duran, but perhaps a suitable alternate name for them could have been Taylor Taylor Taylor.

02:25The reason it would fit? Three band members shared the same last name.

02:29Bass guitarist John Taylor, guitar player Andy Taylor, and drummer Roger Taylor.

02:38While this fact might have you assuming that the trio of musicians is family, believe it or not,

02:44they are entirely unrelated by blood.

02:52Maybe the Swifties could consider adopting a new favorite artist.

02:56After all, with this band, they get three Taylors for the price of one.

03:00Number 7. Multiple Eleanor Rigby's

03:08There were two coincidences on the night that John Lennon and Paul McCartney met in 1957

03:13while attending a party at St. Peter's Church in Woolton.

03:17The first, of course, is that they met at all, changing the future of music forever.

03:22The second is the location of their meeting, which is very close to the grave of one Eleanor Rigby.

03:30When McCartney penned the Beatles track years later,

03:33he declared the name of the character a tribute to actress Eleanor Braun

03:37and a Bristol shop called Rigby & Evans Ltd.

03:47However, he later changed his tune, admitting that the gravestone may have played a role in naming the song,

03:53but only subliminally.

04:00Number 6. Unnerving Who Album Cover

04:03The Who's final album before the untimely death of core member Keith Moon,

04:08Who Are You?, was released in August of 1978.

04:18The album's cover art depicts Moon sitting backward on a chair with the message

04:22Not To Be Taken Away written on the back of it.

04:25The phrase Not To Be Taken Away is slightly unnerving,

04:34given the added context of knowing that Moon would pass away only a few weeks after the album came out.

04:39It's a great photo of the band that makes for a more than suitable album cover,

04:43but the sense of creepy irony added by this fact gives it an extra and unwanted importance.

04:56Number 5. Whitney Houston and Her Daughter's Deaths Both Involved Bathtubs

05:01The circumstances surrounding the death of pop superstar Whitney Houston are tragic,

05:05as are the ones surrounding the death of her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown.

05:17But a sad coincidence that some people may not know

05:20is that the deaths of both Whitney and her daughter have something in common.

05:24Both Whitney's and Bobbi Kristina's heartbreaking early deaths involved a bathtub.

05:34While Whitney drowned by accident bathing in a hotel in 2012,

05:3822-year-old Bobbi Kristina was also found in a tub,

05:42leading to her being in a coma for several months, eventually passing away in 2015.

05:48Life also cut short by pain and tragedy.

05:51Number 4. Music Icons Dying In Harry Nilsson's Apartment

05:56Singer Harry Nilsson once owned a small Mayfair flat in London that, on the surface, may have seemed unremarkable.

06:08What makes the location eerily notable, however,

06:11is its connection to music history beyond just who owned it.

06:15Indeed, what makes it more significant isn't who lived there, but who died there.

06:25The Who's drummer Keith Moon sadly overdosed in the rented apartment in 1978 at the age of 32,

06:31while singer Cass Elliott passed from a heart ailment there in 1974, also at age 32.

06:37You might be surprised that one person who did not die there is Nilsson himself,

06:42who passed away in California.

06:46Number 3. Dimebag Daryl and John Lennon Shooting Similarities

06:54Dimebag Daryl of Pantera fame and John Lennon of the Beatles are highly regarded artists in the rock world.

07:03Both artists' deaths came because of a crazed fan with a gun.

07:07And then he came off the drum and I was there and he's coming at me and he's going,

07:11he just shot my brother, he shot my brother.

07:13This fact alone would be a similarity that would link the deaths of both artists.

07:17But it doesn't end there.

07:19December 8th is the date of death for both Daryl and Lennon, albeit 24 years apart.

07:24The man accused of shooting Lennon dropped his gun afterward and waited for police to arrive.

07:29However, the distance in years did little to prevent fans of the two artists from making the connection,

07:35making December 8th a dreary date for many rock fans.

07:39Number 2. The Coop's Unfortunate Album Cover

07:50A cover for a 2001 album by hip-hop band The Coop,

07:53party music was swiftly swapped by Elektra Records and replaced before release.

07:59The reason? The album art depicted an explosion at the World Trade Center,

08:03which wasn't the best look in the world following the attack on September 11th.

08:07Understandably, the label pushed back the planned September release, also changing the cover.

08:13The Coop decided on the cover art in June, a couple of months before planes hit the towers.

08:18We don't think this was an instance of prophecy, but it wouldn't be the wildest conspiracy theory we've heard.

08:29While the album was called Party Music, it was years before Americans would even joke about the event,

08:36so partying was out of the question.

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08:53Number 1. 27 Club

09:03We're sure that being a celebrity comes with its fair share of perks,

09:06including access to some of the most exclusive clubs in town.

09:10But there's one club that nobody should be aspiring to be a member of,

09:14no matter how high their level of celebrity is, and that's the dreaded 27 Club.

09:23Excuse me while I kiss this guy.

09:26The name of the fabled club comes from the number of names in the entertainment industry

09:30who have passed away at the unfortunately young age of 27.

09:34Why does everything go wrong?

09:39Many notable musicians have died at this age under various tragic circumstances,

09:44such as Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse.

09:50I go back to black.

09:56Comment your picks below for music moments when things seem too in sync to be a coincidence.

10:02Might sound crazy, but it ain't no lie.

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