Rundgren Fun Footnotes

By mattmorrissette

Here are some other interesting facts/rumors/myths relating to Todd Rundgren:

*Mark David Chapman, the man who shot John Lennon, had an 8-track tape of Rundgren’s first solo album The Ballad of Todd Rundgren, in his hotel room on the day of the murder. He acknowledged an obsession with Rundgren.

*Actress/model Liv Tyler believed Todd Rungren to be her biological father for the first ten years of her life. In 1988, it was revealed to her that Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler was actually her father.

*Rundgren is one of a myriad of artists rumored to be the inspiration for David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust character. The others are Marc Bolan and Vince Taylor.

Bonus freaky video for your viewing pleasure.

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2 Responses to “Rundgren Fun Footnotes”

  1. phil Says:

    two things:
    anyone who can pluck “hello it’s me” and “i saw the light” from out of the sky must have sold his soul to the devil.

    after the look he gives the camera between 2:10 and 2:15, i half expect him to do the mangina from Silence of the Lambs.

  2. maria Says:

    I love Todd, then and now!!!!

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