Ongoing History Daily: Day jobs rock stars had before they became famous

Few people step into the role of rock stars without having to work at day jobs first.

• Chris Cornell, for example, had a job at a seafood company where he—and I quote—“wipe up the slime and throw away the fish guts.”
• Lemmy of Motorhead worked as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix.
• Corey Taylor of Slipknot was in retail. He was a sales associate at a pr*n store. Most of the lyrics for Slipknot’s debut album were written there.
• Kurt Cobain, Noodles of The Offspring, and Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach all had gigs as janitors.
• Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington put in time working at a Burger King.
• Joe Hahn, also from Linkin Park, helped with storyboards for episodes of The X-Files.
• Rob Zombie was a production assistant on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse