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... that indie rock band Fang Island took its name from a fictional location described in an Onion article as a secret hideaway of then U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld? ... that "Oh Love", the first single from Green Day's album, ¡Uno!, is the third-ever song to make its debut at number one on the US Rock Songs chart? ... that To My Surprise was the only album ever released by the alternative rock band To My Surprise before they disbanded in 2006? ... that more than a dozen artists have recorded live albums in the back room of McCabe's Guitar Shop, including Tom Waits, Beck, and R.E.M.? ... that the U2 song "Winter" was written for the war film Brothers after the band viewed a rough cut of the film?