What do the following authors have in common: J.D. Salinger, Emily Brontë, and Oscar Wilde? They are famous for writing just one novel.

J.D. Salinger? The Catcher in the Rye. Emily Brontë? Wuthering Heights. And Oscar Wilde? The Picture of Dorian Gray. Home runs. Classics. Enduring favourites. Lasting fame. Millions of copies sold around the planet. But in each case, there were no follow-ups. They were all one and done.

J.D. Salinger became a recluse. Emily Brontë died shortly after the publication of Wuthering Heights. And Oscar Wilde stayed with writing plays. As novelists go, they are all one-hit wonders.

When it comes to music, one-hit wonders are an endless source of amusement. How can someone become internationally famous for decades when they only have one song that anyone cares about?

These are special cases where lightning is captured exactly once. And no matter how many more songs these artists wrote, they would never, ever achieve that extreme level of fame again. A single song overshadows every other effort.

Let’s apply this to the history of alt-rock. What songs and artists qualify?

It took a bunch of research, but I think I managed to crack it using a combination of statistics. And we’re now up to episode four of five in this mission: the 50 all-time biggest alt-rock one-hit wonders.

Songs heard on this show:

• Doctor and the Medics, Spirit in the Sky
• Enigma, Sadeness (Part 1)
• Edwyn Collins, A Girl Like You
• Peter Schilling, Major Tom (Coming Home)
• White Town, Your Woman
• Meredith Brooks, Bitch
• Marcy Playground, Sex and Candy
• The Caesars, Jerk It Out
• Chumbawamba, Tubthumping
• The La’s, There She Goes

Here’s Eric Wilhite’s playlist.

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Have you ever noticed that Dave Grohl always seems to be chewing gum? On stage, in interviews, during his time with Nirvana and especially now with the Foo Fighters, Dave always seems to be chomping away. As it turns out, there’s a quasi-medical reasoning to Grohl’s gum appreciation.

He says it keeps his mouth and throat lubricated, which makes shouting and singing much easier. And the flavour of choice? Dentyne Ice, to keep Grohl’s microphone minty-fresh.

But the habit has its drawbacks, too. At a Foo Fighters gig in 1997, Dave’s screaming sent sweet saliva flying all over his equipment. The microphone kept working just fine, but it had made a new friend. A hungry honeybee was drawn in by the sugary spittle and attacked Dave every time he leaned in to sing.

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Unexpectedly seeing your favourite band in a movie can sometimes eclipse the flick itself. These are some of the cameos that brought rock to the silver screen.

Want to see Josh Homme playing hair metal in a giant afro? The Queens of the Stone Age frontman appeared in the comedy Hot Rod in 2007, doing just that.

Jack White also made a comedy cameo in 2007 – he played a karate-chopping Elvis Presley in Walk Hard.

For horror comedy fans, The Offspring singer Dexter Holland has his head comically torn apart as the band performs in 1999’s Idle Hands.

And finally, Blink 182 appeared in the original American Pie, also in ’99, when they were at their height with the Enema of the State album. They didn’t do much more than ogle at a computer screen, but they fit the movie well. But Travis Barker probably wasn’t happy with the appearance. He was accidentally credited as Scott Raynor, Blink’s previous drummer.

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Kate Bush had a tremendous run of success extending from the late 70s through the early 90s. Then she disappeared for 12 years before releasing another album. After that record, she moved to a five-bedroom house worth £2 million in Devon, right on the English coast.

Unfortunately, because it was so close to the water, its foundations were unstable, and it risked falling into the sea unless hundreds of thousands were spent on repairs and renovations. She was warned about this by the local council, but never did anything about it. She was living in another house and rarely spent time in Devon, so she ignored the problem.

In fact, as far as we can tell, the house is still there with no one living in it, and will still possibly crumble into the ocean.

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It’s the late ’60s. You’re with your wife, and you’re on a bit of a holiday. You’ve booked a room in a nice hotel, looking for some peace and quiet. After a pleasant day, you’ve turned in for the night.

Suddenly, there’s a banging on the wall. It gets louder and louder and louder. Finally, it breaks, and out of the dust you see an axe chopping away. There’s a pause, and after the dust settles, you see someone peering at you from the next room.

“’Scuse me,” says the face. “I understand that you have a mini-bar in your room. May I have a rummage in it? I find myself in need of more alcohol.”

First of all, there’s no mini-bar in your room. And second, who is this madman who insisted on coming through the wall instead of politely knocking on your door? Or better yet, why didn’t he just call room service?

But there is no reasoning with this loon, because you have just been introduced to Keith Moon, the drummer for The Who. He was just at the beginning of building a reputation as the craziest man in the history of rock.

Keith would spend the next ten years building on this reputation, which would see more incidents like this—and worse. In fact, before it was all over, he would be responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, injuries to himself and his bandmates, and at least one death.

This is episode 62 of Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry. And this is the life and crazy times of Keith Moon.

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The first computer-generated music happened in 1951 at the Manchester Computing Machine Laboratory using scientist Alan Turing’s Mark II machine, which filled pretty much the entire ground floor of the building. It had been programmed to play three simple melodies, which were then recorded by a BBC broadcast unit outside. Only a single 12-inch acetate survives today, but of course, it was digitized long ago. However, it’s not an accurate recording.

The BBC cutting turntable was running too fast during the recording, capturing frequencies impossible for the Mark II to create. For decades, we heard things all wrong. Everything was at a different pitch. It took until just recently for the issue to be discovered. The recording has been cleaned up and corrected for pitch, giving us an exact representation of the first music ever made by a computer.

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An Ontario businessman has pleaded guilty to two charges of unauthorized employment of foreign nationals following an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP.

The CBSA said the investigation began in June 2022 after authorities received information about suspected illegal immigration-related activities from the Ontario Provincial Police and Barrie Police Service.

Investigators identified a group of foreign nationals travelling from Ontario to Alberta to work illegally in the hospitality industry in Banff National Park.

The work arrangements were allegedly co-ordinated by an employment agency called “One Team.”

The CBSA said further investigation identified an additional 90 foreign nationals from Mexico who were working illegally in four resort hotels in the Banff and Jasper areas.

On May 30, 2024, the owner of One Team, Kevin Kielty, was charged with two counts of alleged employment-related offences under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), including employing foreign nationals in a capacity in which the foreign nationals are not authorized, and counselling foreign nationals to work in Canada without authorization.

On March 2, 2026, he pleaded guilty to both counts and was sentenced to two years’ probation, 50 hours of community service and was fined $70,000.

This is the second time that Kielty has faced charges for employment-related offences under the IRPA.

In November 2023, he was sentenced to 18 months of house arrest following a previous investigation by the CBSA.

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Canada must break the stigma around careers in the skilled trades if the Liberals want to achieve their infrastructure and homebuilding agenda, federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said on Monday.

Hajdu said when she was growing up in Thunder Bay, Ont., students who attended a skilled trades high school in the city were “deeply stigmatized” by their choice.

“At that time, there was a push … that the true path to success and to status was to gain a university degree. And there was a discouragement of pursuing the skilled trades,” she told education workers and reporters at the University of Ottawa.

Hajdu said that stigma has been misguided, as many careers in the trades can be just as lucrative as, or even more lucrative than those that come from pursuing university or other post-secondary degrees.

She said the federal government is looking into incentives to help young workers complete apprenticeships and training in fields like construction as older workers retire and threaten to constrain Canada’s building capacity.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said last week it is a “great time” for youth to get into the trades as the Liberals plan long-term investments in housing and infrastructure.

“In the coming years, there will be a huge number of skilled trade jobs, and these are quality jobs, well-paid jobs, honourable jobs, and I urge young people to consider a pathway into the skilled trades,” Hajdu said Monday.

“The skilled trades are essential to the agenda of Canada.”

Hajdu was at the University of Ottawa to tout government efforts to boost job prospects for students in what’s been a tough job market for young workers.

Statistics Canada said last week the unemployment rate for youth aged 15 to 24 sat at 13.8 per cent in March, down somewhat from recent highs of 14.6 per cent recorded in September 2025.

Hajdu said those trends are “deeply concerning” as “prolonged unemployment as a young person can really inhibit their career trajectory, but also their earning potential over the course of their life.”

She said the federal government is working with a number of sectors to ensure training and education for youth is tailored to the needs on the ground in those industries to help better integrate young workers into the labour market.

The federal government is extending a 40-per-cent boost to the Canada Student Grants program and increases to the federal student loan program for the coming academic year.

Ottawa is also adding more on-the-job training opportunities and next week will open up applications for 100,000 positions through the Canada Summer Jobs program for this year.

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NEW YORK – Los Angeles Kings goaltender Anton Forsberg, Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark and Detroit Red Wings centre Dylan Larkin have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.

Forsberg went 3-0-0 with 0.97 goals-against average, .964 save percentage and one shutout to backstop the Kings to a perfect week as they vie for one of the two remaining playoff spots in the Western Conference.

He capped the week with a 27-save performance for his 11th career shutout in a 1-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

Ullmark also went 3-0-0, compiling a 1.00 goals-against average, .961 save percentage and one shutout to help the Senators clinch their second straight playoff berth.

He made 23 saves in a 3-0 victory against the New York Islanders on Saturday, setting the Senators up for clinching a playoff spot when New Jersey beat Detroit later that day.

Larkin led the league with eight points (four goals, four assists) in three games.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 13, 2026.

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CALGARY – Former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving and Pittsburgh Penguins assistant GM Jason Spezza will lead Canada’s management team at the 2026 world hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Monday.

Penguins GM Kyle Dubas will join the management team in a support role while focusing on Pittsburgh’s opening-round NHL playoff series. Hockey Canada senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations Scott Salmond will also support the team.

Treliving will be in his first management role since being fired on March 30, near the end of his third season with the Maple Leafs. He previously spent nine seasons as the GM of the Calgary Flames.

He was co-GM of Canada’s gold-winning team at the 2016 world championship.

Spezza, in his third season as Pittsburgh’s assistant GM, is making his international management debut.

He played for Canada at four world championships, winning one gold (2015) and two silver (2008, 2009). He won one silver (2002) and two bronze (2000, 2001) representing Canada at the world junior championship.

Canada opens the tournament, hosted in the Swiss cities of Zurich and Fribourg, against Sweden on May 15.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 13, 2026.

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