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Guitarist Brian May held degrees in physics and mathematics and was well on his way toward his physics doctorate when his band Queen got its big break. Some habits die hard, though. In 2007, more than 30 years after he’d begun his research, May completed his thesis and graduated with a PhD in astrophysics in 2008. That same year, he had an asteroid named after him, the 52665 Brianmay. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Ian Gavan, Getty Images)
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The Model Train ...There are model train enthusiasts, and then there is Rod Stewart. The 66-year-old rocker, who’s been a train hobbyist for 20 years, even insists on a backstage area where he can set up tracks before concerts. His crowning achievement is a complete replica of New York's Grand Central Station in his house, comprised of 100 feet of track, dozens of locomotives and carriages, skyscrapers and hundreds of passengers in 1940s dress. The set was featured on the cover of Model Railroader – an honor he once said would “mean more to me than the cover of Rolling Stone.” —Jeff Royer (Photo: Jim Dyson, Getty Images)
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The Taxidermy Ar...Best known as one-third of 1980s synth-pop band Thompson Twins, Alannah Currie has found a second career with her hobby as a self-dubbed “armchair destructivist." Under the name Miss Pokeno, Currie sculpts art-furniture through a process that is equal parts upholstery and taxidermy. A 2008 exhibit in London included pieces like a red velvet armchair with the back cut away to reveal two stuffed foxes and a chaise lounge with a dead swan adorning the armrest. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Dave Hogan, Getty Images)
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The GolferAfter Alice Cooper took up golf as a distraction from alcohol, the legendary horror rocker quipped it was “a case of replacing one addiction with another.” The 63-year-old links junkie, who has hosted his own annual tournament since 1997, even titled his memoir “Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock ‘n’ Roller’s 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict.” —Jeff Royer (Photo: David Cannon, Getty Images)
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The KnitterBreeders guitarist and recovering drug addict Kelley Deal took up the not-very-rock-and-roll hobby of knitting as part of her effort to stay sober. After honing her skills during a European tour in the 1990s, Deal began selling her knitted handbags. In 2008, she published the book “Bags That Rock: Knitting on the Road with Kelley Deal.” “In it I walk you through all the basics of felting, blocking, joining seams, simple crochet and embroidery embellishments with 20 projects,” she writes on her website. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Karl Walter, Getty Images)
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The Mug Enthusia...After pioneering rap music, Grandmaster Flash laid the foundation for a very different kind of pursuit: mug collection. For years, the rapper has picked up souvenir mugs from every state and country he visits. His collection includes upwards of 5,000 mugs, housed in a special unit that is temperature-controlled and insured. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Toby Canham, Getty Images)
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The Astrophysici...Guitarist Brian May held degrees in physics and mathematics and was well on his way toward his physics doctorate when his band Queen got its big break. Some habits die hard, though. In 2007, more than 30 years after he’d begun his research, May completed his thesis and graduated with a PhD in astrophysics in 2008. That same year, he had an asteroid named after him, the 52665 Brianmay. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Ian Gavan, Getty Images)
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The Ostrich Farm...Terminator X made his name DJing with seminal rap group Public Enemy. Since quitting the group in 2003, he’s earned a living breeding African black ostriches on a stud farm in South Carolina. The birds, which grow to eight feet and weigh up to 300 pounds, are worth $700-$1,200 each. —Jeff Royer (Photo: press)
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The PilotIron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickenson put a whole new meaning on the phrase “getting high” when he took up recreational flying in the 1990s. The metal singer now holds an airline transport pilot's license, and regularly pilots Boeing 757s. He has also flown his band from gig to gig on an eight-seat twin-engine plane, and last year flew the Liverpool soccer team to their Europa League game in Naples. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Gareth Cattermole, Getty Images)
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The Chainsaw Art...Cherie Currie made her name working out her aggressions on stage as the singer for the all-girl rock band The Runaways. These days, she vents her frustrations with a chainsaw as one of just a handful of professional female chainsaw carvers in America. The self-dubbed Chainsaw Chick attacks massive hunks of wood, carving them down into artful sculptures of bears, dolphins, mermaids and more. Currie has her own chainsaw art gallery in California and competes in chainsaw art competitions around the globe. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty Images)
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The WinemakerTool and A Perfect Circle singer Maynard James Keenan has indulged in his habit of winemaking since 1999. The 47-year-old prog-metal singer owns Merkin Vineyards and Caduceus Cellars near his home in the traditionally un-wine-friendly state of Arizona. The documentary film “Blood Into Wine: The Arizona Stronghold” details Keenan and Stronghold partner Eric Glomski’s foray into grape-growing in the middle of the desert. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Frazer Harrison, Getty Images)
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The MagicianAfter the breakup of the Pixies in 1993, drummer David Lovering made a serious run at his other passion: magic. Under the name The Scientific Phenomenalist, he began performing what he calls “phenomenalism,” or “a new wave, alternative, avant-garde kind of magic,” eschewing traditional magic tricks for feats involving mental power. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Matt Carmichael, Getty Images)
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The BeekeeperGuitar virtuoso Steve Vai stumbled upon his odd hobby when a swarm of bees in his neighbor's wall descended upon his wife's garden. He now maintains five colonies of bees in his backyard and harvests the honey himself. Vai auctions the nectar – dubbed Fire Garden Honey after one of his records – and donates proceeds to charity. —Jeff Royer (Photo: David Livingston, Getty Images)
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The Metal Detect...Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has maintained decades-long fascination with archaeology. But it wasn’t until he purchased his first metal detector in the early 1990s as subsequently uncovered the site of a Roman homestead that his mellow passion blossomed. 2007 saw the debut of the official Bill Wyman Signature Detector. “Metal-detecting is not just for anoraks or eccentrics," he said in a statement. “On any garden, country field, footpath, woodlands, beach or moorland you can find a huge variety of historical objects, all easily located with this high-quality metal detector." —Jeff Royer (Photo: Gareth Cattermole, Getty Images)
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The Horse Breede...Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts breeds and sells Halsdon Arabian horses on a stud farm he operates with his wife. He has bred multiple world champions with blood lines from Egypt, Russia and Poland. Watts also maintains a collection of rare and vintage cars, a fact made even more exceptional since never got his driver’s license. According to guitarist Ronnie Wood, Watts has had suits tailored to match each car. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Scott Gries, Getty Images)
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The PhilatelistRounding out the Rolling Stones’ trinity of shockingly dull hobbies is guitarist Ronnie Wood, who traded his obsession with alcohol for the far less destructive obsession with stamps. He may be the world’s only philatelist whose collection includes a stamp with his own face on it. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Ian Gavan, Getty Images)
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The RacerA lifelong racing enthusiast, AC/DC singer Brian Johnson has proven to be nearly as skilled behind the wheel as he is behind the mic. The 63-year-old singer, whose collections of cars includes Ferraris, Rolls-Royces and an Audi R8, has competed in and won multiple races, and manned the wheel of both a NASCAR and Formula 1 car. Johnson may have sung on “Back in Black,” the second best-selling album of all time, but he readily admits that as a child he would have much preferred to be a Formula 1 champion. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Kevin Mazur, Getty Images)
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The ChefCountry star Dwight Yoakam parlayed his hobby of cooking into a line of heat-and-serve products sold in grocery stores across America. The Dwight Yoakam’s Bakersfield Biscuits brand now includes items like Chicken Lickin’s Chicken Fries, Take ‘Ems Macaroni Mouth Poppers and Dwight Yoakam's Lanky Link Pre-Cooked Sausage. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Katy Winn, Getty Images)
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The AnglerApparently, Eric Clapton’s “slowhand” is good for something other than playing guitar. The rock legend prefers to spend his downtime fly fishing, and even has a fishing rod named after him, the Slowhand Special. Clapton once told Vanity Fair he would like to die fishing, and says he finally sought help for his alcohol addiction after breaking his fishing rod in a drunken mishap. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Chris Jackson, Getty Images)
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The Salt Shaker ...She’s a country superstar at the age of 27. She’s married to Blake Shelton, and is now part of country’s new power couple. She won just about every country award a songwriter could win last year. But that doesn’t mean Miranda Lambert isn’t a total nerd. Last year, the “The House That Built Me” singer told the Boot about her odd obsession with salt and peppers shakers. “I actually have a knick-knack shelf at 26,” she said. “I think it’s cool.” That makes one of us. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Ethan Miller, Getty Images)
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The HunterWhen he’s not slaying audiences on stage with his guitar heroics, Ted Nugent is slaying animals on his Michigan hunting ranch, Sunrize Acres. The avid bow hunter and outspoken PETA opponent, who has released a cookbook titled “Kill It & Grill It,” raises, hunts and kills his own animals within his facility and also offers guided hunting tours of animals like bison, deer and boar. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Randy Snyder, Getty Images)
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The Teashop Owne...The polar opposite of Nugent in every way imaginable, techno star Moby spent several years in the early 2000s operating a vegan teahouse called TeaNY. In addition to designing the cafe’s interior and structuring its menu (complete with 98 varieties of loose leaf tea), the DJ would often pop up at random times to wait tables. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz, Getty Images)
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The Alamo Histor...No one remember the Alamo with more zeal than Phil Collins. The former Genesis frontman revealed to Rolling Stone that his Swiss home contains a mini-museum of artifacts from the 1836 battle, including a Bowie knife, swords, cannonballs, maps, flasks and an autographed copy of Davy Crockett’s autobiography. He even named his Jack Russell terrier, Travis, after the Alamo commander William Barrett Travis. His most prized possession? A painting of himself clad in a 19-century military uniform standing alongside 184 defenders of the Alamo moments before the famous battle. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Ian Gavan, Getty Images)
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The Trout FarmerWho frontman Roger Daltrey found an entirely different sort of escape when he designed and built his own trout farm, Lakedown Trout Fishery, in his native England nearly 30 years ago. His accomplishments were documented in the film “Underwater World of Trout, Vol. 1.” "When I go fishing," he has said, "I come away feeling like I've smoked half a dozen joints." —Jeff Royer (Photo: Andreas Rentz, Getty Images)
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The Cheese MakerBlur’s Alex James has a nice second career going in the world of cheesemaking. The bassist purchased a 200-acre cheese farm in 2003 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, and, when not busy with his band’s comeback run, spends his time producing award-winning cheeses under the name “Alex James Presents,” which packages cheese “for the modern world.” James also owns 400 sheep. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Matthew Lloyd, Getty Images)
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The Pinball Wiza...Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash found a way to channel his excess energy that involves neither drugs nor booze: pinball. The longtime enthusiast once had his house jam-packed with arcade games, including eight pinball games – one of them modeled after GNR, billed as the loudest pinball machine in history. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Michael Loccisano, Getty Images)
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The Tank Collect...Joy Division and New Order drummer Stephen Morris has an affinity for surplus military vehicles. He has admitted owning up to four tanks at one point, and reportedly drives them around his farm. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Chris Jackson, Getty Images)
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The OenophilesPop-rock elder statesmen Train have long professed their love for wine. The band members even maintain their own wine club blog. Now they’re taking their obsession to the next level by producing their own fermented beverage, Drops of Jupiter Petite Sirah, via the San Francisco Wine Co., with one-third of profits benefitting the Family House charity. —Jeff Royer (Photo: Patrick Smith, Getty Images)
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