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From The Vault Archives: 04/2024

Leonard Cohen - 2010s - Musician

“50,000 cigarettes and several swimming pools of whiskey”: the myths surrounding Leonard Cohen’s evolving vocals

How a trepid poet became the voice of a generation.

Kelly Murphy
Apr 30, 2024
James Taylor - Musician

‘Secret O’ Life’: the James Taylor song that he called “preposterous”

Going out on too far a limb.

Tim Coffman
Apr 30, 2024
Talking Heads - 1985

Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein names her favourite Talking Heads album

An iconic record.

Elle Palmer
Apr 30, 2024
Bruce Springsteen - 1980s - Larry Busacca

A dank disaster: The moment Bruce Springsteen opened for Cheech and Chong

A set cut short.

Dale Maplethorpe
Apr 30, 2024
Pivotal Moments - How Nirvana formed - Far Out Magazine

Why Nirvana turned down opening for U2: “Only a matter of time”

Breaking away from the mainstream.

Tim Coffman
Apr 30, 2024
Steely Dan - 1974

When Steely Dan accused The Beatles of using studio musicians

“Fixing records was a way of life…”

Dale Maplethorpe
Apr 30, 2024
Thurston Moore - Sonic Youth

The advice Neil Young gave to Sonic Youth: “The same thing all the time”

Words of wisdom from the Godfather of Grunge.

Jordan Potter
Apr 30, 2024
Howard Stern - Broadcaster - 2020

How Howard Stern pulled off a hoax Rolling Stones song: “We stole it”

Daring to challenge rock’s longest-lasting band.

Tim Coffman
Apr 30, 2024
Jim Morrison The Doors Publicity Shot

“The single most powerful band,” according to Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison deeply admired the proto-metal bands emerging in the late 1960s.

Jordan Potter
Apr 30, 2024
Roger Waters - Us + Them - 2019

Snubbed and serenaded: The bizarre experience Roger Waters had at an R.E.M. show

A strange, but moving experience.

Arun Starkey
Apr 30, 2024
Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys - Old - 2023

Good not great: Brian Wilson’s brutal personal putdown of Don Henley

A classic.

Arun Starkey
Apr 30, 2024
Angus Young - ACDC - 1982

The guitarist Angus Young prefers to Eddie Van Halen: “He’s really just doing finger exercises”

Too technical to really care that much.

Tim Coffman
Apr 30, 2024

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