‘Nasty’: The Damned reunion that only lasted for one performance
A short-lived reformation.
From The Vault Archives: 08/2024
“A commanding performer”: David Bowie’s favourite song by The Doors
The Starman was inspired most by luminaries of the 1960s.
The Doors song that was impossible to play: “I don’t know what the hell he did”
Better on the keyboard than the bass.
The show that made Sammy Hagar want to leave Van Halen: “That was a terrible experience”
The end of the chemistry.
“The song that means the most to me”: The Led Zeppelin song that inspired Slash’s style
Jimmy Page is one of Slash’s overall guitar heroes.
Bobby Gillespie names the greatest album of all time: “It’s a great mix of stuff”
“That record hit me.”
The band Bruce Springsteen modelled himself after: “They were the band we liked best”
The fertile ground for rock and roll.
The pivotal moment Robert Plant and Jimmy Page discovered their chemistry: “It was wonderful”
Making lightning strike on one song.
The Beatles song George Harrison hated: “It was the worst track we ever had to record”
He called it “fruity”.
