From The Vault Archives: 12/2025

Maynard James Keenan - Musician - A Perfect Circle - 2018

The Tool song Maynard James Keenan regretted opening up about

A tricky situation.

Dale Maplethorpe

Dec 31, 2025

Iggy Pop - 1977

The musician Iggy Pop called the light of his life: “He was the best there is”

Kindred spirits.

Callum MacHattie

Dec 31, 2025

Bob Weir - Robert Hall Weir - The Grateful Dead - Musician - 2019

The artist who “lit a flame” for Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir

“It just grabbed me.”

Dec 31, 2025

Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968). L-R- Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and John Fogerty - Far Out Magazine

Saul Zaentz: The man who kept Creedence Clearwater Revival apart

A reunion was possible.

Dale Maplethorpe

Dec 31, 2025

Kurt Cobain - Nirvana - Musician - 1990s

The Nirvana album Kurt Cobain wanted to end “boring” grunge

The dawn of a new age.

Dec 31, 2025

The moment Jerry Garcia dosed Carlos Santana before a flight- Uh oh, they got me

The moment Jerry Garcia dosed Carlos Santana before a flight: “Uh oh, they got me”

“This is going to be intense.”

Dec 31, 2025

Tom Petty. Faengslet, Horsens, Denmark - 2012

The album Tom Petty said was too wild to handle

Heartland rock going wrong.

Dec 31, 2025

Lynn Goldstein's photos of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 01

What does Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band name mean?

New Jersey natives.

Dec 31, 2025

Watch Lynyrd Skynyrd play 'Call Me the Breeze' in 1976

How many notes are in the Lynyrd Skynyrd ‘Free Bird’ guitar solo?

Note after note after note after note…

Dale Maplethorpe

Dec 31, 2025

Linda Ronstadt - 1980's - Singer - Musician

The album that destroyed Linda Ronstadt’s voice: “I was very discouraged

Losing all the magic.

Dec 31, 2025

The song Eddie Van Halen would play until he died

The required tunes.

Dec 31, 2025

The musician Angus and Malcolm Young both called the greatest

The musician Angus and Malcolm Young both called the greatest

The one who guided the way.

Dec 31, 2025