How David Crosby got Grace Slick sober: “I’d turn on the news and probably kill myself”
“I haven’t done drugs since.”
From The Vault Archives: 05/2024
“Very original”: the classic Jimi Hendrix riff Slash thinks is almost perfect
Slash has adored Jimi Hendrix’s “manic” style since childhood.
Dave Grohl names the best live band he ever saw: “The most powerful noise you’ve ever heard”
Never holding anything back.
The rock legend Jeff Beck refused to tour with: “No, I’m not doing this”
Not going to cower to an icon.
Angus Young once picked the guitarist who was “on another level” to Jimmy Page
“When I first heard the song, I was totally enthralled.”
When Roger Waters accidentally wiped one of David Gilmour’s Pink Floyd contributions
David Gilmour had to re-create a classic Pink Floyd song.
The consummate rock star Eric Clapton said “there’ll never be another like”
Eric Clapton knew a consummate rock star when he met one.
David Bowie on his most difficult album: “It was a relief it did so well”
Challenged by his signature sound.
Before the breakup: The Beatles songs John Lennon described as Paul McCartney’s “last gasp”
A final creative spurt.
The Nirvana recording that pissed off Kurt Cobain: “He wanted to play the song live”
Not as authentic as he wanted it.
The true original John Lydon thought was wildly underrated: “Bowie copied a lot out of that geezer”
The Sex Pistols frontman had mixed feelings about David Bowie.