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From The Vault Archives: 10/2025

John Martyn once dismissed David Bowie as "a poseur"

‘Over the Hill’: What hill is John Martyn actually singing about?

The sound of coming home.

Callum MacHattie
Oct 4, 2025
MTV’s ‘Downtown’ the ultimate grunge time capsule

MTV’s ‘Downtown’: the ultimate grunge time capsule

Instantly recognisable needle-drops.

Paulina Subia
Oct 4, 2025
James Taylor - Musician

‘Mud Slide Slim’: the strange moment that led to James Taylor’s sequel to ‘Fire and Rain’

“Oh, Mud Slide, I’m dependent on you.”

Paulina Subia
Oct 4, 2025
Brian May performing at Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday Tribute in London's Hyde Park - 2008

The Free album Brian May said was a part of Queen’s DNA: “One of our real inspirations”

A seminal influence.

Kelly Murphy
Oct 4, 2025
Debbie Harry - Blondie - 1980s

‘Mother’: the greatest opening lyric Debbie Harry ever wrote

Storytelling genius.

Kelly Murphy
Oct 4, 2025
Jimi Hendrix - Graham Nash - Split

Jimi Hendrix was absolutely unbeatable at one board game, according to Graham Nash

The master of the game.

Lauren Hunter
Oct 4, 2025
Woody Guthrie

‘Deportee’: the only recording of Woody Guthrie’s prescient protest song

“Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita…”

Paulina Subia
Oct 3, 2025
What was the first song from a movie to debut at number one in the charts

The story behind the best-selling number one song of 1973

The sentimental hit was inspired by a story from the ‘Reader’s Digest’.

Andrew Clayman
Oct 3, 2025
Hall and Oates - Band

The Motown group that brought Hall and Oates together

The start of a soulful partnership.

Tim Coffman
Oct 3, 2025
David Crosby - Nikki Sixx - Split

“Break my arms”: The diary entry that revealed David Crosby’s comical bid to keep Nikki Sixx sober

He wasn’t going to listen.

Reuben Cross
Oct 3, 2025
Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys - Musician - Producer - 1960s

The song Brian Wilson wrote during his devastating first LSD trip: “Tore my head off”

One of his finest.

Reuben Cross
Oct 3, 2025
Stevie Nicks - Jimmy Kimmel - 2024

The Stevie Nicks song that “completely ripped off” The Police: “Don’t ever do that again!”

Similar riffs.

Callum MacHattie
Oct 3, 2025

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