Lars Ulrich on how Kurt Cobain changed the landscape of music: “He was a genius”
Shaping the future of rock and roll.
From The Vault Archives: 05/2024
‘I Hope I Think I Know’: The Oasis song Noel Gallagher thought sounded “too pop”
Not seeing the real beauty behind it.
John Paul Jones: the only Led Zeppelin member not to sell his soul to the devil
Were Led Zeppelin satanic?
What’s That Sound? Examining Sting’s half-arsed mistake on The Police song ‘Roxanne’
The rock and roll arse chord.
A tiny band in your ears: how do headphones actually work?
We explore how headphones deliver sonic information to your brain.
Young Americans: Jessica Pratt on David Bowie’s “genius” sleeper record
The danceable side of the Starman.
The only two directions musicians go in as they age, according to Steve Vai
The make or break aspect of maturity.
Johnny Ramone never understood the grunge movement: “In New York, it wasn’t like that”
Confusing for the average punk.
Billy Gibbons picks his all-time fantasy band: “We’d need the Jimmys on guitar”
The low and dirty sounds of the blues.
The Tom Petty song Jimmy Iovine said “turned out incredible”
“A Wilson Pickett sort of vocal on top”