From The Vault Archives: 10/2024

Marianne Faithfull - The Girl on a Motorcycle - 1968

The important lesson Marianne Faithfull learnt from being homeless: “I was lucky”

A key point.

Oct 25, 2024

Robert Plant - Singer - Musician - 2023

The one Led Zeppelin song Robert Plant would bring to a desert island: “Someone might come and collect me”

The perfect answer.

Oct 25, 2024

Ozzy Osbourne - 2000s - Solo

“Pass the torch”: the band Ozzy Osbourne called successors to Black Sabbath

Spreading the gospel of metal…

Oct 25, 2024

Phil Collins - Eric Clapton - Split

“I lost the plot”: why Phil Collins regretted his work with Eric Clapton

A missed opportunity…

Oct 25, 2024

Heavy Metal - Metal - Rock - General - Music - Hardcore

Unlikely origins: the classical piece that birthed heavy metal

The beginning of rock’s darkness.

Oct 25, 2024

One of Bob Dylan's favourite British bands is an odd choice

‘Brownsville Girl’: When Bob Dylan silenced a room full of musicians

He took their breath away.

Kayla Sandiford

Oct 25, 2024

Black Sabbath - Far Out Magazine

The Black Sabbath song all about sperm: “Billions to one”

And it’s on one of their biggest albums…

Oct 25, 2024

LCD Soundsystem - Far Out Magazine - All Points East 2024

‘One Touch’: The LCD Soundsystem song that “almost killed” James Murphy

A love-hate relationship…

Oct 25, 2024

Slash on stage

Slash’s favourite Queen riff: “Blew me away”

An unexpected choice…

Oct 25, 2024

John Lennon - George Harrison - The Beatles - 1960s

‘The Inner Light’: George Harrison’s spiritual precursor to John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’

“No hell below us, above us only sky.”

Oct 25, 2024

Billy Joel - 1970s

Sound of silence: The album Billy Joel felt had “nothing to say”

What went wrong…

Oct 25, 2024

Eddie Vedder - Pearl Jam - Musician - Singer

“A goal”: the artist Eddie Vedder considered a saint

Never made the wrong decision.

Oct 25, 2024