From The Vault Archives: 08/2021

How Ronnie Spector helped to give her friend Jimi Hendrix his start

Talented buddies.

Aug 10, 2021

Looking back 25 years on from Oasis creating history at Knebworth

Historic.

Aug 10, 2021

The Arctic Monkeys classic song that they wrote while drunk in a bar

A drunken classic.

Aug 10, 2021

The first song Ringo Starr learned to play on drums

A pivotal moment.

Aug 10, 2021

Remembering the moment an adolescent Anthony Kiedis proposed to Blondie's Debbie Harry

Why the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ debut album is their most bizarre

Unrecognisable

Aug 10, 2021

When The Beach Boys called Mick Jagger a "chicken"

The bizarre moment The Beach Boys called Mick Jagger a “chicken”

Awkward.

Aug 10, 2021

Pixies announce 30th-anniversary 'Bossanova' vinyl reissue

Pixies singer Frank Black picks his favourite albums of all time

From The Clash to Lou Reed.

Aug 9, 2021

John Prine in critical condition after being hospitalised for coronavirus

How film critic Roger Ebert accidentally launched John Prine’s career

The way the world goes round.

Aug 9, 2021

George Harrison once explained the purpose of life

All you need is love!

Aug 9, 2021

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason announced as the 2019 'Prog God'

The artist Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason thinks is “the greatest songwriter of all time”

The icon reveals all.

Aug 9, 2021

Hear the dynamic isolated guitar of Duane Allman on ‘Blue Sky’

Powerful stuff

Aug 9, 2021

How fate gave the Grateful Dead their name

Luck or fate?

Aug 9, 2021