‘LA Woman’: How The Doors created a masterpiece out of pure chaos
“Maybe we’ll save his life”.
From The Vault Archives: 03/2025
“Beauty beyond belief”: The prog acts John Lydon actually loves
Anyone with a vested interest in the UK punk scene of the late 1970s will know that the Sex Pistols were pitted as the poster…
‘The feel of horses’: The poem that introduced Patti Smith’s masterpiece
The spiritual weight of the record.
The one lyric Don Henley thinks gave Eagles their greatest hit: “There’s a built-in mythology”
A nod to their favourite state.
“Enormous”: Iggy Pop on Bo Diddley’s huge impact on 1960s rock
Straight into the very rhythm that powers all music.
“I watched him throw it away”: The Slash performance that reduced Axl Rose to tears
“I just watched him throw it away”.
What was the Grateful Dead’s longest-ever show?
There’s no such thing as a casual Deadhead. If there are, say 50’000 Deadheads in any given city in the world, that exact number will come out to see them live. Then another 10% of that number will tag along from the town previously.
The Traveling Wilburys trick that made them successful: “It’s impossible”
The secret to their success.