Dave Gahan recalls meeting David Bowie and feeling “terrified”
“Big Bowie fan.”
From The Vault Archives: 09/2024
The track Patti Smith preferred above any other: “If I had to pick one song in the world”
The pure poetry of rock and roll.
The song Eddie Van Halen claimed he could never play: “What are you playing there”
Too complex for a guitar legend.
Bruce Springsteen on the artist who made the best breakup music: “The most beautiful of all”
The masters of the heart.
Riffs not solos: Unpacking Keith Richards’ guitar philosophy
“Solos come and go, riffs last forever.”
The one song Bob Dylan wants to delete from history: “I shouldn’t have used that”
“I could have left that alone.”
“I wrote it over two years”: Johnny Marr on his favourite guitar track with The Smiths
Deceptively upbeat and whimsical sound.
“Embarrassed”: The song John Lennon thought misrepresented him
Love is nothing to be embarrassed about.