“Turned my head”: The two artists that made Sting want to form a band
The heart of a good power trio.
From The Vault Archives: 10/2024
“This is going to be massive”: The hit song George Michael called a perfect commercial record
“Symmetrical and poppy.”
“Sounds like it was recorded yesterday”: The one band Billie Joe Armstrong considered timeless
The launching pad for the entire 1990s movement.
‘Nights That Won’t Happen’: David Berman’s most heartbreaking masterpiece
Excruciatingly grief-stricken.
“He could make the band jump”: the song Tom Petty said had the best rhythm guitar playing
Learning how to make a band move.
“There’s just something about my lyrics”: the track that convinced Bob Dylan he was a unique songwriter
“They’re not as good as my lyrics.”
The one song Neil Young plays just to make his fans happy: “I owe it to them”
“More than i do it for myself.”
Pent Sounds: Brian Wilson’s bizarre songwriting secret of “abstaining from orgasm”
An interesting approach to songwriting.
