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From The Vault Archives: 10/2024
The song Billie Joe Armstrong called a musical “breakthrough”
Green Day song which was “real” to him.
The Nirvana song Kurt Cobain said was “close to a Boston riff”
“I was trying to write the ultimate pop song.”
‘Suzie Q’: how Creedence Clearwater Revival rallied against “very boring” bands
“Suzie Q, baby, I love you”
The guitarists Paul Stanley modelled Kiss on: ” “The foundation of everything”
“Like one big guitar…”
“I was loath to sing it”: The Cure song Robert Smith never wanted to release
The most dour they had ever gotten.
“The very best sounds”: Brian Wilson on the guitarist no one could compare to
The beautiful sounds of pre-rock and roll.
The band Nile Rodgers wanted to imitate: “I want to do the black version”
The master becomes the student.