‘Face Dances’: The Who album Pete Townshend called “short-sighted”
A misguided effort.
From The Vault Archives: 03/2025
“Too classical”: the one instrument AC/DC would never use on their albums
Not their definition of rock.
“I had to do that”: Robert Plant on the band that typecast Eric Clapton
Never getting over the original.
“I regret it”: the song that derails Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’
A track they wish they could delete.
From The Beach Boys to Jerry Lee Lewis: the song that saw The Beatles channel their heroes
“It’s tongue in cheek…”
“A certain type of discipline”: The drummer Phil Collins never clicked with
“It didn’t really lock in.”
Patti Smith’s favourite British singer: “The voice of disenfranchised youth”
“As he sang, I closed my eyes…”
Does it take longer for a woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
“More establishment backslapping.”
“Pick a character you love and it becomes you”: How Debbie Harry created a persona based on animal instincts
“A persona gave me freedom.”