From The Vault Archives: 12/2025

Heart - Nancy and Ann Wilson - 1998

The Heart album that the Wilson sisters never approved of: “We insisted”

Don’t mess with them.

Dec 25, 2025

David Byrne - 2025 - Shervin Lainez - 03

The song David Byrne wants to hear in heaven: “It blew my mind”

The swirling, pearly gates.

Dec 25, 2025

Johnny Cash - 2024 - Press Shot - Alan Messer

The album Johnny Cash thought was too sad to release: “Mournful”

Depression mode.

Rachael Pimblett

Dec 25, 2025

Mick Fleetwood - Fleetwood Mac - Drummer - Musician - 2020

The Fleetwood Mac song fans didn’t understand, according to Mick Fleetwood

Selling out.

Callum MacHattie

Dec 25, 2025

Elton John - Musician - 1970s

Who originally inspired the Elton John song ‘Candle in the Wind’?

Poor old Norma Jean.

Dec 25, 2025

A brief history of the musical dark art of backmasking

What was the first song accused of backmasking?

Retpahc eiree dna egnarts a.

Dec 25, 2025

Eric Clapton - Guitarist - 1996 -

The blues legend who trash talked Eric Clapton: “He was seriously disappointed”

Not a fan.

Dale Maplethorpe

Dec 25, 2025

The origins of Pete Townshend's guitar smashing antics- I just got really angry

The origins of Pete Townshend’s guitar smashing antics: “I just got really angry”

Pioneering destruction…

Dec 25, 2025

John Prine - 1979 - Musician

The song John Prine wrote when he was staring down death

“You can’t help but laugh.”

Dec 25, 2025

The one band Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen both called the greatest

The one band Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen both called the greatest

The clarion call of hard rock.

Dec 25, 2025

The singer who turned both Bob Dylan and Jeff Lynne into musicians

The singer who turned both Bob Dylan and Jeff Lynne into musicians

An all-time great.

Dec 25, 2025

Randy Newman - John Lennon - Split

The songwriter Randy Newman and John Lennon agreed was overrated

You’ve got a friend in me?

Dec 25, 2025