Nile Rodgers names the two most “extraordinary geniuses” popular music has ever produced
Sartorially indulgent pioneers.
From The Vault Archives: 10/2023
Pete Townshend on why The Rolling Stones were the original punks
Pete Townshend shares his thoughts on punk.
The Jimi Hendrix album David Gilmour calls his favourite
Gilmour enjoys Hendrix but calls Jeff Beck his favourite of all time.
The three musicians PJ Harvey considers her greatest influences
From Bob Dylan to Captain Beefheart.
Stereolab explain how Margaret Thatcher led to the emergence of shoegaze
“The shoegazers were what Margaret Thatcher produced: really shy, non-expressive, dull.”
The classic track Mitski calls the “perfect pop song”
“This just checks all the little check boxes, you know?”
The “infantile” TV show that inspired a Billy Joel song
“It wasn’t very rock and roll, and it started to bother me.”
The Green Day album Billie Joe Armstrong called his “fat Elvis period”
Losing his punk edge over time.