The one Guns N’ Roses song that blew Lars Ulrich’s head off: “It was so venomous”
An underrated effort by the Los Angeles band.
From The Vault Archives: 11/2023
The Deftones song written as a middle finger to their label: “I’m going to show those fuckers”
One of their best-known hits.
How Link Wray inspired the Pixies: “A confirmation of what we already were”
An important discovery, not just musically.
The four Oasis songs Noel Gallagher named as favourites: “Probably my favourite”
The Oasis mastermind discusses his favourite creations.
Boygenius channel The Beatles with stylish performance on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Boygenius also paid homage to their Nirvana-inspired magazine cover.
The many ways Mark E. Smith fired members of The Fall
A controversial figure with a penchant for firing his bandmates…
J Mascis picks the album he never gets tired of listening to
The sounds of alternative classic rock.
The song R.E.M. called their “tribute to The Beach Boys”
A beautiful homage to their musical heroes.
The song Johnny Thunders wrote to attack the Sex Pistols
The song was a scathing takedown of the British punks.