The tragic tale behind Billy Joel’s most heartbreaking song
True despair.
From The Vault Archives: 06/2025
When Lou Reed forbid Kirk Hammett from playing guitar solos: “No belly dancing music”
It takes gravitas to shut down a guitar god.
The hardest AC/DC song to play, according to Angus Young
The deceptively tricky lick from rock’s simplest band.
The band Bruce Springsteen said created a whole world onstage: “It’s a lovely thing”
The authority on rock concerts.
The one person that taught Glenn Frey how to play country: “Drop out of rock and roll”
The little bit of twang.
The fake drug bust that launched a rock and roll legend: “Robert Plant must go free!”
Phoney? Yes. Genius? Also yes.
