“Blood and guts and Satan”: Rick Rubin on the artist he called the first thrash metal band
Unapologetically heavy.
From The Vault Archives: 04/2025
“The most difficult guys”: the musicians who hated working with Steely Dan
Not the kind of music they need.
“It was always about the rock”: the genre Slash wanted nothing to do with
The posturing side of rock and roll.
“No connection”: Thom Yorke on the album that it was impossible to work with him on
“The others didn’t know.”
“In the early days”: the one songwriter John Lennon and Paul McCartney wanted to be like
She’d emerge from the shadows later.
“Get that inspiration”: Brian Wilson on the only person who inspired him in 30 years
A lasting influence…
“A huge influence”: the classic rock group that changed Elton John for life
The next phase of songwriting.
“Theirs was the record I wore thin”: the band Joni Mitchell said were as important as The Beatles
All the harmony you could ask for.
“Redundant by definition”: the Bruce Springsteen classic he didn’t want to release
The pure sound of heartland rock.
The musician Robert Plant called an inspiration to “every guy who ever had a hard-on”
“A great inspiration.”