The one person who broke up Van Halen, according to Sammy Hagar: “He poisoned the band”
The rock and roll dream coming to an end.
From The Vault Archives: 07/2024
The album that got Jeff Beck through dark times: “A great support for me”
The sun shining through the darkness.
The genre that made Steven Tyler become a musician: “It takes on a new meaning”
The start of his ear-training.
The artist David Bowie considered a rock and roll god: “He’s a needed deity”
The pure swagger of rock and roll.
The rock anthem that set fire to Bono: “Different ways of seeing the world”
Seeing the world for its beauty.
The innocuous lyrics Tommy Ramone originally wrote for ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’
The creation of a punk classic.
The one artist Billy Joel that considered perfect: “Don’t mess around”
Not a single note out of place.
“So different, so unusual”: Ronnie James Dio named his two favourite Black Sabbath songs
Two classics from different chapters in Black Sabbath history.
How Ray Davies knew The Who would “rewrite the rules” in the late 1960s
Ray Davies greatly admires Pete Townshend.
“Timeless”: Beth Ditto names the best album of the last 30 years
“She followed zero paths. It’s just perfect in my opinion…”