“That doesn’t sound right to me”: The classic song Billie Joe Armstrong thought sounded ugly
The ugly sounds of pure rock.
From The Vault Archives: 10/2024
“It just clicked”: Geddy Lee on the most painless album Rush ever made
The palatable side of progressive.
“Strong collective effort”: The songs Patti Smith thought represented her band the most
Celebrating her collaborators.
“Larger than Life”: The two singers Chris Cornell thought he could never emulate
The absolute height of theatricality.
“As good as a record gets”: The intense Velvet Underground album that transformed Henry Rollins
A level of intensity he had never experienced before.
“It’s lacks authenticity”: The genre Don Henley never understood
Having no authenticity to speak of.
“A lot of what I do I learned from him”: The artist who taught Prince everything about the guitar
All that a guitar hero should be.
“The electric energy”: Lars Ulrich names one of the greatest live records ever made
The true mark of any good performer.
