The argument that almost ended Nirvana: “I don’t want to be in a band with someone like that”
Almost the beginning of the end.
From The Vault Archives: 06/2024
The song Pete Townshend used to insult his audience: “I’m not going to be your tool”
Not going along with the program.
The song that changed Ozzy Osbourne’s life: “We should write scary music”
Painting the rock scene pitch black.
The frontman Kurt Cobain was bored watching: “He’s such an egotistical person”
Too macho for his taste.
“Very Sophisticated”: the artist Graham Nash called more advanced than any of their peers
Building the bridge to bigger things.
The Darkness Within: Tom Waits names his favourite Nick Cave song
The key to the macabre side of songs.
“It’s just not good enough”: the Pete Townshend songwriting attempt The Who hated
The Who weren’t always on the same page.
The iconic lyric Bono never wanted to sing: “I’ll sing any line but that one”
A lyric that was too on the nose.