Guns and wine in a walled mansion: Blondie’s dangerous dinner party with Phil Spector
Terrifying.
From The Vault Archives: 04/2026
The Tom Petty song that nobody had faith in: “It became our first top ten hit”
Not seeing the appeal of the classic.
“Fire and ice”: Grace Slick on the greatly misunderstood Janis Joplin
“They called us fire and ice…”
The one song Paul Simon didn’t want anyone else to sing: “We were beside ourselves”
Not letting anyone else in.
The most beautiful country song Don Henley ever heard: “It’s just a pure, quintessential record”
How to truly write heartbreak.
“Better than the Beatles, better than the Stones”: the band Jack Black calls the greatest ever
The endless amount of rocket sauce.
The one song Brian Wilson never wanted to release: “It could never be a single”
Not the hit that he thought.