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From The Vault Archives: 05/2026

Frank Zappa once tried to sign AC/DC

The only band Frank Zappa seemed to genuinely admire: “I’d give it a 98”

Musical outcasts.

Tom Taylor
May 13, 2026
Disco - Disco Ball - Mirrorball - 1970s - Soul - Funk - General Use

“The sound of the future”: The 1968 electronic album that inspired disco

A landmark LP…

Ben Forrest
May 13, 2026
Thom Yorke - Radiohead

The Radiohead album that Thom Yorke wrote for fans: “To be ambitious again”

Flipping the script.

Callum MacHattie
May 13, 2026
Cream - 1967 - Jack Bruce - Ginger Baker - Eric Clapton

The classic rock band all three members of Cream couldn’t stand

Cream were not compadres.

Tyler Golsen
May 13, 2026
Queen - The Works - 1984

The 1981 Queen hit Brian May couldn’t stand: “Never liked it”

The song topped the charts in 1981.

Arun Starkey
May 13, 2026
John Lydon - 2023 - PiL - Sex Pistols

The classic 1991 grunge anthem that John Lydon actually liked: “One of pop music’s all-time greatest”

The Sex Pistols legend discussed the grunge pioneers.

Arun Starkey
May 13, 2026
Ray Davies - Jimmy Page - Split

“An asshole”: The 1967 Kinks song that saw Ray Davies lash out at Jimmy Page

Awkward.

Jack Whatley
May 13, 2026
Record - Vinyl - General - Vintage - Retro - Grammophone - LP

The only classic rock song that has spent more than 10 weeks as UK number one

An ode to innovation.

Kelly Murphy
May 13, 2026
Cassette Tape - Tape - Music - General - 2023

The 1982 album that spent 259 days on top of the US charts

A fixture on the pop charts.

Tim Coffman
May 13, 2026
Phil Collins - Genesis - Drummer - Singer - Musician - 1970s

The 1972 Genesis song Phil Collins was ashamed to play live: “I can’t listen to it”

Bringing up bad memories.

Tim Coffman
May 13, 2026
Tyler Ballgame - Musician - 2025

The 1972 album that inspired Tyler Ballgame’s beautiful debut record: “There is such power”

An introverted classic.

Callum MacHattie
May 13, 2026
Elliott Smith - Musician - 2000's

The story of how Elliott Smith helped build a Portland recording studio

$500 a month and a dream.

Rachael Pimblett
May 13, 2026

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