The one band Eric Clapton always needed: “Really good music”
The height of musicianship.
From The Vault Archives: 04/2026
“Seen it all before”: Mick Jagger said The Black Crowes were nothing special
Not what he wanted to hear.
The drummer Alice Cooper thought was out of everybody’s league: “An insane period of time”
He makes a strong case.
The night Nirvana realised they had become the biggest band in the world
The day everything changed.
The songwriter Leonard Cohen called “so much better” than himself: “Incredibly classy and chic”
“So beautiful and original and sophisticated.”
What is “America’s tortured brow” and what does Mickey Mouse have to do with it?
A surreal trip of nihilism.
A small Sussex town links the tragedy of Brian Jones to the joy of Winnie the Pooh
Childhood innocence turned tragic.
