The guitarist Ritchie Blackmore called a cheat: “He has notes that I don’t have”
“This shouldn’t be allowed.”
From The Vault Archives: 03/2025
“The misfortune”: the artist Malcolm Young called the most boring bloke in music
Not reading the room
“It was a beautiful thing”: the tour where U2 repeatedly trapped themselves in a lemon
“I still miss our lemon.”
“We were expecting it to flop”: The Paul McCartney song he thought no one would like
Not expecting anything major.
“Fifty per cent of that was good”: The one album Jimmy Page only enjoyed half of
Not as much of a highlight.
“Like heaven”: Pete Townshend on the artist he was happiest listening to
Everything a guitarist could ask for.
The song that took Billy Joel three years to write: “Not going anywhere”
“That kid was right, by the way.”
