From The Vault Archives: 12/2025

The Eagles - Don Henley - Grammy Award

Why did Steely Dan fire Don Henley?

Gossip? Read on.

Dec 30, 2025

Stevie Nicks - Musician - Fleetwood Mac - 1981

The musicians Stevie Nicks said never respected her: “I never really got accepted”

Never seeing her as a songwriter.

Dec 30, 2025

Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin - Guitarist

What did Led Zeppelin mean by “bustle in your hedgerow”?

Mysterious.

Dec 30, 2025

What song held the number one spot for the longest in 1989?

Which band had the most top 10 hits in a single year in the 1980s?

A stellar string of hits.

Dec 30, 2025

Glenn Frey - Musician - The Eagles - 2010

The Eagles album with the best sound, according to Glenn Frey

First taste of perfection.

Dec 30, 2025

Paul Stanley - Musician - Kiss - 1986

The one band nobody wanted to follow, according to Paul Stanley

“It was a game changer.”

Dale Maplethorpe

Dec 30, 2025

Robert Smith - The Cure - Singer - Musician - Songwriter

The “most difficult” Cure song Robert Smith ever had to write

Words of a master.

Dec 30, 2025

Jimi Hendrix in colour - Copenhagen 1967 by Bent Rej

The band Jimi Hendrix called the best he ever toured with: “Ridiculously good”

“More funky than West Coast.”

Dale Maplethorpe

Dec 30, 2025

Phil Collins - Singer - Musician - 2018

The songs Phil Collins called the best music he made

Going beyond the charts.

Dec 30, 2025

Jeff Beck, Jaap Eden Hal, Amsterdam 5-7-1979

The Yardbirds song that Jeff Beck called “awful”

Agree?

Dec 30, 2025

Stevie Nicks - 2014

The one song Stevie Nicks said was too good to cover: “If you can’t outdo her, then don’t bother”

A classic.

Dec 30, 2025

Robert Plant - Singer - 1976 - Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant’s favourite Elvis Presley song: ‘Quite pleased with himself”

A classic.

Dec 30, 2025