From The Vault Archives: 12/2024

Keith Richards - 1960s - LSD - Acid - Psychedelics

The Chuck Berry performance that inspired Keith Richards to be a rock star: “Took them all by storm”

Get inspired here.

Dec 1, 2024

Joan Baez - Folk Musician

Joan Baez’s favourite pieces of classical music: “Oh that’s so beautiful”

“Oh, that’s beautiful”

Dec 1, 2024

John Lennon - 1970s

John Lennon and the song that highlighted the “real hypocrisy” of songwriting

The contradiction in the craft.

Dec 1, 2024

Jimi Hendrix - The Beatles - Split

The one moment The Beatles became a part of “the establishment” according to Jimi Hendrix

“They’re still good”

Dec 1, 2024

Promotional photo of US rock group R.E.M from about 1988

Beautifully inarticulate: Juliana Hatfield’s favourite REM album

“Totally new sound…”

Heather Collier

Dec 1, 2024

Guns N' Roses - 1980s

Why the ‘Use Your Illusion’ tour is the most infamous in rock history

The biggest and baddest of them all….

Dec 1, 2024

Killing Joke - 1980s

‘Outside the Gate’: Killing Joke’s maligned foray into soft synthpop

A strange turn

Dec 1, 2024

Pink Floyd - 1965 - Syd Barrett - Nick Mason - Roger Waters - Richard Rick Wright

Why ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ is Bill Ryder-Jones’ ultimate car record

Perfect for long journeys…

Dec 1, 2024

The classic song Chastity Belt would delete from history: “So no one could sing it at karaoke”

An overrated bore.

Dec 1, 2024

Jello Biafra - Dead Kennedys - Singer - Musician

The two albums that shaped Jello Biafra: “My ground zero”

“There would be no ‘Holiday In Cambodia’ without them.”

Dec 1, 2024

Maynard James Keenan - Tool - A Perfect Circle - Singer - Musician

The metal bands Maynard James Keenan compared to McDonald’s: “Whatever that stuff is”

Brutal.

Dec 1, 2024

Dave Grohl - Foo Fighters - Guitarist - Singer - Musician - Drummer

The four songs Dave Grohl wishes he had written: “A really timeless quality”

From pop to punk.

Dec 1, 2024