’53rd and 3rd’: The Ramones song about Dee Dee’s time as a sex worker
A tragic comedy.
From The Vault Archives: 03/2024
The night Frank Zappa was arrested for making a sex tape and “conspiracy to commit pornography”
Prison, fake cops and more.
Pink Floyd Progress: The first-ever collaboration between David Gilmour and Roger Waters
A beginning for Pink Floyd.
“Noise and nothing”: George Harrison thought punk rock was rubbish
The pure sound of noise and screaming.
A Softer Side: Bob Dylan names one of The Rolling Stones’ “prettiest songs”
Swapping sex for softness and rock for recorders.
A Little-Known Masterpiece: Henry Rollins on the Ruts album “without peer”
One of the most overlooked groups of the punk rock era.
Lindsey Buckingham names the best drum track ever: “He turned into an animal”
Annihilating the drum skins.
The one song Brian Wilson calls The Beach Boys’ anthem: “One of my favourite songs”
The most identifiable song of their career.