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From The Vault Archives: 10/2023

The reason why George Harrison quit The Beatles

Why George Harrison originally blocked the upcoming final Beatles single: “fucking rubbish”

Harrison wasn’t keen on ‘Now and Then’.

Tyler Golsen
Oct 27, 2023
Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - The Rolling Stones

The “awful cliche” at the heart of a classic Rolling Stones song

Jagger wasn’t happy about ‘Wild Horses’.

Tyler Golsen
Oct 27, 2023
R.E.M - Michael. Stipe - Peter Buck - Mike Mills - Far Out Magazine 04 (F)

The Bob Dylan song Michael Stipe has “always wanted to cover”

His favourite track from the legendary singer-songwriter.

Joe Taysom
Oct 27, 2023
Parquet Courts - 2021

When Parquet Courts had to wrangle kids to record a song

The kids were essential to the song.

Tyler Golsen
Oct 27, 2023
The Police - Sting - Stewart Copeland - Andy Summers - 1980s

The comical mistake in ‘Roxanne’ by The Police

A happy accident.

Arun Starkey
Oct 27, 2023
Courtney Barnett

The song that made Courtney Barnett want to be a musician

“I just love the songs, they’re incredibly well-written.”

Poppy Burton
Oct 27, 2023
PJ Harvey - 2023 - 02- Steve Gullick

The “disastrous” first gig PJ Harvey ever played

“In the first song we cleared the hall.”

Elle Palmer
Oct 26, 2023
Eddie Van Halen - Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple - Van Halen - Split

The awkward first meeting between Eddie Van Halen and Ritchie Blackmore

A strange encounter.

Arun Starkey
Oct 26, 2023
Jazz Club - Big Band - Swing Band - Music - General

The forgotten artist who created the first instrumental song to sell over a million copies

An almost unknown classic.

Arun Starkey
Oct 26, 2023
David Gilmour - 2022

The Pink Floyd track David Gilmour called “seminal”

An overlooked classic.

Arun Starkey
Oct 26, 2023
Lemmy's curious connection to WWE

Why Lemmy thought The Rolling Stones were “shit” compared to The Beatles

“Awful, completely out of tune.”

Tom Taylor
Oct 26, 2023
John Lennon - Solo

The John Lennon track he called “a failure of a song”

Not quite measuring up to the Lennon standard.

Tim Coffman
Oct 26, 2023

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