How Gene Simmons discovered Van Halen: “The world’s most expensive demo tape”
Seeing the future of rock and roll music.
From The Vault Archives: 07/2024
The group John Lydon called “one of the most notoriously inept bands in music”
“The Pistols were an absolute threat.”
“Desperation”: When George Harrison discussed the origins of punk
The late Beatle once gave his opinion on the origins of punk.
The Pink Floyd album Nick Mason thought was overproduced: “Far too much stuff on it”
Swallowed up by its own production.
The album that Jeff Beck regretted releasing: “I shouldn’t have done it”
“They’re just mistakes on record”
The artist Elton John called his all-time favourite writer: “I never got to tell her how great she was”
The more sophisticated side of pop songwriting.
