ESG: the cult New York funk outfit Tony Wilson fell in love with in 1980
An innovative outfit…
Music Archives: 05/2026
“The beginning”: the 1970 album back cover that led to the Hard Rock Cafe
“I always feel like I should get a free hamburger.”
The one drummer who could put Dave Grohl to shame: “He makes me look like a fool”
Taking him back to school.
How being starstruck in 1980 gave Dolly Parton her biggest hit: “Lives on and on”
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Incest, inmates, and mutilation: The many strange themes of the Pixies’ 1988 masterpiece ‘Surfer Rosa’
Shocking, strange and salacious.
The best singing soulmate Stevie Nicks ever had: “This is just perfect”
The perfect musical complement.
The 2013 album Ozzy Osbourne never wanted to happen: “It wasn’t a glorious period”
No real reason to exist.
The 1994 song too good for Chris Cornell to write: “I would fail miserably”
Well beyond his capabilities.
The sexiest song that Steven Tyler ever heard: “No one had ever played like that”
A bit more sleazy than before.