Music Archives: 08/2020

Robert Smith explains why The Cure flourished during the "particularly awful" 1980s

Robert Smith explains the significance of The Cure song ‘Boys Don’t Cry’

Huge

Aug 22, 2020

When Alice In Chains' Layne Staley beat up a Nazi during a live show, 1993

Hear Layne Staley’s powerful isolated vocal on Alice In Chains song ‘Would?’

Chills

Aug 22, 2020

Green Day cancel Asia tour due to coronavirus outbreak

Billie Joe Armstrong picks his favourite Green Day song

Not our choice!

Aug 22, 2020

Revisit Lou Reed’s infamous interview at Sydney airport, 1974

Excruciatingly brilliant

Aug 22, 2020

From The Clash to Joy Division: Chuck Berry savagely reviews bands from the 1980s

“What’s this guy so angry about anyway?”

Aug 22, 2020

Chris Cornell’s daughter launches mental health awareness podcast in memory of her father

The Chris Cornell statue in Seattle has been vandalised

Shocking.

Aug 22, 2020

Watch Bob Dylan, Keith Richards & Ronnie Wood’s disastrous performance of ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ at Live Aid, 1985

Introduced by Jack Nicholson

Aug 22, 2020

Frankie Banali, the drummer of Quiet Riot, has died aged 68

Frankie Banali, the drummer of Quiet Riot, has died aged 68

RIP.

Aug 22, 2020

U2 frontman Bono writes a heartfelt fan letter to Patti Smith: "You are my drug of choice"

Patti Smith remembers her first-ever gig in New York, 1971

“Extreme agitated energy”

Aug 22, 2020

Jack Sherman, the former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, has died aged 64

RIP

Aug 22, 2020

Ozzy Osbourne forced to cancel 2020 tour to undergo medical treatment

Ozzy Osbourne says face tattoos “make you look dirty”

He’s not a fan

Aug 22, 2020

Watch rare footage of Dave Grohl’s first performance with Nirvana, 1990

And the rest was history

Aug 22, 2020