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Music Archives: 05/2026

Queen - 1975

How Queen heralded the age of MTV way back in 1975

Total artistic control.

Lucy Harbron
May 1, 2026
Frank Zappa - Musician

The director Frank Zappa couldn’t stand watching: “So horribly disappointed”

Add his name to the long list of Frank Zappa’s dislikes.

Lucy Harbron
May 1, 2026
James Hetfield - Metallica - 2015

May 1st, 2003: On this day 13 years ago Metallica played at San Quentin State Prison

An unforgettable show.

Dale Maplethorpe
May 1, 2026
The Doors - Jim Morrison - John Densmore - Robby Krieger - Ray Manzarek - 1967

The Doors’ 1967 debut album was almost ruined by an acid trip: “The studio’s been hosed down”

Tripping gone wrong.

Tim Coffman
May 1, 2026
Ringo Starr - 1973 - Musician - The Beatles

The 1992 album that brought Ringo Starr back from the brink: “It was all downhill”

A period of laziness.

Lucy Harbron
May 1, 2026
Brian May - 2022 - Queen - Guitarist - Professor

Queen’s Brian May at war with parish council over daffodils

May is bemused by the decision.

Joe Taysom
May 1, 2026
Spotify - Streaming Service - Music - Podcasts - Logo - 2024

Spotify rolls out new feature in bid to clamp down on AI artists

The Verified by Spotify badge is coming for artists.

Joe Taysom
May 1, 2026
What is the only instrumental song to top the charts in the 21st century

The French song that dominated the charts all summer long in 1974

A second summer of love.

Lucy Harbron
May 1, 2026
The rise of the big bands The Slow Country and Mleko talk pros and cons of spanning lineups

The rise of the big bands: The Slow Country and Mleko talk pros and cons of spanning lineups

Two seven-pieces, a lot of admin.

Lucy Harbron
May 1, 2026
John Bonham - Led Zeppelin - Drummer - 1970s

The two music genres that John Bonham couldn’t stand listening to

Not a fan of the swinging side of music.

Tim Coffman
May 1, 2026
The Kinks - Stockholm - 1965

The 1964 song that The Kinks couldn’t bring themselves to release: “We didn’t like the first version”

Their first hit.

Joe Taysom
May 1, 2026
Morrissey - Stephen Patrick Morrissey - The Smiths - 1984

“Degenerate”: Read Morrissey’s scathing 1976 review of The Ramones

Scathing review.

Kelly Murphy
May 1, 2026

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