“My blessing”: the singer that introduced Eddie Vedder to Seattle
A warm welcome.
Music Archives: 05/2026
The band Trent Reznor believes every rock musician should study: “It stuck with me”
“Just the language.”
Doc McGhee: How the architect of hair metal turned a drug smuggling conviction into an anti-drug rock festival
Before he was Bon Jovi’s manager, he helped traffic weed into the US on a shrimp trawler.
The Motown songs that George Harrison adored: “All my favourite records on the jukebox”
Music for togetherness.
The grunge band corrupted by greed that Billy Corgan grew to hate: “One more round at the till”
“We have never made a record that sucked.”
How chaos led to Yes’ greatest album in 1972: “Outbursts of anarchy”
A chaotic process, but it worked.
“Can’t happen!”: the 1994 Pearl Jam song Eddie Vedder almost gave away
Vedder wrote the track as a teenager.
The 1978 Who song that always reminds Roger Daltrey of Keith Moon: “He was a rascal”
The song was recorded during a testing time.