How Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ changed guitar playing forever
A game-changing moment for popular culture and the guitar.
Music Archives: 09/2023
The life-changing gig Rush’s Geddy Lee attended on his own
He wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
Gene Simmons picks his favourite Kiss song
Gene Simmons discusses his all-time favourite Kiss track.
Yukio Mishima: the man above David Bowie’s Berlin bed
“Continually shedding his ‘own identity’ and very consciously putting on one mask after another.”
Dolly Parton reveals past conflict with Elvis Presley’s manager
Despite Elvis’ love for the classic, Colonel Tom Parker couldn’t agree to her terms.
Why John Lennon called recording The Beatles’ albums “torture”
“We suffer like hell anytime we make anything.”
Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp share raunchy video for cover of ‘Have Love, Will Travel’
“The Sonics inspire the world.”
The origin of the haunting melody in the Johnny Cash hit ‘I Walk The Line’
A deeply personal song that speaks to the hopefulness in all of us.
‘Was Dog a Doughnut’: How Cat Stevens accidentally had a huge influence on hip hop with his bizarre electro venture
“It wound up being a staple in the hip hop world.”
The reason The Who rarely ever soloed
Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon: it’s hard to imagine a more virtuosic four-piece than that. It renders The Who a fantasy…
