Gary Gilmore: the murderer who inspired a classic punk track
A classic track with a sinister backstory.
Music Archives: 03/2024
Plane crashes, John Lennon, and Viruses: the worst year of Don Henley’s life
“It was a terrible year.”
‘Look Through My Window’: The tragic Mamas and The Papas song about divorce
“I know I should let go.”
The first rock star to play at the White House
In 1969, President Nixon started to invite pop bands to the White House.
The Lead Belly song that “affected” Al Jardine of The Beach Boys
The early folk legend inspired many late 20th century greats.
Russell Mael on the Elvis Presley song that inspired Sparks: “Everything pop music should be”
“It’s the essence of everything that pop music should be.”
“So long, dear friends”: how Leonard Cohen and David Bowie stared down their mortality
Swansongs unrivalled.
The Van Halen album Eddie Van Halen was never happy with: “We were just plain rushed”
Half of what it could have been.