The star who served as “America’s symbol to the world”, according to Frank Sinatra
A controversial icon.
Music Archives: 05/2026
The show that gave Nina Simone a nervous breakdown: “She became erratic”
“She was totally out of it”.
The 1973 album Linda Ronstadt never wanted to hear again: “I was in a very bad frame of mind”
The wrong time to revisit.
The 1991 album that almost made Neil Young go deaf: “I didn’t want to hear any loud sounds”
Getting away from the distortion.
The 1976 Eagles lyric that ruined their relationship: “I could hardly listen”
“The song made me ill…”
The radical bands that scared “the shit out of” Pete Townshend: “They’ll play it on the radio in LA”
“You can’t hear the words…”
The five words in 1979 that really made Lindsey Buckingham check out of Fleetwood Mac
The beginning of the end.
Jimi Hendrix, a sex worker’s apartment and a conversation Carmine Appice never forgot: “I want to make it”
Seminal words and even more seminal locations.