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Music Archives: 12/2023

Steppenwolf - Far Out Magazine

‘Born to be Wild’: How a Steppenwolf “fluke” produced an era-defining hit

A classic track, but not intended to be.

Arun Starkey
Dec 27, 2023
Bebe Buell explains why Patti Smith wanted to pose in Playboy

How Emily Brontë shaped Patti Smith’s biggest hit

“The yearning burning.”

Lucy Harbron
Dec 27, 2023
Will Sergeant - Ian McCulloch - Echo and The Bunnymen

Listen to Echo and the Bunnymen cover The Velvet Underground

A live rendition of ‘Run Run Run’.

Elle Palmer
Dec 27, 2023
Music - General - Collage - Punk - Disco - 1970s - Vinyl

The making of the first-ever punk single

“They’d make a good racket.”

Dale Maplethorpe
Dec 27, 2023
Kirk Hammett - Epiphone Flying V 1979 Custom Guitar - Metallica - 2023

The members of Metallica pick their favourite metal songs

The four members list heir favourite songs from the heavy metal genre.

Jordan Potter
Dec 27, 2023
Dickey Betts - The Allman Brothers - Guitarist - Singer - Songwriter

The Allman Brothers song Dickey Betts said was “in my blood”

A classic moment.

Arun Starkey
Dec 27, 2023
Paul McCartney - Live - Wings - The Beatles - Far Out Magazine.

The songwriter who inspired Paul McCartney most of all: “He was our idol”

“It was a great honour to meet him”.

Lucy Harbron
Dec 27, 2023
Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) by Bent Rej - Germany - 1965

The one guitarist Keith Richards was in “awe” of

The riff-machine discusses one of his favourite guitarists.

Jordan Potter
Dec 27, 2023

The Story Behind The Song: The true story of The Pogues’ Christmas classic ‘Fairytale of New York’

The very best?

Tom Taylor
Dec 27, 2023
Leonard Cohen's budhist monastry

The song that took Leonard Cohen 180 attempts to perfect

The product of a perfectionist.

Dale Maplethorpe
Dec 27, 2023
10 huge hits that were almost never released - 2023

10 huge hits that were almost never released

Cornerstones of popular culture.

Arun Starkey
Dec 27, 2023
Tom Smothers - The Smothers Brothers

Tom Smother of the ‘Smothers Brothers’ dead at 86

“Entertaining the world for over six decades.”

Tom Taylor
Dec 27, 2023

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