The legendary band Eric Clapton struggled to understand but wanted to work with: “To figure it out”
“It’s not really my bag.”
Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 07/2025
The drummer Phil Collins claimed to rip off for years: “I was dumbstruck”
“I’d never heard or seen a drummer play like that.”
The artist Stewart Copeland called the apex of drumming: “Incredible, legendary drummer”
A “legendary” talent who was overshadowed by his even more legendary bandmate.
The Don Felder song Eagles and “the Gods” rejected immediately
It has finally seen the light of day 50 years later.
‘Scrubs’: How a sitcom perfected the sentimental noughties needle drop
The show pioneered weaponising saccharine dad rock.
‘Starvation’: The 1985 charity single that offered a more diverse take on Band Aid
It was released on Madness’s Zarjazz record label.
The killing of Charizma: A 1990s hip-hop legend who never got his chance
Living on in brilliance and memory.
The Billy Bragg song that fused Nick Drake with Marvin Gaye
“We sort of found a fine line between the two.”
The tribute song that inspired Thom Yorke’s first collaboration with his brother Andy
The duo covered a song by one of their favourite bands.
“I’m awfully sorry to be such a disappointment”: Janis Joplin’s heartbreaking letter to her parents in 1966
Written four days before her debut with Big Brother & the Holding Company.
Why Johnny Marr referred to himself as “Jimmy Page in reverse”
“I wasn’t a great believer in the guitar-hero ethic”.