The band that split opinions among Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention
Zappa “just couldn’t tolerate” these unwelcome visitors from back East.
Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 10/2025
The profound impact of ‘That’ll Be the Day’ on the future of music
The 1957 rock classic spawned a thousand new bands overnight.
The reason why the Traveling Wilburys were so successful, according to George Harrison
“The thing happened completely just by magic.”
Did Paul McCartney really try to “sabotage” certain Beatles songs?
John Lennon called it “subconscious sabotage.”
The Turtles and ‘Happy Together’: Deconstructing the greatest pop song chorus of the 1960s
The Summer of Love in one semi-twisted flurry of ba-ba-ba’s.
The Blondie lyric that offended the audience: “We got banned in a few places”
“Maybe because it’s a three-letter word and not a four-letter word?”
The Bruce Springsteen “betrayal” song that became an unlikely love duet
How a track about paranoia and distrust became an unlikely love duet.
Far Out 40: The greatest songs of the ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ movement
The New York post-punk revivalists who defined the sound of the aughts.
Richard Ashcroft’s bizarre lasagna addiction once left him flat broke
When the drugs don’t work, baked pasta might.
Dick Cavett’s favourite books: a surprisingly unpretentious list
The legendary US talk show host selects the quirky and the classic.
Was the ‘Easy Rider’ soundtrack the real defining album of the 1960s?
The 1969 film re-imagined how existing popular music could be incorporated into a narrative.