Did Courtney Love achieve the one “goal in life” she set for herself in 1991?
She discussed the goal just as Hole released their debut album.
Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 11/2025
‘Songs in the Key of X’: the surprising impact of a 1996 ‘X-Files’ inspired CD compilation
The truth was out there.
‘Just One Victory’: the song that should have been Todd Rundgren’s ubiquitous sports anthem
A much better tune than ‘Bang the Drum All Day’…
Why The Fugs never intended to be remembered: “We did all this for a joke”
They left a bigger mark than they expected…
‘I’ll Be Around’: the “classic” that gave The Spinners life after Motown
One of the monster hits of 1972.
How Blue Öyster Cult laid out the archetype for band-groupie relations with ‘Goin’ Through the Motions’
“We do get more than, say, Bachman Turner Overdrive”.
‘Walking in the Park with Eloise’: Paul McCartney’s most obscure but meaningful ‘Desert Island Discs’ selection
A nod to his biggest influence.
The bands who inspired Billy Corgan and the first Smashing Pumpkins record: “Monsters of rock”
“Your monsters of rock.”
Why John Lennon looked back on his own political radicalism as “phony”
“I became whoever I was with.”