Hear Me Out: Ben Shepherd was Soundgarden’s secret weapon
Integral to the band’s more adventurous sound…
Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 10/2025
Why Siouxsie Sioux decided to abandon the iconically goth ‘Siouxsie look’
By the late-1980s, she was noticing an uncomfortable new trend.
The first-ever Halloween pop hit: “People have used it as their wedding song”
You know the song, but maybe not the man behind “the monster”…
Why did The Verve first break up in 1995?
And was it really just a grand, strategic publicity stunt?
“The worst of all worlds”: How John Lennon defended one of his most controversial songs
The political song was based on a concept devised by Yoko Ono.
The uncanny rise of Wolf Parade: A very 2005 story
“There was no metric to really measure anything against”.
The MC5: The Detroit band that sought to “blow away” the scourge of hippie rock
“You can hear our influence all over the place now”.
Who sang guest vocals on Chicago’s ‘Little Miss Lovin’?
They popped on over from the recording studio next door.
The night The Rolling Stones finally decided to cover ‘Like a Rolling Stone’
“Suddenly, it felt right.”
The singer Joe Cocker admitted to “really copying” early in his career
“His influence is still deep.”
