The “untouchable” band that inspired Lita Ford to pick up a guitar
“Some sort of gods”.
Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 01/2026
The live band that confirmed to Ronnie Wood that there was something special about the 1960s: “Those were the days”
“People were swinging from the rafters”.
10 songs from 1989 that should have been in the ‘Stranger Things’ finale
A Hawkins High graduation playlist.
The group that claimed to “play like Hendrix” and “record like Motown”
“It’s a vibe that is just there; you have to fall into it.”
The singer Aretha Franklin wanted to portray her in a biopic, long before Jennifer Hudson got the gig
The ‘Queen of Soul’ had someone else in mind back in 2001.
The REM album Michael Stipe said was full of “big, dumb pop songs”
“Anything hugely popular is loaded with simplistic ideas”.
The moment Joe Strummer knew The Clash had made a classic: “We had just done something really great”
Recorded in New York City’s Electric Lady Studios.
The moment Frank Sinatra finally called his daughter Nancy a “star”
The two were labelmates on Reprise Records.
How grief fueled The Flaming Lips’ breakthrough album, ‘The Soft Bulletin’: “There’s a big void”
“Profoundly affected by it”.