How cocaine led to the downfall of Crosby, Stills and Nash: “An enormous amount of drugs”
“When we first started there were no egos.”
Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 06/2025
The first prog band that blew away Phil Collins: “Like nothing I’d ever seen”
They didn’t even need to wear capes.
The collaboration Josh Homme called “the best thing of my artistic life”
“I took it as rubber stamping that I’m heading in the right direction.”
“Hopefully they won’t sue us”: The Pearl Jam song Mike McCready said they ripped off from Kiss
Even the solo was directly inspired by Ace Frehley.
The Great Pop Prom: When The Beatles and The Rolling Stones first shared a stage
A memorable day at the Royal Albert Hall.
The “main, motivating reason” why Robert Smith formed The Cure
And what would make him “write the whole thing off.”
‘The London Suede’: Why were UK bands forced to use different names in North America?
The subtle art of avoiding a lawsuit.
How the death of his hero created a “silent vacuum” for Otis Redding to fill
It was one of his two clearly stated goals.
Titans of Americana: When Woody Guthrie met John Steinbeck
“In 17 verses he got the entire story of a thing that took me two years to write!”
The Bar-Kays: The band that rose from the ashes of Otis Redding’s tragic plane crash
From terrible loss came a joyous brand of funk music.