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Author: Jack Whatley

Paul McCartney and John Lennon, NME Poll Winners Concert, April 1965

The two Beatles songs that started pop music’s intellectual revolution: “I still don’t know what it means”

It all went crazy from here

Jack Whatley
Mar 26, 2026
Billy Idol - 1984 - Far Out Magazine

“I was very lucky”: When Billy Idol trashed a Thai hotel so badly they called in the army to get him out

A drug-fuelled mission for destruction.

Jack Whatley
Mar 26, 2026
Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) by Bent Rej - Germany - 1965

The death of an unnamed guitar: How Keith Richards wrote one of The Rolling Stones’ greatest riffs

A wandering guitar lent a hand

Jack Whatley
Mar 26, 2026
Paul McCartney - Ringo Starr - John Lennon - George Harrison - 1967 - The Beatles

‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’: The Beatles song that fooled the world, and themselves

A classic too

Jack Whatley
Mar 26, 2026
Taylor Hawkins - Foo Fighters - Drummer

Taylor Hawkins always wanted to be one legendary drummer: “I wanted to play stadiums when I was ten years old”

A unique proposition.

Jack Whatley
Mar 25, 2026
John Wayne - The Searchers - 1956

“I’m gonna kill him”: The director John Wayne loathed working with and hey problematic movie they made together

“They had nothing in common”.

Jack Whatley
Mar 25, 2026

The first song David Bowie heard in America changed his entire outlook and turned him into an icon

A classic track.

Jack Whatley
Mar 25, 2026
Bob Dylan - Johnny Cash - 1969

“I don’t give a sh*t”: The Bob Dylan melody Johnny Cash ripped off for ‘Understand Your Man’

Confirmed by his daughter!

Jack Whatley
Mar 25, 2026
Richard Wright - Rick Wright - Pink Floyd - 1967

Richard Wright quietly made Pink Floyd the best band in the world: “Enormous input, frequently forgotten”

One of the best

Jack Whatley
Mar 25, 2026
Brian Wilson 1 - Musician - The Beach Boys - 1960's

‘Heroes and Villains’: The Beach Boys song that nearly ruined them for good

Is it a winner for you?

Jack Whatley
Mar 25, 2026
Leonard Cohen - 2010s - Musician

The Godfather and the King: When Leonard Cohen gave the world the best Elvis Presley cover ever

Beautifully haunting.

Jack Whatley
Mar 25, 2026
The Beatles - Pink Floyd - Split

“We probably wouldn’t have existed”: How a parking ticket inspired a Beatles song and Pink Floyd’s entire career

It pushed the band to experiment

Jack Whatley
Mar 25, 2026

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