The classic 1980s song Judas Priest wrote at Ringo Starr’s house
“There was to be no riding of motorbikes on the grounds…”
Author: Tom Phelan
The one and only time comedy was “too hard” for Ricky Gervais: “I can’t do it”
“If something’s hard to do, then it’s not worth doing.”
The songs that made Frank Zappa physically sick: “They gag me”
“They’re out there sweating – and looking at their watches.”
“Sell him”: the disturbing 2002 scheme involving Jimi Hendrix’s corpse
“The next thing they’ll be putting his remains in a glass case, and taking him out on tour again.”
“We’re old men now”: Butthole Surfers’ Paul Leary looks back on ‘After the Astronaut’s 1990s wormhole
“I thought we were going to starve to death and die…”
The 1968 Rolling Stones song with Brian Jones’ last contribution “of significance”
“Just tell him to piss off”.
The 1979 anthem Billy Joel wrote after an awkward dinner with Mick Jagger: “Uptown riding in your limousine”
“You had the Dom Pérignon in your hand / And the spoon up your nose.”
