10 songs that Tom Petty should have never released
The heartland rock screwups.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 02/2025
“It was a difficult time”: why John Lennon refused to credit Yoko Ono for ‘Jealous Guy’
Not ready for the liner notes.
Shaping the 1990s: Why Dave Grohl called Dinosaur Jr “the Prince of our generation”
The alt-rock creative dynamo.
Why John Lennon hated George Harrison’s tour with Ravi Shankar: “It wasn’t the greatest thing in history”
Shows worthy of a thrashing.
‘In Bloom’: the song Kurt Cobain wrote as an attack on “abusive” rednecks
Not going along with their rules.
When Phil Collins turned Elvis Costello’s songs down: “I didn’t think they were any good”
Not seeing the music in it.
The Unforgettable Fire’: the U2 album Bono thought was “beautifully out-of-focus”
The beauty between the cracks.
‘The Other Side of This Life’: the lick that shaped Rush’s Geddy Lee
The art of aggressive bottom end.