The song John Lennon said he “lost himself” writing: “I was trying too hard”
Straying away from his old self.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 04/2024
One-album wonders: The 1990s act Eric Clapton thought was “tremendous”
The early progenitors of Britpop.
From John Lennon to Ringo Starr: the five best songs Harry Nilsson gave away
The forgotten classics from a songwriting icon.
“I’m Ray Davies and I’m dying”: the tragic suicide attempt at the heart of The Kinks
The dark tragedies behind rock and roll.
Only takes a broken heart: the tragic ending of Mountain’s Felix Pappalardi
The tragic end of a counterculture icon.
Gross negligence: The Dave Matthews Band’s crappy Chicago River incident
Coated in waste from head to toe.
The Foo Fighters classic Dave Grohl thought everyone would hate: “This is never gonna fly”
Going against the post-grunge brooding.
Pink Floyd’s “best music”, according to Richard Wright: “Three of us writing together”
The power behind band collaborations.
‘Something’: The song where George Harrison got “revenge” on Paul McCartney
Finally moving out of the shadows.