“I don’t like my albums”: The only Dire Straits record Mark Knopfler can stand listening to
The one actually worth the replay factor.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 03/2026
“He didn’t fit”: The one band Joe Perry wanted to join before Aerosmith
“That’s the kind of band I want to be in”.
“The worst periods of my life”: The one album Tom Petty said he never showed up for
Not willing to face the music.
“That was crazy”: The one song Eddie Van Halen sounded better live
Getting better in front of a crowd.
The Paul Simon that album never sounded right: “I couldn’t get things to fit together”
Not the sound he was looking for.
“Just blew me away”: The flamenco singer Linda Ronstadt crowned as the greatest
No one else in her league.
“Everything had to go”: The Bruce Springsteen songs that were too good to release
Not ready for the limelight.
The producer David Gilmour needed to stop working with: “He was also quite frustrating”
Cutting the musical cord.
The one bandmate Bono said would die for him: “Would have taken a bullet for me”
Making the ultimate sacrifice
The one band Tom Morello said blew him offstage: “kicked Rage Against The Machine’s ass”
Anyone who was going onstage with Rage Against the Machine was going to be entering at their own risk whenever Tom Morello kicked on his…
