Five musicians rejected by Steely Dan
Yacht rock potshots
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 04/2026
The 1970 Led Zeppelin song that brought Dave Grohl to tears: “Full of gentle beauty”
Rock and roll cryfests.
“I’m not impressed”: The guitarist Keith Richards picked over Van Halen
Truly making the guitar weep.
The one genre Phil Collins was never allowed to play: “It’s not what the band did”
Not right for their style.
The one genre Angus Young couldn’t stand: “We’d be in the audience punching the shit out of ‘em”
Showing no respect to the music.
The album Ozzy Osbourne made Black Sabbath throw away: “He wouldn’t sing any of the songs”
Not giving as much as he could.
The one singer Billy Joel said he could never be like: “One of the greatest of all time”
Nowhere in the same ballpark.