“Excellent player”: The band Keith Richards claimed to discover before anyone
Staying ahead of the zeitgeist.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 11/2024
“I lost interest”: The moment Elvis Presley was ruined for Tom Petty
Slightly less royal than he thought.
“Great way to start the show”: The disturbing concert that made Genesis superstars
The beginning of the big time.
‘Goodnight Irene’: The song that saved Lead Belly from prison
Walking away with a song and his freedom.
The band Kurt Cobain always wanted to match: “One of the most popular alternative rock bands”
The heart of what it means to be alternative.
The Beatles song Paul McCartney had no idea what he was doing: “We had to rely on grown-ups”
Not having the best grasp on it.
“I could never put my mind on”: The first guilty pleasure Billie Joe Armstrong ever had
The smoother side of rock and roll.
“If you take it out, I’ll break your hands”: The album that stays in Maynard James Keenan’s CD player
Etched into one’s hard rock DNA.
‘Time After Time’: The Jack the Ripper movie that inspired two very different songs
The macabre side of the charts