“Ugly”: The singer Todd Rundgren called his musical nemesis
Not the steadiest touring mate.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 04/2025
“I’ve been saying that”: The lyric Stevie Nicks felt defined her later life
Making the most of time.
“I can see what’s special about them”: Tom Petty on the only hair metal he actually liked
In it for the right reasons.
‘Roll the Bones’: the Rush song that asks “the ultimate question”
The serious side of rock and roll.
“Best on the planet”: the artist Eddie Vedder considered his best friend
Keeping his musical principles.
The musicians so good that Jeff Lynne hated them: “I have come to love them now”
Too sophisticated for him.
The band that helped Bob Dylan realise his full potential: “I really had some sort of epiphany”
Changing his usual direction.
“Intolerable”: Don Henley on the one Eagle who was a nightmare to work with
Not quite as harmonious.
“I should be singing soul”: the Motown song that made Bruce Springsteen switch genres
The operatic side of pop music.
The guitarist Jimmy Page labelled “easily the best” in their field
The best the mainstream had to offer.