The one band Chris Cornell dismissed as “manufactured pop”
Not his idea of pure pop.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 04/2026
The song Billy Joel couldn’t have made without heroin: “It got me so high”
The harsher side of soft rock.
The genre David Crosby didn’t want to be remembered for: “I never wanted to be labelled”
Just not right for him.
The moment Slash heard his future and the riff that changed his life: “That’s what I wanna do”
Learning from the gods.
Don Felder will always regret the Eagles feud that never healed
Never getting to wrap things up right.
The one band that turned down playing with Jimi Hendrix: “If I had only known”
Not ready for the guitar genius.
The one song Neil Peart called a perfect blend of genres: “I think that’s a masterpiece”
The biggest musical cornucopia.