‘Fake Empire’: The National song that challenged rock music
Just keeps getting more relevant
Author: Will Howard Archives: 03/2025
“It wasn’t the first time”: Was punk rock truly original?
Was punk really a rehash of everything that came before?
“Undeniable”: the song that turned St Vincent into a rock virtuoso
The guitar parts that rocked her world…
The album that almost broke up Green Day: “We had to evaluate our situation”
You can never quite count out Green Day.
“A bloody nightmare”: Mick Fleetwood on the era of Fleetwood Mac that nearly killed him
The experts of self-sabotage.
The problem Eric Clapton had with Jack White: “It doesn’t move me”
Can facts be played with to match the feelings?
The moment Billy Corgan knew he’d messed up Smashing Pumpkins: “I was burning my bridges”
There’s a reason that to this day The Smashing Pumpkins are “a band” and not his solo project, even if the lines between the two are gossamer thin these days.