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1979

Mick Jagger - Sid Vicious - Split

When Mick Jagger paid to try keep Sid Vicious out of prison in 1979: “Accidents are going to happen”

“He never used it to advance himself publicity-wise…”

Ben Forrest
Jun 8, 2026
The Police - Sting - Stewart Copeland - Andy Summers - 1980s

“That’s the toughest”: the 1979 album The Police could never top

The best?

Tom Taylor
Jun 5, 2026
Neil Young - Oceanside Countryside - 1977- 2025

“It’s better to burn out”: the origin story of Neil Young’s controversial 1979 lyric

“Your circuits, instead of corroding, are fucking disintegrating.”

Tom Phelan
Jun 4, 2026
David Gilmour - Pink Floyd - 1970 - Far Out Magazine

The 1979 Pink Floyd song that defeated David Gilmour: “Couldn’t play it properly”

Not playing it the proper way.

Tim Coffman
Jun 2, 2026
Robert Plant - Singer - 1976 - Led Zeppelin

The 1979 Led Zeppelin song Robert Plant has grown to hate: “I rue it now”

A far cry from its true potential.

Tim Coffman
Jun 2, 2026
Misfits - The Original Misfits - Crimson Ghost - Feature

The Misfits, a jail cell, and the birth of a punk anthem in 1979

A disastrous tour…

Ben Forrest
Jun 2, 2026
Angus Young - Musician - ACDC - 1980's

The classic 1979 song AC/DC refuse to perform live: “Summed us up”

They have a good reason.

Joe Taysom
May 31, 2026

The 1979 student film that Madonna tried to delete from history: “Nobody wants their skeletons to come out of the closet”

Surfaced right after the massive success of ‘Like a Virgin’…

Andrew Clayman
May 27, 2026
What was the first song from a movie to debut at number one in the charts

‘Mickey’: The 1982 song that ruined two separate summers

Just terrible…

Lauren Hunter
May 26, 2026
Talking Heads - 1980 - Sire Records

“New format”: the 1979 song Brian Eno called a “step forward” for Talking Heads

A turning point.

Kelly Murphy
May 23, 2026
Margaret Thatcher - Prime Minister - 1981

The “scandalous” number one that gave Margaret Thatcher sleepless nights

“Thatcher hated it…”

Ben Forrest
May 15, 2026
Lee Scratch Perry - 2003 - Musician

Burning down a music studio in 1979 was the greatest thing Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry ever did

“They would have killed me…”

Ben Forrest
May 14, 2026

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