The one band Eddie Vedder called “our Beatles”
The sound of musical discovery.
Ramones
The most original album Rick Rubin has ever heard: “It doesn’t sound like anything else”
A raw and powerful debut record.
The artists Joey Ramone called the original punks
“And as long as people are making music that does that, punk rock is alive and well”.
Five punk bands John Lydon hated with a passion: “Silly, rich fat kids”
From Patti Smith to Green Day.
The musicians Ian Anderson confessed were his “guilty pleasures”
The simplistic side of rock and roll.
“Bastard”: When Clem Burke named and shamed the worst person to darken the CBGB’s door
A villain in the pack.
The singer Chris Cornell thought everyone is meant to be: “Most frontmen are not born hams like David Lee Roth”
Embracing the awkward side.