The 1994 album Johnny Cash called “the worst, evil side of me”
“It’s got everything in it that I feel…”
Rick Rubin
The musician Rick Rubin was most proud to work with: “He’s a record-making craftsman”
The balance of song and texture.
Rick Rubin on the impact of LCD Soundsystem: “James Murphy was a punk rocker”
A different kind of musical heartbeat.
The Velvet Underground predicted the doomed future of music marketing in 1969
A poetic plague was a-coming.
Why Rick Rubin could never click with Mick Jagger: “A tug of war”
Seeing the songs from different perspectives.
The 1980s artist Rick Rubin never wanted to become: “I try not to fall into that trap”
Far too one dimensional for him.
The 1976 song that made Rick Rubin fall in love with his favourite rock band
“A minimal extreme that had never been heard before.”