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Rock and Roll

The Edge - U2 - 2009 - It Might Get Loud

The one genre The Edge said was out of their league: “More innovative”

The biggest genre in the world.

Tim Coffman
Jul 7, 2026
Elvis - Moon Landing - Split

The Elvis concert that drew a bigger audience than the 1969 moon landing

“Blue moon, you saw me standing alone…”

Tom Phelan
Jul 6, 2026
Elvis Presley - 1970 - Singer - Perfromer - Actor

The unbelievable mid-Atlantic survival story of Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’ songwriter

A remarkable story.

Reuben Cross
Jul 5, 2026
Human sacrifice- Frank Zappa's uncomfortable comments on the groupie phenomenon

“Human sacrifice”: Frank Zappa’s uncomfortable comments on the groupie phenomenon

“One of the most amazingly beautiful products of the sexual revolution”.

Andrew Clayman
Jul 5, 2026
Brian Johnson - Singer - 1982

The 1975 track Brian Johnson refuses to sing: “It’s a sacred song”

“That’s Bon’s song”.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jul 5, 2026
Johnny Cash - Singer - 1955

The 1950s performer Johnny Cash would never miss for the world: “He was that charismatic”

The man who stole the show.

Lauren Hunter
Jul 5, 2026
What was ‘the day the music died’? Buddy Holly

The one issue Buddy Holly’s “widowed bride” had with ‘American Pie’

“The day the music died…”

Ben Forrest
Jul 4, 2026
What song was number one when America landed on the moon

What song was number one when America landed on the moon in 1969?

A new space age had begun.

Lauren Hunter
Jul 4, 2026
Jack White - Fear of The Dawn - 2022

‘My Happiness’: The 1953 vinyl Jack White spent $300,000 on

A priceless artefact

Matthew Ingate
Jul 4, 2026
The five most disastrous rock festivals of the 1970s

The five most disastrous rock festivals of the 1970s

In the wake of Woodstock, the era of the fly-by-night fests began.

Andrew Clayman
Jul 4, 2026
Five songs that completely switch styles halfway through

Five songs that completely switch styles halfway through

Genre-defying masters…

Ben Forrest
Jul 4, 2026
The 1960 hit Chubby Checker crowned the dirtiest song ever recorded

The 1960 hit Chubby Checker crowned “the dirtiest song” ever recorded

A not-so-subtle subtext.

Ben Forrest
Jul 3, 2026

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