The Road to Punk: Five proto-punk masterpieces you need in your vinyl collection
From The Who to The Modern Lovers.
The Stooges
“It was a dream come true”: the album Anthony Bourdain called an anti-social masterpiece
An “early role model”.
Chris Cornell on the “quintessential” rock singer: “Great presence and relentless attitude”
Perfect blend of crooning and chaos.
‘Search and Destroy’: the classic Stooges song inspired by ‘The Catcher in the Rye’
“They just don’t care if it’s something that kids would like or not.”
“Violent and powerful”: the hard rock song Iggy Pop said “gave me hope”
Not having to rewrite the classics.
Peter Buck on the underrated musicianship of The Stooges and the Ramones
“You’ve just gotta be those people to do it.”
From Tom Petty to David Bowie: 10 songs that perfectly capture the Quentin Tarantino sound
A journey through the mixtape of classics.