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Master Of Puppets - 35 Years On

They had already established a blueprint. Now, all Metallica needed to do was create the next-level songs for their epochal third album, ...

The Life and Times of Bon Scott

It's been well documented that AC/DC are the greatest band in the history of the galaxy, I've seen them a fair few times live and I can a...

The Time Elton John Made John Lennon Physically Sick

In 1974, John Lennon would take to the main stage of a huge stadium for the very last time and leave the entire world wanting more. The s...

When Elizabeth Taylor introduced David Bowie to John Lennon

If you had to pinpoint the two most iconic figures from the history of British music, chances are the answer you would be met with is Dav...

Rubber Soul - After All These Years

Paul McCartney heard from a man in the United States referring to Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones as "good, but plastic soul". McCartn...

A Great Day in Harlem: behind Art Kane's classic 1958 jazz photograph

The young art director’s idea to photograph as many of the luminaries of the New York jazz scene as possible together for Esquire’s 1959 ...

When Bob Marley and Johnny Nash played a school in Peckham together.

In March 1972, Bob Marley and Johnny Nash performed a free gig at a secondary school in south London (above) after a chance encounter wit...

10 Year Old Elvis Comes Fifth in Talent Show

Standing on a chair at a microphone, he sang “Old Shep” at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, held in Tupelo. The show was broa...

John Lennon's 'Lost Weekend' That Lasted 18 Months

By the summer of 1973, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s marriage was on the rocks. As an unusual remedy, Ono suggested that Lennon embark on an...

When Jimi Hendrix Got Kicked out of the Army for Masturbating on Duty

In 1961, Hendrix was given a choice between two years in jail or or joining the Army after a run in with the law for riding in stolen ca...

John Lennon's last words to Paul were 'Think of me every now and then, old friend'

In 1981 Paul McCartney flew to Monteserrat, where Beatles producer George Martin had installed a state-of-the-art studio, to begin work o...

Hearing Otis Redding’s 'Try a Little Tenderness' as a Song of Resistance

On December 10, 1967, the plane carrying Otis Redding and his band the Bar-Kays crashed into the frigid waters of Lake Monona in Wisconsi...

Metallica: The story of Kill ’Em All

Metallica didn’t exactly make an auspicious arrival. Danish émigré Lars Ulrich – a devotee of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal – took ...

“This Machine Kills Fascists”The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie

Woody’s songs—like “Reuben James,” “Roll on Columbia,” “Union Maid” and “Pastures of Plenty”—have been some of the most recognizable and ...

The Moves Of Gene Kelly

When his mother first enrolled him and his brother in dance classes when Gene was still a boy, he had to endure taunts from his classmate...

Hear Keith Richards sing Rolling Stones’ ‘Wild Horses’ & ‘Gimme Shelter’ in rare demos

The Rolling Stones have built a reputation as one of the most dynamic live bands of all time. Their energy belies their years and their h...

Thunderstorms, Grief, A New Singer, The Making of Back In Black

It was in March 1980 that Brian Johnson got the phone call that would change his life. A new decade had just begun, but Johnson had littl...

‘She’s A Rainbow’: The Story Behind The Rolling Stones’ Classic

The Rolling Stones’ “She’s a Rainbow” is regarded nowadays as a psychedelic classic. But the group’s collective mood in 1967 can be summe...

Possessed: Voodoo’s Origins and Influence from the Blues to Britney

Vodou (the proper Kreyol/Creole spelling of Voodoo) is a neo-African religion that evolved in the New World from the 6000-year-old West A...

Nirvana: Unplugged. What Could've Been?

The final months of Kurt Cobain's life were chaotic to say the least, but in the midst of it all, the singer and his band Nirvana deliver...

The Fatal Relationship Between Marvin Gaye and his Disturbed Father

Marvin Gaye’s prolific career spanned over 25 years, from his beginnings in Motown to his evolution to socially-conscious funk, his music...

What happened at AC/DC's first British gig

On April 23, 1976, AC/DC played live in the UK for the first time. Classic Rock's Malcolm Dome was there - The Red Cow was an unpretentio...

That time when David Bowie and Iggy Pop were caught in a marijuana drug bust

When looking through famous mugshots, the chances are you’ll have stumbled across David Bowie’s effortlessly stylish picture. It’s enough...

That Bonkers Thelonious Monk Cover

You may have wondered about the circumstances of the cover photograph for Thelonious Monk’s 1968 album Underground. As you might imagine,...

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