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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,...

On This Day In 1980 We Lost Bon

On 19th Feb 1980, Bon Scott, singer of AC/DC, was pronounced dead on arrival at a London hospital after a heavy night’s drinking. Scott w...

Woody Guthrie’s Doodle-Filled List of 33 New Year’s Resolutions From 1943

On January 1, 1943, the American folk music legend Woody Guthrie jotted in his journal a list of 33 “New Years Rulin's." Nowadays, we'd c...

Why It Mattered: The Rolling Stones’ ‘Let It Bleed’

The album opens with a whisper. Haunting vocals conflate the imagination and inject a certain sense of desperation for what will happen n...

Otis Redding And His Revolution

Fifty-two years ago, on December 10, 1967, a private plane carrying Otis Redding and the members of his touring band stalled on its final...

Jimi Hendrix Plays “Sgt. Pepper” for The Beatles, Just Three Days After It's Release

There are many ways to celebrate a new album from a band you admire. You can have a listening party alone. You can have a listening party...

Debbie Harry Painted by H.R. Giger

In the spring of 1980, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie met H.R. Giger at a party at the Hansen Gallery in New York City, which wa...

Marc Bolan and Born to Boogie: Directed by Ringo Starr (feat: Elton John)

In early 1972, Britain lay aglitter under the spell of Marc Bolan, the corkscrew-haired prince of all the pretty things. With his band, ...

Watch Animated Visualisations of the Bass Lines for Motown Classics

James Jamerson is the Schoenberg of getting from the I chord to the IV chord. He’s algorithmically generating a new pattern every phrase…...

Here’s How Much Each Artist Earned From Playing Woodstock

Woodstock is widely regarded as one of the most important events in music history. The festival, which took place in August 1969, drew ab...

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