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The one band who gave Jack Black the greatest show of his life: “A historical musical experience”
Finding yourself in a swaying mass of sweaty bodies, moving as one to the music of one of your favourite bands, is a pleasure ...
Paul Simon’s definitive ranking of the greatest songwriters of all time
From George Gershwin to Hank Williams, Paul Simon once picked his favourite ever songwriters and he controversially tiered ...
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“I nearly took the word out”: The one John Lennon lyric he wanted to change
It isn’t hard to find any footage of John Lennon slagging off some of the best Beatles songs ever made. Even though the ...
The wild tale of The Rolling Stones’ alleged six-year-old drug smuggler
While exiled in France, The Rolling Stones needed to get creative with their drug buying, So they enlisted a six-year-old boy ...
The comedy Johnny Depp called “as perfect as ‘The Godfather’”
The British comedy traverses substance-induced cinematic carnage and became a cult classic that Depp himself describes as ...
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The one thing Samuel L Jackson hates about actors: “Well, get another job”
Samuel L Jackson makes being a movie star look like the most fun in the world. He’s always been open and honest about how ...
Stretch, Clifford Davis, and the strange case of the “fake” Fleetwood Mac
In the 1970s, two musicians were enlisted to form the "new" Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood, until the drummer didn't show ...
“Shortsighted”: The bands Aerosmith hated being compared to
Aerosmith, despite being adamant that they were always making their own music, were often compared to a range of bands, which ...
The Tony Williams Lifetime: The band Jack Bruce said were “more important” than Cream
Jack Bruce was a significant musician who always struggled to forget Cream after they imploded. According to him, one band ...
Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth: A quasi-religious movement of industrial music
Formed from the ruins of Throbbing Gristle, industrial provocateur Genesis-Porridge founded Psychic TV complete with its own ...
The roles Burt Reynolds felt like an idiot for rejecting: “This is where my IQ drops about 40 points”
Burt Reynolds was one of Hollywood's biggest stars at his peak, but he was left kicking himself for decades after turning down two parts ...
“Seducing you”: How the sounds of commercial American radio DJs revolutionised the Talking Heads
For 'Remain in Light', Talking Heads' David Byrne took inspiration from American radio presenters who gave listeners an unavoidable sense of modern overwhelm.