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“George Harrison: The Quiet Beatle Whose Guitar Spoke to God”

It almost goes without saying that any Beatle could have earned themselves a spot on this list. The Fab Four practically acted like a single entity when they were still touring, but when they branched out into four musical thinkers in the back half of their career, people barely realised that they had a pure […]

Which one the Led Zeppelin song inspired by John Bonham’s drunken singing: “John used to do a lot of rap stuff” ?

Despite his lack of consistent representation on record, John Bonham was actually a pretty good singer. Not at the level of Robert Plant, of course, but throughout Led Zeppelin‘s discography there are plenty of examples of Bonham’s voice adding harmonies and spirited backup to Plant’s signature howl. Led Zeppelin were famed for their abilities on […]

“Inside the Led Zeppelin Bubble: John Paul Jones on Band Unity and Peter Grant’s Shield”

Excerpts of Jonesy talking about the band and Peter Grant – “How did the band interact on a personal level? It seemed like a very enclosed world, which added to the band’s mystique.’ The band was very close, which fostered a feeling of “us against them.” We knew what to do and we knew how […]

“How do you do that”: How John Lennon failed to accept Paul McCartney’s relationship with son, Julian

“Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, Take a sad song and make it better”: Paul McCartney wrote those words in 1968, and quickly, they became the opening lines to one of the world’s most well-known anthems. For decades since, crowds have chanted it back at him, adopting the song of hope into the world’s songbook […]

The guitarist who played like it was his “last day on Earth”, according to Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl might have made his first mark on the music industry as a rebellious young upstart at the heart of the grunge revolution, but his tastes were always a little more expansive than many of his punk peers. Namely, the self-professed rock aficionado has always maintained a deep-rooted appreciation for the landscape of classic […]

Who is The Beatles song ‘Savoy Truffle’ aimed at?

After the summer of love’s lysergic pop psychedelia began to wear off, and the emerging roots rock trends sought to pull music toward a more rustic and foundational plane long before acid’s arrival on the charts, so too did The Beatles seek to shake off their kaleidoscopic regiment uniforms on 1967’s Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts […]

Which one a song Led Zeppelin never wanted to released Says “Everybody laughed” ?

There was arguably no one bigger than Led Zeppelin in 1975. The undeniable presence and charisma of Robert Plant, coupled with the mesmeric massaging of guitar strings by Jimmy Page, had the English band on top of the universe. Although they had a distinctly different sound from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin took the baton from […]

Which one the artist Robert Plant called a master of wordplay: “The master of that thing”

In rock and roll’s early years, the biggest stars in the world didn’t necessarily need to be Ernest Hemingway on every one of their tunes. There might be one or two great lines to pull out of any of their songs, but if they were writing a typical love song or a tune to get […]

Ringo Starr Son Zak Starkey admits he “avoided” Beatles kids collaboration for fear of judgement

Previous The Who and Oasis drummer Zak Starkey has admitted that he is extremely anxious about the song he will release with John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons. Speaking previously to The Telegraph, Ringo Starr’s son revealed that his supergroup Mantra Of The Cosmos has an album’s worth of songs ready to release. Within that […]

Was breaking up The Beatles the “best thing Yoko Ono ever did”?

The record producer Rick Rubin once waxed so lyrical about The Beatles that even a desperate second-hand car salesman might blush: “It transcends everything,” he eulogised, “It’s much bigger than four kids from Liverpool. For me, The Beatles are proof of the existence of God. It’s so good and so far beyond everyone else that […]