Released in January 1969, Led Zeppelin‘s eponymous first album featured long, exploratory tracks like ‘Dazed and Confused’ and was rooted heavily in electrified Chicago blues, with one eye still cast towards late-1960s psychedelia. For those recordings, Page even wielded a psychedelically painted Fender Telecaster, a fitting emblem of a band still emerging from the technicolour […]
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It was never going to be easy for John Lennon to backpedal from being one of the biggest enemies of Christianity circa 1966. He had picked the wrong faith to mess with once he went back to the US, and he was more than happy to apologise at every opportunity for his remarks about the […]
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Like all British acts, The Beatles would have told anyone how important it was for them to break America. It can be a Herculean task for anyone to become the biggest pop musician in the States, and the Fab Four didn’t even want to set foot on American soil until they had an actual hit […]
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The Beatles‘ ascent to global stardom in the 1960s saw the Fab Four evolve from mop-top youths singing romantic tunes and rhythm and blues covers into creative visionaries. Albums like Rubber Soul, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road revolutionised popular music through constant experimentation and innovative songwriting. Despite being a quartet, Paul […]
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Every so often, a guitar riff comes around and redefines a new era of rock and roll. After The Beatles had defined what popular music sounded like in the 1960s, a string of new bands in the ‘70s snatched the rock throne to try and become the next musical monarchy. Many contributed to this diverse […]
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If you ask an AI bot how Kurt Cobain and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic first met, you might get a very detailed and bizarre story about their time as art students at a school called the Grays Harbor Institute of Northwest Crafts. Cobain, a young “sawblade painter specialising in wildlife and seascapes”, struck up a […]
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Paul McCartney has paid an emotional tribute to his former Quarrymen bandmate Len Garry, calling him “My dear old mate”. McCartney took to Instagram on March 3rd to pay tribute to his friend, a day after it was announced that he passed away aged 84, after being diagnosed with pneumonia. Sharing a photo of the […]
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Elvis Presley wasn’t even that far into his career when he was dubbed ‘The King’. The moniker came as early as 1956, after his successful breakout with ‘Heartbreak Hotel’, when the Waco New Tribune called him the “21-year-old king of the nation’s rock ‘n’ roll set”. However, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ wasn’t Presley’s first single. It was […]
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He is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated rock singers of all time, but what most people forget is that Robert Plant has long since been considered the ultimate blueprint for rock. Archetypal is a word used too often, but Plant is undoubtedly the archetypal rock star. Strutting across stages with his mic in hand, […]
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Sharon Osbourne has confirmed that Ozzy Osbourne’s festival Ozzfest will “absolutely” return in 2027. The wife of the late Black Sabbath frontman, who passed away aged 76 last July, confirmed the news in an interview at the MIDEM 2026 conference in Cannes, which was recorded last month but released on March 2nd. “Yeah, we’re gonna […]
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