There will never be another artist with half the career that Ozzy Osbourne had. ‘The Prince of Darkness’ was certainly a lot more eccentric than the average rock and roll frontman, but while it’s easy to see him as either a sinister figure or the lovable dad on The Osbournes, both of them were caricatures […]
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Decades after the single release of ‘I Am the Walrus’, The Beatles song still has millions of listeners stumped as to the meaning of many of its manic, meandering, and magical lyrics. That was the whole point, with its writer, John Lennon, making a mockery of anyone subjecting his band’s songs to close analysis. Some […]
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The new year had only just begun, yet the air already carried the weight of memory. In the muted twilight of early 2026, far from any stage or spotlight, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Jason Bonham stood together at a quiet resting place in Clewer. It was not a public moment. There […]
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If there’s one thing that Robert Plant has learned from his years in the music industry, it’s the importance of momentum. As much as people like the idea of working at their own pace, there’s no chance that anyone could manage to stick around in the industry without having some traction behind them when they […]
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There isn’t a soul on this Earth that wouldn’t be at least a little bit intimidated if someone like John Lennon walked into the room. Any musician might dream of being able to play with one of The Beatles, but the idea of adding anything to one of the Fab Four’s tunes feels impossible half […]
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It’s hard to imagine any piece of rock and roll guitar history that Brian May hasn’t been able to master. Throughout Queen’s career, they made it a habit of trying on any style that suited the song they were making, and whether that was stadium rock, operatic tunes, or even the occasional rockabilly, May usually […]
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The new year had barely found its footing, and already something unexpected was quietly reshaping the mood of music lovers everywhere. On January 1, 2026, a brief but unmistakable confirmation began circulating among industry circles and longtime fans alike: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones are once again working together on a completely […]
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When the first notes drift into the air, the effect is immediate and unmistakable. Something ancient and tender opens, as if a long-sealed room has finally been given light. For the first time, Sean Ono Lennon and Julian Lennon stand together in song, transforming John Lennon’s “Darling Boy” into a duet that feels less like […]
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When the curtain was coming down on The Beatles, Paul McCartney knew they had to go out with a bang. Although Let It Be was the last album completed before the quartet broke up in April 1970, the final album they recorded was 1969’s Abbey Road. Notably, the second side of Abbey Road is comprised […]
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“What else should I be?” Kurt Cobain asks, in the opening line of ‘All Apologies’, Nirvana’s final single before his passing in 1994. The lyrics had been ruminating in Cobain’s mind for years, having initially written ‘All Apologies’ on a 4-track in his shared apartment with Dave Grohl in Olympia, Washington, in 1990. “I remember […]
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