There’s not a day that goes by that Jimmy Page hasn’t been a student of the guitar. There are many aspects of the instrument that he has mastered both onstage and in the studio, but he was always willing to learn something new from whatever guitar hero was setting the world on fire at any […]
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The fact that Elvis Presley was one of the best-selling artists to have ever lived is something often taken for granted. He’s a caricature, an iconoclast, a mirage; a figure that increasingly few people actually remember from the time when he was alive. But to put him into context, Presley could have quite feasibly still […]
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If we presume that the average age of the most devoted, swooning, semi-crazed Beatlemaniac was about 13 in 1964, then they would be walking our streets today as 75-year-olds; stable-seeming pensioners, kindly grannies. Some of them will surely be shaking their heads at the foul language in modern music, or wondering why there have to […]
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Paul McCartney has announced details of the soundtrack album to coincide with the upcoming Man on the Run documentary. The film, directed by Morgan Neville, will be shown in select cinemas across the globe on February 19th before arriving on Prime Video on February 25th. Man on the Run explores McCartney’s life and career as […]
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In 1968, Led Zeppelin emerged like a resurgent phoenix, arising from the embers of the Yardbirds. The fusion of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham brought forth a virtuosic synergy that captivated the musical realm. With the close of the decade, Led Zeppelin unleashed a pair of seismic albums that firmly […]
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If there is a single night when Led Zeppelin stopped being merely successful and became unstoppable, it was January 9, 1970, inside the sacred walls of Royal Albert Hall in London. This was not just another concert. This was a declaration of dominance, delivered with volume, confidence, and an almost frightening sense of certainty. In […]
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The world was a darker place before The Beatles announced themselves in the tender years of the 1960s. As the late, great Ozzy Osbourne once said, when The Beatles arrived, they turned a black and white world into booming Technicolour. The band exploded into the decade and soundtracked what is perhaps the most potent cultural […]
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A previously lost Ozzy Osbourne tape has been uncovered in an attic after 46 years by an associate of his, David Jolly. The tape captures an early jam session from 1980 between Osbourne, guitarist Randy Rhoads, and bassist Bob Daisley, an artifact of what would eventually become his first solo band. At the time of […]
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Long before their name became synonymous with thunderous drums, towering guitars, and a sound that redefined rock music, Led Zeppelin almost came apart before it ever truly existed. What many fans never hear about is that the band’s very first song was born not from harmony, but from disagreement, frustration, and creative tension—inside a cramped […]
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Brian May has responded to President Donald Trump’s use of a Queen song in a social media post, which unveiled his new “MAGA Symphony” painting. Trump revealed the painting this week; it depicts the politician conducting an orchestra of pro-Trump figures, such as Charlie Kirk and Elon Musk. Trump celebrated Jon McNaughton’s painting on TruthSocial, […]
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