Success was always going to be a double-edged sword for Kurt Cobain from the minute that Nirvana broke out in 1991. Nevermind was destined to be a classic when ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ took over the airwaves, but Cobain wasn’t ready to have that much success that quickly. He wanted to have the same kind […]
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By the time The Beatles broke up, no one would have been happier than George Harrison. It did sting knowing that the band of brothers was going to be going their separate ways and working on their own music, but having been kept down for so long, Harrison finally wanted the chance to have his […]
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There are legions of guitar players who are still trying to figure out what Jimmy Page did in Led Zeppelin. Although every member of the band helped turn Zeppelin into a powerhouse, Page was the real puppeteer behind everything, and every classic lick and production touch he brought to their sound remains one of the […]
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At the end of the day, music is a business and business often gets taken out of our hands. No matter how big the artist is, things end up happening without their say or without them wanting them to, and Led Zeppelin is no stranger to that. There are countless tales of it, ranging from […]
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Celebrities are strange people. Not only are they afforded a lifestyle completely removed from the reality of ordinary folk, but they often have such an untouchable, unquestionable reputation that somebody like Ringo Starr could go on American television to talk about the size of cow molecules, and nobody thinks to question it. Whereas, in times […]
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“Father, you left me/ But I never left you/ I needed you, you didn’t need me,” John Lennon sings on ‘Mother’, his devastating take on his childhood. It was a rough one. Lennon’s father abandoned the family, came home randomly one day expecting it all to be fine, and then even attempted to kidnap his […]
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Sharon Osbourne has revealed that she is currently in talks to bring OzzFest back. The touring festival was founded by Sharon and her late husband, Ozzy, in 1996, after Lollapalooza rejected the opportunity for the former Black Sabbath frontman to participate in their touring festival programme. The last edition of the festival ran in 2018, […]
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All great bands rely on the chemistry of their line-up to a point where the exit of any given member makes their continuing almost untenable. But, never has there been more of a case for that than Queen. Buoyed by the charisma of their vibrant frontman, Freddie Mercury, it was simply hard to imagine the […]
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February 1963 carried confidence into a London press room. Success had arrived early and loudly for Roy Orbison, and his words reflected the certainty of a star who believed the ground beneath him was solid. When asked about a rising group from Liverpool, he smiled, laughed lightly, and dismissed them as temporary. Youth, he implied, […]
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Some songs don’t need to be read too much into because if we did, there’s a chance it might change our perception of them. Queen have so many universal hits that it’s hard to pinpoint their most famous one, but there is no doubt ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ would be up there. After David Beckham […]
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