Two pertinent quotes spring to mind when defining the whirlwind era of the 1960s. The first comes from Hunter S Thompson. “[It was] the kind of peak that never comes again,” he wrote. “Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words or music […]
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Say what you like about Led Zeppelin, but they were never boring. From Satan worship and partying with pornstars to allegedly getting frisky with fish, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones were never far from some form of debauchery, mythologised or otherwise. They’ve come to encapsulate the glamour and excess of […]
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The Beatles may have come to an acrimonious and sudden end after the release of Let It Be in 1970, but in spite of them having seemingly been at odds with one another by the end of the band’s life cycle, it’s evident that they would have agreed on a number of things earlier in […]
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The Rolling Stones have reportedly cancelled plans for a European tour in 2026. The legendary British band took 2025 off the road and previously spent the summer of 2024 on the road in North America, which led to speculation that they were set to return to Europe in 2026 for a stadium tour. However, according […]
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Imagine getting your perfect job, the one you dreamed of as a kid, only to find out that it, just like everything else, had a bitter aftertaste sometimes. That is what happened to Jimmy Page when he took his guitar skills to the studio as part of his first job in music. Few guitarists boast […]
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When Freddie Mercury created Mr Bad Guy in the mid-1980s, he realised he was “a man of extremes”. At this point in time, Mercury had become slightly disillusioned with Queen, wanting more than anything to spread his wings and explore something that wasn’t just solely focused on the core principles of rock ‘n’ roll. As […]
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While promoting The White Album in 1968, Paul McCartney said that the main focus for The Beatles was “playing more like a band this time”. This statement is especially interesting when you consider that, where Sgt Pepper focused on a unified, psychedelic concept, The White Album sought to show off the individuality of each member, […]
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Once you have fronted one of the greatest hard rock outfits to ever grace the airwaves, performing in different cities across the globe night after night and taking your own private plane to get from one place to another, where do you go from there? Well, in the case of Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, you […]
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The rise and rise of The Beatles was not a linear affair. There have been periods of pressure and waning over the years. Nevertheless, Paul McCartney has always remained assured that they will forever be the cream that rises to pop culture’s top. In fact, you’ll find few bigger fans of the band in the […]
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By the time grunge hit the mainstream in the early 1990s, The Rolling Stones were already rock ‘n’ roll veterans. As one of the most renowned British Invasion bands of the 1960s, they’d seen cultural empires rise and fall and had absorbed much of the music that came out of America at that time. Their […]
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