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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In the grand history of rock and roll, there has never been someone more willing to take the piss out of their own work than John Lennon. As much as The Beatles were looked at as gods among men half the time they played, Lennon was the one always telling the fans that he wasn’t […]
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It’s hard to think of any Queen song without looking at every member of the band. Even though not all of the songs were written by everyone, there wasn’t a single tune that would have sounded right without Freddie Mercury’s layers of vocal harmonies or even John Deacon adding the perfect bassline to tracks like […]
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There’s a good chance no one’s ever going to figure out the magic behind what Paul McCartney did in The Beatles. You could say that it was the magic of the songs that he wrote with John Lennon or the way that all of their songs were about unifying themes like peace and love, but […]
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It’s hard to imagine a time when Robert Plant wasn’t a fixture of what rock and roll was meant to be. He wasn’t the leader of Led Zeppelin by any stretch, but whenever they took to the stage, his inner ‘Percy’ showed everyone what a frontman was capable of if they had full control of […]
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Brian May is one of the most innovative guitarists out there; he was always looking for exciting new ways to push himself as a creative. For instance, when he first decided that he wanted to be an electric guitar player, he couldn’t actually play anything because his family couldn’t afford to buy him a six-string, […]
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Kurt Cobain is one of the most iconic figures in the history of rock. Through his dark lyricism and genius ability to pen a universal anthem, Cobain managed to galvanise an entire generation and cement himself as the spokesperson of Generation X. However, this wasn’t a position Cobain was ever comfortable with, nor was he […]
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