(Credit: Stephen Parker / Alamy) Music The strange reason Stephen Street stopped working with Primal Scream Mick McStarkey Sun 24th Oct 2021 21.00 BST Music is full of weird and wonderful stories. There’s something about musicians, particularly our favourite ones, where it comes almost as a guarantee that they have…
(Credit: Press / Tore Sætre) Music The one Jimmy Webb lyric that enraged Harry Nilsson Mick McStarkey Sun 24th Oct 2021 20.00 BST The world of music is full of tales of friendships between some of the most iconic musicians of all time. George Harrison and Eric Clapton, David Bowie…
Credit: Alamy Music The Story Behind The Song: Donovan’s trippy folk tune ‘Mellow Yellow’ Tom Taylor @TomTaylorFO Sun 24th Oct 2021 11.30 BST In 1963, the patent for LSD expired. There was a three-year period after that where the drug was legal and, although it seems very un-sixties-like to mention…
Music The first album Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders ever bought Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Sun 24th Oct 2021 10.30 BST We all have those first records that mean the world to us. Just as you’re getting to know yourself, likely in the nascent days of your teenage years, you start…
(Credit: Alamy) Music Revisiting My Chemical Romance's rock opera triumph 'The Black Parade' 15 years later Mick McStarkey Sat 23rd Oct 2021 16.30 BST This week marked the 15th anniversary of My Chemical Romance‘s third studio album, The Black Parade. The LP is undoubtedly the band’s magnum opus and is their most…
(Credit: Alamy) Music Listen to Keith Richards' rendition of 'Cocaine Blues' Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Sat 23rd Oct 2021 11.00 BST Some things are almost too perfect. The stars occasionally align to give us the perfect piece of art that we all want. Sometimes Jack White and Jack Black get together…
(Credit: Alamy) Music Watch Liam Gallagher and Bonehead recall iconic Oasis recordings Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Sat 23rd Oct 2021 08.00 BST The recording of Oasis’ seminal second album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? have passed beyond the realm of reality and into mythical status. There are plenty of stories that go hand…
(Credit: Island) Music How Stephen King inspired one of PJ Harvey's greatest songs Mick McStarkey Fri 22nd Oct 2021 10.00 BST ‘Sheela-Na-Gig’ is one of PJ Harvey‘s best-loved and greatest songs. The second single from the PJ Harvey band’s 1992 debut, Dry, it is a fuzzy, anthem drenched in satirical feminist…
(Credit: Andrés Ibarra) Music Roger Waters describes the only time he met Chet Baker Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Fri 22nd Oct 2021 09.00 BST Roger Waters is an English prog-rock icon. Stuffy in nature, eclectic in his interests and bullish in his demeanour, it’s hard to think of anybody more opposite…
Credit: Alamy Music 45 years on from Keith Moon's final official tour date with The Who Mick McStarkey Thu 21st Oct 2021 15.30 BST The late Who drummer, Keith Moon, was a totally unique character in the chronicles of rock ‘n’ roll history. A brilliant rhythmic virtuoso who hated drum solos,…