(Credit: Alamy) Music The wonderful moment Joe Strummer passionately defended his bandmate Topper Headon Lee Thomas-Mason @LeeThomasMason Tue 18th Jan 2022 20.53 GMT Joe Strummer, the snarling and uncompromising frontman of The Clash, was a complex, passionate and highly emotional individual. The brains behind one of the most iconic British…
(Credit: Far Out / Alamy) Music Why was David Bowie "terrified" of meeting John Lennon? Sam Kemp @SamWKemp Tue 18th Jan 2022 17.30 GMT It’s hard to imagine artists as mind-bogglingly famous as John Lennon and David Bowie being shy people, but there you have it. Despite taking enormous risks…
Music Bruce Springsteen's advice to parents Sam Kemp @SamWKemp Tue 18th Jan 2022 15.30 GMT Anyone who’s listened to Bruce Springsteen’s album Born To Run will know that the American singer-songwriter had a complicated relationship with his father. But after years of exploring his uneasy upbringing through his music, writing…
(Credit: Alamy) Music The musicians that Paul McCartney admires above all others Eoghan Lyng Mon 17th Jan 2022 17.30 GMT Jarvis Cocker had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Paul McCartney in 2018. Although the Beatle was there to promote Egypt Station, he did agree to discuss other aspects of his…
Credit: Andwahtsnext Music Hear Siouxsie Sioux's unique and powerful isolated vocal on 'Hong Kong Garden' Jack Whatley @jackwhatley89 Mon 17th Jan 2022 15.03 GMT Few people embodied the transition of punk into post-punk and onwards more effectively than Siouxsie Sioux. Alongside her band The Banshees, the singer emerged from punk’s…
(Credit: Far Out / YouTube) Music Was Drop Dead Fred inspired by John Lydon? Eoghan Lyng Mon 17th Jan 2022 06.00 GMT Drop Dead Fred isn’t a great film. There, we’ve said it. Yes, we love it because it’s the type of edgy British comedy that makes for riveting winter…
(Credit: Alamy) Music The Nirvana song making fun of Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Sun 16th Jan 2022 17.30 GMT Nirvana weren’t exactly architects. They were more like wrecking balls, blasting holes in the overproduced and overwrought sound of the 1970s and ’80s rock music. With a power…
(Credit: Press) Music The Cover Uncovered: How The Libertines created the art for their self-titled second album Jordan Potter Sun 16th Jan 2022 12.00 GMT The Libertines had a rocky path to fame and fortune, and when at last they found it, things weren’t quite so groovy within the group…
(Credit: Alamy) Music How Ronnie Spector helped give The Jesus and Mary Chain their signature song Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Sat 15th Jan 2022 18.30 GMT When Ronnie Spector passed away in the early days of 2022, the world quickly took notice of how her influence extended beyond her relatively meagre…
(Credit: ZUMA/Alamy) Music When Led Zeppelin were robbed of $200k in a mysterious heist Mick McStarkey Sat 15th Jan 2022 14.00 GMT Led Zeppelin’s career was an eventful one, to say the least. Full of sex, drugs and rock and roll, there was also violence, tragedy and even a mysterious…