‘Husbands’: emasculation through the mundanity of the American dream
John Cassavetes is known for his bleak and unflinching films, with the director using this in new ways to critique American ...
What was the first ever American song to be recorded?
With a long and storied history of pioneering audio recording, we explore America's musical history and identify the earliest known recording of a US song.
The singer Taylor Hawkins considered “the greatest” of all time
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was no stranger to getting behind the microphone. He covered the likes of Queen and ...
The best Kurt Russell movie that nobody’s ever seen: “The shame that you can’t possibly appreciate”
The best Kurt Russell movie that nobody's ever seen is an original version of a classic before the star was forced to reshape ...
“There’s a nod”: the one lick that shaped Rush’s Geddy Lee
Despite Geddy Lee creating a new language of bass playing, he admitted that there are pieces of psychedelia throughout his early playing.
Christopher Walken’s least favourite thing about being Christopher Walken: “I find that rather annoying”
Christopher Walken's least favourite thing about being Christopher Walken has to do with how productions treat the scripts he ...
The songs The Rolling Stones wished they could delete from history: “I would never write that now”
The Rolling Stones wrote a number of morally questionable lyrics in their time, but there's a handful that they wish they'd ...
The classic Sammy Hagar thought Eddie Van Halen butchered: “He was too wasted”
Van Halen might be a band of many strengths, but Sammy Hagar figured Eddie wasn't suited for every song ever created. Read ...
The “burden” that almost ended Tony Iommi’s career before it began
Before his career had even begun, something happened to risk it all as Tony Iommi had to move beyond a huge burden and ...
“Everything I wasn’t and wanted to be”: The live show that changed Bob Dylan’s life
Bob Dylan and Buddy Holly aren't often entwined, but without the bespectacled bopper, there wouldn't be the folk icon from ...
The Kinks’ Farewell: The song Ray Davies wants played at his funeral
The Kinks' Ray Davies, an icon of the British music scene, has been discussing some of the music that means the most to him.
The conspiracy that ruined Oliver Stone’s career: “There’s no evidence, there’s no trial”
Oliver Stone laid his conspiratorial cards on the table at the peak of his career, and it's fair to say things have never ...