Why Blur won the Battle of Britpop, and Oasis won everything else
Blur's label moved the release date of 'Country House' to clash directly with Oasis's 'Roll with It', sparking a chart war that made the news.
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The story behind 'Back to Black': how an overnight piano riff became Amy Winehouse's signature song
Mark Ronson wrote the verse chords to 'Back to Black' overnight, the day after meeting Amy Winehouse for the first time in March 2006.
Why Michael Jackson called Prince "one of the rudest people I have ever met"
Recordings made for Jackson's 1988 autobiography, Moonwalk, and unearthed after Prince's death reveal a far frostier relationship than either man admitted.
Freddie Mercury, Elton John and Rod Stewart: the supergroup that almost happened
According to Rod Stewart's own autobiography, the trio discussed forming a band called 'Nose, Teeth & Hair' at a Bel Air dinner party.
The night Michael Jackson's hair caught fire filming a Pepsi advert
On 27 January 1984, a routine Pepsi commercial shoot at the Shrine Auditorium turned into one of the most infamous accidents in entertainment history.
The wild moment Ozzy Osbourne drugged a vicar
Speaking to GQ in 2020, the late Black Sabbath frontman recalled accidentally spiking his local vicar with a hash cake in the early 1970s.
How the vicious rivalry of Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce began
The feud began during a Graham Bond Organisation drum solo in the early 1960s, years before Cream made the pair famous.
John Lydon on Green Day: "the biggest load of fake nonsense"
Speaking on Steve Jones' radio show, Lydon accused Green Day of "sucking up to the system" rather than beating it.
Roger Waters thinks one classic album 'finished' Pink Floyd
Speaking shortly after his 1985 departure, Waters argued the band's biggest commercial success was also its undoing.
The British rock icons that Robert Smith loathes
Nearly 50 years into his career, Smith remains as candid as ever about the classic rock acts he can't stand.
The moment Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison had a fight mid-set
At New York's The Scene club in March 1968, a late-night jam between Jimi Hendrix and The McCoys turned into one of the era's strangest brawls.
David Gilmour reflects on the indie icons he missed out on
Speaking to The Guardian in 2006, the Pink Floyd guitarist admitted his tastes had moved on from the era of Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand.
