The alternative metal band Robert Plant called essential listening
Robert Plant on Faith No More's Introduce Yourself: "Listen to this – and if you don't like it, fuck off." Here's why the Led Zeppelin icon holds the album in such high regard.
1980s Music
The surprising musician Tina Turner called 'a brother'
Long before their infamous Live Aid performance, Tina Turner and Mick Jagger had built a bond she would later describe in surprisingly warm terms.
The show that convinced Sting to leave The Police
One stripped-back set convinced Sting it was time to move on.
The classic hit Tom Petty gave to Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks’ first solo hit nearly didn’t happen. Tom Petty and Mike Campbell stepped in, reshaping both her sound and her future
The 'protest song' that showed Genesis weren't just prog rockers
‘Land of Confusion’ remains Genesis’ most overt political statement, a Cold War lament wrapped in sharp pop production and biting satire
When AC/DC tried to catch the Loch Ness Monster
In one of the strangest stories in rock history, Malcolm Young once took Brian Johnson on a drunken hunt for the Loch Ness Monster
The Police song Sting hated so much that he buried the tape
Andy Summers’ eerie instrumental ‘Behind My Camel’ divided The Police and pushed Sting towards his solo career
