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When The Cure’s Robert Smith sang the wrong song in his vocalist debut

10 May 2025 SB 0

Robert Smith is known the world over as the frontman of The Cure. He was not always the group’s singer, though. He started out as […]

When Big Country’s Bruce Watson caused Liverpool Airport to be evacuated

9 March 2025 SB 0

It was 15th December 2002 – a busy, but normal Sunday morning at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport. Christmas traffic was definitely starting to pick up, […]

When The Beatles fired Pete Best, Ringo offered to join on Saturday, and George got a black eye

7 September 2024 SB 0

The Beatles went through their share of turmoil in their time. Their first significant upheaval might have been when they fired their first drummer Pete […]

When Michael Palin appeared on a Motörhead album

13 July 2024 SB 0

Collaborations have become commonplace in music, but there’s no denying that some of them are a bit more… unlikely than others. Some pairings seemed downright […]

When Rick Wakeman’s inflatable farting dinosaurs started humping

18 May 2024 SB 0

Rick Wakeman is one of the greatest keyboardists in rock music, but more than that, the man is a continual source of hilarious anecdotes. Some […]

“PRACTICE YOUR ENGLISH” with Black Sabbath

6 April 2024 SB 0

OK! It’s time for a bit of fun again. Today we look closer at a cassette tape compilation featuring Black Sabbath. This tape was originally […]

When Ace Frehley saved a Blues Brothers show

16 March 2024 SB 0

In the latter half of the 1970s KISS were on top of the world. The band members enjoyed their spoils as much as they could. […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Mission From ‘Arry» by Iron Maiden

30 December 2023 SB 0

It was 1984. The summer was turning into autumn as the world’s metal community expectantly looked forward to the next masterpiece from Iron Maiden. The […]

When Keith Richards met the Police

14 October 2023 SB 0

Keith Richards has had his brushes with the law – some severe ones, at that. He has faced police busts, endured house searches and razzias, […]

When Ronnie James Dio severed his thumb while gardening

16 September 2023 SB 0

In 2003, a news story broke that Ronnie James Dio had accidentally severed his thumb in a gardening accident. The nature of the newsbit was […]

When Yngwie Malmsteen unleashed the fury on a flight to Tokyo

20 May 2023 SB 0

Some years back a recording appeared online, supposedly of Swedish guitar maestro Yngwie Malmsteen launching into a furious tirade on a plane. Initially, it was […]

When Rick Wakeman ate a curry during a Yes concert

11 March 2023 SB 0

Yes performed two sold out shows at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall on the Tales From Topographic Oceans tour on 28 and 29 November 1973. It […]

When Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins road-tripped across America to visit Pantera’s strip club

29 July 2022 SB 0

In 1998, the music festival Ozzfest was arranged in England at the Milton Keynes. The band Korn had been booked to play, but circumstances forced […]

When John Bonham became an art critic

31 May 2021 SB 0

In their early years, Led Zeppelin had a close relationship with Denmark and frequently stopped by. Denmark was actually where Jimmy Page (guitars), Robert Plant […]

Iggy And The Stooges at the Michigan Palace in Detroit, 9 February 1974

21 April 2021 SB 0

“I’ve been spat on, I’ve been beaten, I’ve had rotten eggs thrown at my face. They have thrown paperclips, money, cameras, braziers, underwear, old rags, […]

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