When Keith Richards met the Police
Keith Richards has had his brushes with the law – some severe ones, at that. He has faced police busts, endured house searches and razzias, […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Ghosts» by Horslips
Between 1976-78, the Irish Celtic rock band Horslips released a trilogy of albums that stand as conceptual and musical masterworks. Each of them focuses on […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «1974» by David Crosby
During the final years of his life, David Crosby found new collaborators in the shape of the Lighthouse Band. They were named after the 2016 […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Grimly Fiendish» by The Damned
Grimly Fiendish is a baroque, gothic rock song performed by The Damned. It was the first single from their 1985 album Phantasmagoria, which was a […]
When Ronnie James Dio severed his thumb while gardening
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 […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Is That You?» by KISS
“Oww!” The eight studio album by KISS opens with a proper howl by frontman Paul Stanley as he launches into Is That You?. It might […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Radio Free Europe» by R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. They formed in 1980, and consisted of drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, […]
CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS: «Morrison Hotel» by The Doors
When The Doors entered Elektra Sound Recorders on 4 November 1969, they weren’t just starting work on their fifth album Morrison Hotel. They were also […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Stonehenge» by Spinal Tap
Stonehenge is a group of mysterious standing stones on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. Historians believe Stonehenge was constructed around 1500 B.C. and was used […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Always Look On the Bright Side of Life» by Monty Python
Always Look On the Bright Side of Life is a song by Monty Python, written to provide an end section on their third feature film […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Bible Black» by Heaven & Hell
They called themselves Heaven & Hell, but we know it’s really the Dio-lineup of Black Sabbath. When Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler, and […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «White Room» by Cream
Cream is often considered one of rock’s first supergroups. Jack Bruce (lead vocals/lead bass) was known from the Graham Bond Organisation as well as John […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Somedays» by Paul McCartney
In the mid-1990s, Paul McCartney was in a Beatles mode. He had been deeply involved in The Bealtes Anthology project, which included a ten-part documentary […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Sundown» by Gordon Lightfoot
Sundown is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, released as a single on 25 March 1974, taken from the album of the same […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues» by Elton John
Too Low For Zero, stylised as 2 ▼ 4 0 on the album cover, is Elton John’s seventeenth studio album, released on 30 May 1983. […]