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“Music is always interesting when no one knows where the hell it came from.” Steve Coogan on the game-changing impact of Nirvana and The Smiths, and why he loves both bands

Actor and comedian Steve Coogan has shared his thoughts on the impact of alternative rock icons Nirvana and The Smiths. During a recent interview with...

When Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler offered to help Kurt Cobain kick heroin, the response from Nirvana’s frontman was savage

"Take the best orgasm you've ever had, multiply by 1000, and you're still nowhere near it." These are the words which Ewan McGregor's character Renton...

“It’s a national anthem of rock.” The story of the Kiss classic inspired by the tragic death of a fan

With their fourth album, Destroyer, Kiss reached for the stars and created their masterpiece. Their first three studio records were simplistic rock’n’roll, banged out fast....

A record collection that belonged to the man who promoted The Beatles and managed the Rolling Stones is going under the hammer

A record collection belonging to English music executive Tony Calder is going under the hammer. Calder, who promoted the first Beatles single, also co-managed the...

“It’s a gift that there are so many recordings of him, so his legacy will live on and inspire guitarists for an eternity.” Remembering Mott The Hoople and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs

It’s fair to say that Booker T. & The M.G.’s changed the course of Mick Ralphs’s life. The Herefordshire electrician was 18 when he first...

Rock’s 20 greatest one-album wonders: The bands that made one album then vanished

It’s better to burn out than fade away, as the old saying goes. While countless bands from the Rolling Stones down would argue with that,...

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