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"I never intended the statement to mean 'Paul McCartney quits Beatles'... It was all a misunderstanding": The day the world learned the Fab Four were over
By Will Groves published
McCartney spilled the beans on this day in 1970
“I chose the wrong key”: Mark Knopfler reveals the Dire Straits song that “didn’t come out the way I wanted”
By Ben Rogerson published
He’s previously referred to its lengthy outro as “pointless”
“That was just the way it was at that point because Ahmet Ertegun was more or less in love with Eric. He thought Eric should be the frontman”: Cream and the trouble with Strange Brew
By Matt Frost published
The classic opener to Disraeli Gears was never a favourite of Cream's members, and this is why
Danny Carey reveals that Tool have never recorded to a click: “As soon as I count it off, the click goes off. We’ll do however many takes it takes for me to be happy with my thing”
By Stuart Williams published
The Tool drummer also spoke to Rick Beato about playing with Jeff Buckley, his favourite Led Zeppelin drum parts, and why he loves turning his snares off
"We’re thinking, why would we do someone else’s song? Why can’t you take one of our songs?": How Simple Minds' Don't You (Forget About Me) eventually became the perfect meeting of worlds – but two other stars turned it down first
By Rob Laing published
They didn't want to record Keith Forsey's song, but it became a US No. 1 for the Glasgow band via The Breakfast Club and fan John Hughes
“I think that the whole band was kind of misunderstood by everybody, and it gave us a sort of an edge, you know": The story of Cream's Disraeli Gears
By Jamie Dickson published
How Baker, Bruce and Clapton transcended their (and their management's) very different ambitions for Cream to track a '60s masterpiece
“There were so many demos that sounded like major songs, but that one was near the top of the list": The making of the 1995 Radiohead classic that became one of their all-time greatest anthems
By Matt Frost published
Producer John Leckie: "It sounded instantly like a big track"
Four fab Beatles biopics are on the way: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr will each get a full Sam Mendes movie
By Will Groves published
Oscar-nominated Bond and American Beauty director aiming to "challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies"
Kerry King: "Lombardo is dead to me"
By Rob Laing published
As the Slayer man launches his new band, he reveals there's absolutely no peace treaty in sight with his former bandmate, and he's had no contact with Tom Araya either
Creeper keyboardist and vocalist Hannah Greenwood interview: "I'm the kind of person that, If I can't get it the first time, I get really frustrated, but I'm learning to be more patient"
By Daryl Robertson published
Creeper's Hannah Greenwood gives us the inside scoop on the reality of juggling life in a successful band with a full-time job as well as some solid advice for newbie keyboard players
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