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The story of the strange lost album that Pink Floyd abandoned in 1975
Only two tracks have ever been heard from what could have been Pink Floyd's most divisive record
“He said, ‘Nice record. Now, who should we get to sing it?’ How Paul McCartney created the Bond classic Live And Let Die
“Writing a Bond song is a bit of an accolade. I always had a sneaking ambition to do it”
UFOs! Mick Jagger! Cold War paranoia! The bizarre origins of one of the biggest hits of the 1980s
The smash hit song reflected both the decade's geopolitical tensions and the era's underlying optimism
“It was a challenge to myself: ‘I’m not gonna have a chorus in this song’”: How Jack White created the riff of the century
"It's the kind of riff you figure out when you're learning how to play guitar"
“People say I hate John Bonham because he stole my stuff”: The legendary drummer who influenced Bonzo and many more
"I know my place in rock history," he says
“I went to the label and said, ‘This song sucks. This is not the song I wrote.’”: The war over a ’90s anthem
An idiosyncratic and insanely catchy rock-pop classic
“In the hands of lesser musicians, this would simply sound sloppy”: A music professor breaks down the genius of D'Angelo
"He only recorded three albums and a handful of guest vocals, but those recordings possess extraordinary musical depth"
“I would come into the studio and people didn’t want to listen to me”: Avril Lavigne’s fight to create her first big hit
It also kick-started the career of production team The Matrix
