How Steve Perry’s 1984 solo smash “Oh Sherrie” turned a real romance with Sherrie Swafford into one of rock’s most revealing love songs.
How Mary Morello fought Tipper Gore’s PMRC, raised Tom in a radical home and helped turn Rage Against The Machine into a free speech weapon.
Bonnie Raitt did not learn blues from YouTube or guitar bros. She stole licks from records, worshipped women like Memphis Minnie and Sippie Wallace, and never asked permission.
From Playboy bunny to Zappa muse to bubble wrap MTV alien, Dale Bozzio shaped 80s pop and Gaga sized spectacle. Here is why she still matters.
How James Brown’s paranoid vow to hire ‘two of everything’ gave us double drumming, funk’s fiercest grooves, and hip-hop’s most stolen beats.
How a tiny Tucson church, a drunken bet and a Beatles-adjacent love triangle turned Eric Clapton and Pattie Boyd’s 1979 wedding into rock mythology.
How a shy red-diaper baby from Queens shaped Bob Dylan’s politics, love songs and iconic Freewheelin’ cover – then walked away from being just ‘this chick’.
How a plain white Porsche 356C became Janis Joplin’s loudest self-portrait, survived theft and restoration, then sold for a record-shattering seven-figure sum.
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour did the most radical thing a rock guitarist can do: he sold his legendary guitars and fired the money at climate change.
Wes Montgomery’s thumb, Erroll Garner’s jokes and Martin Taylor’s creed reveal an uncomfortable truth: in jazz, not reading music can be a superpower.