From Child in Time to Pavarotti duets, discover how Ian Gillan turned a nuclear scream and fearless range into one of the most influential voices in rock.
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On May 12, 2022, James Hetfield told 60,000 Metallica fans he felt too old and insecure to play. That crack in the armor may be his most metal act yet.
In 1981, Cher and Judy Landers turned a Riviera Hotel charity softball game into one of the most unforgettable pop culture snapshots of the Vegas Strip era.
How a gang of Black Country hooligans in glitter boots became 70s chart kings, wrote Britain’s loudest Christmas carol, and rewired punk, metal and Britpop.
In 1967 Pink Floyd hit San Francisco and Roger Waters tried to seduce Janis Joplin with a bottle of Southern Comfort. She turned it into a brutal joke.
They never cut a duet album, yet Elton John and Joni Mitchell’s late‑life alliance and lifelong cross‑influence quietly rewired what rock can be.
How a teenage contest killer from Texas turned down Megadeth, invented groove metal, Black Tooth shots and pranks – then died mid-riff but refused to fade.
In 1969 Newsweek crowned Janis Joplin rock’s first female superstar. Decades later, her raw, “nothing held back” voice is still the benchmark modern singers fear and chase.
The wild story of how The B-52s came back from grief and near-collapse to unleash Cosmic Thing, Love Shack and a defiantly queer pop revolution.
Carlos Santana and Charlie Musselwhite’s wild John Lee Hooker stories reveal a bluesman who could charm Madonna, terrify the radio and still say no.