How Karen Carpenter became the 1970s’ most intimate voice, why the industry pushed her off the drums, and how anorexia turned pop perfection into tragedy.
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Before she was Mrs. Kotter, Marcia Strassman cut a trio of strange, ambitious 60s pop singles. Here is the story of that brief, psychedelic detour.
Animals showcases some of David Gilmour’s fiercest guitar work, yet he has always sounded ambivalent about the album. Here is how Waters’ vision left him torn.
Brian Jones lived sex, drugs and rock and roll before it had a name. How the doomed Rolling Stones founder became rock’s first modern star.
Inside the one backstage photo that captures Keith Richards, Tina Turner and David Bowie at New York’s Ritz in 1983 – and how whiskey, MTV and grit reshaped rock.
When Neil Peart and Afrobeat architect Tony Allen both rave about Ginger Baker, you listen. Here is how he rewired rock drums and Afrobeat.
In 1990 Freddie Mercury could hardly walk, yet he walked into the studio, downed a vodka and delivered rock’s most fearless vocal. Here is what really happened.
A candid photo of Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson with Stevie Nicks, sold as a Studio 54 moment, reveals how three rock queens quietly rewrote the 70s rulebook.
How Gary Puckett’s huge voice, Union Gap uniforms and the risky hit Young Girl made him one of 1960s pop’s most unforgettable and debated singers.
In 1974 Mott the Hoople tried to immortalise the ‘Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ just as their own world exploded in hits, riots and burnout.