“Desperation”: When George Harrison discussed the origins of punk
Everything in the universe can be traced back to a single point and the big bang that ensued. Similarly, if we delineate punk back far enough, we arrive at the […]
Watch Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett’s first-ever acid trip
Roger Keith ‘Syd’ Barrett, the co-founder of Pink Floyd, was a pioneering artist whose experimental techniques have inspired countless musicians. However, the singer’s penchant for progressive drugs would ultimately be […]
The band so good they made Kurt Cobain cry
It might seem like an oxymoron, but Kurt Cobain’s success came from his outsider status. Forging grunge music around biological imagery, anti-establishment views, and themes of purity and impurity, Nirvana […]
The Led Zeppelin solo Jimmy Page played to prove people wrong
Despite being one of the most influential figures to pick up the electric guitar, Jimmy Page is a divisive player. Although his technical and songwriting ability is rare, some have […]
Explore ‘Destino & Time’, the surreal combination of Salvador Dalí, Walt Disney and Pink Floyd
In 1945, the pioneering duo of Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney decided to bring their magical skill sets together for a project which, unfortunately, never reached completion in their lifetimes—but […]
LINKIN PARK Sued By Former Bassist Over 1999 Recordings
Bassist Kyle Christner has filed a lawsuit against LINKIN PARK, claiming he didn’t receive credit or royalties from the 1999 “Hybrid Theory” EP that he appeared on. In the lawsuit, […]
The Pink Floyd album Roger Waters compared to ‘Animal Farm’: “It was in no sense a democratic process”
While Pink Floyd was thankfully imbued with some of the best musicians of the 1960s rock scene, by the time they were reaching their prog rock pomp in the 1970s, […]
The live performance Kurt Cobain thought he could never top
During the prime of grunge, all roads led back to Nirvana. Although many luminaries from the Seattle scene may have been famous at the start of the 1990s, every aspiring […]
Kurt Cobain and his dislike of the Grateful Dead
As grunge music began to take over music in the early 1990s, the various bands took different approaches to their shared love of classic rock. Some groups that lacked the […]
The Pink Floyd Song That Predicted Their ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Breakthrough
Pink Floyd might have had one of the most dramatic transformations of any major classic rock band. Though drummer Nick Mason said the band’s groundbreaking early concerts were rubbish, Floyd […]