Latest articles by Paul Elliott
“This cop says, ‘Those little fellas – do you hang one of them every night?’”: Ozzy Osbourne’s outrageous tales of idiot lawmen, chimpanzees and more
“Sharon’s going, ‘Smile!’ And the chimp is biting my thumb off!”
“Some of the public found Genesis with Peter Gabriel a bit too strange”: How Phil Collins became the singing drummer and led Genesis to superstardom
“In the end, my wife said, ‘Why don’t you do it, Phil?’”
“Pimply-faced boys wearing Iron Maiden shirts would be giving us the middle finger”: How Stone Temple Pilots fought their way to the top
Opening for Megadeth was a challenge
“Of course I was intimidated. He’s a genius. He’s Mozart!”: Joe Perry salutes his guitar heroes Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck
“He was always pushing the edge – going into jazz”
“One of the few times Axl and I ever went out in public was to see Nirvana in Hollywood”: Slash on the alternative rock revolution
“I was never a big Pearl Jam fan, but Soundgarden was great”
“That song killed Styx. It was truly awful”: The synth-rock anthem that sold a million but derailed a superstar rock band
“It was dismissed by so many people because it was so doggone catchy and clever,” the singer claimed
“It was a hard song to record. It changes time signatures and keys as it goes along”: How A-ha combined classic pop with an experimental mindset
“It’s how we started out in the ‘80s – a return to synth-based thinking”
“I still think it’s a great lyric. Probably the best I’ve ever written”: The classic ’80s rock anthem and the ’70s hit that inspired it
“That summer seemed to last forever…”
“I was fearless. I could write a song immediately in front of the audience”: How Neil Diamond flew by the seat of his pants in the ’70s
“It was exciting, and I was so confident in my powers then”
“I don't think Kurt really dug me”: Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin recalls the heady days of the early ’90s
“I had a huge respect for him as a musician”
“Jimi and I sat down facing each other, with Jimi on six-string acoustic and me on 12-string”: The life and times of Dave Mason
“If you're going to learn something, you may as well try and put yourself around the best”
“That album was all the songs that were turned down by Fleetwood Mac”: Why Stevie Nicks decided to fly solo in 1981
Her journey from Bella Donna to Trouble In Shangri-La
“Prince is playing guitar and piano at the same time! You can’t compete with that”: When No Doubt met The Purple One
“You don’t walk away going, ‘He’s a normal guy’”
“In my mind I had to write that song. But oh, it was terrible! It was laughed at”: The crazy song that Neil Diamond wishes he hadn’t written
“Up till that point I’d never smoked pot”
“Before I even buttoned my pants, it hit me”: How a classic Stax soul anthem was written on the fly
“Sam & Dave had great chemistry together – there was no denying that”
“Joni hates the word ‘confessional’ as it implies you’ve done something wrong”: Brandi Carlile names her favourite Joni Mitchell album
Carlile and Mitchell have formed a strong bond in recent years
“We were very secretive about the song title. For a long time we called it Burger King!”: The story of ’90s pop banger Barbie Girl
“We never had the urge to be credible – it’s just not us!”
“A&M Records didn’t know we were signed to them – even though we’d done two albums for them!”: Supertramp's rise and fall
“Breakfast In America took eight months to finish – some people would call us anal!”
“John Lennon said that it’s the one song he wished he would have written”: The disco classic that influenced songs by Lennon and ABBA
How the leader of KC And The Sunshine Band created a perfect floor-filler
“It’s essentially a ballad, but we put a pounding beat to it”: The classic ’80s No 1 by A-ha that inspired a U2 anthem
“The melody line must have been lying in Bono’s subconsciousness”
“Bon liked a drink, but he wasn’t just a wild man”: The life and times of legendary AC/DC singer Bon Scott
As Angus Young said: “Bon joined us pretty late in his life. But that guy had more youth in him than people half his age”
“Brian Jones was the first steel slide player I heard”: Keith Richards pays tribute to Stones guitarists past and present
“Once I heard Brian playing Elmore James, I thought, ‘I’ve found a guy here who I can mess with’”
“Simon said to Rodgers, ‘If you want to hit anyone, hit me’ – so he did”: The supergroup who split after a punch-up
Bad Company made some of the greatest rock music of the 1970s
