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“I lost six months of scheduled work”: Linda Perry calls Billie Joe Armstrong a “pussy” for backtracking on collab
By Beth Simpson published
They got backlash from fans for working with Perry

“I think when the creative person ends, he continues in the next existence”: Sonny Rollins has died, aged 95
By Beth Simpson published
Saxophonist was one of jazz’s greatest improvisers

How Dave Grohl created the cathartic rock anthem that became the Foo Fighters’ signature song
By Stan Bull published
“When I’ve written a song, I know what the drums should sound like in my head”

Mancuso on his blockbuster Steve Vai collaboration – and the crucial advice the guitar icon gave him
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Sicilian guitar maestro wrote the breathtaking Solar Wind to be the most Steve Vai song he could possibly write – and for the man himself to guest on

“The record company said, ‘It’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How Lynyrd Skynyrd created a legendary epic
By Paul Elliott published
"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a superstar
By Neil Crossley published
“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”

50 years ago this summer Jean-Michel Jarre began making the album that took electronic music global
By Andy Jones published
'Dum da da da dem. Dum da da da dum.' You know the one…

“There was a feeling that this was the end”: The mystery of The Day Before You Came, Abba’s final enigmatic question mark
By Beth Simpson published
It was their final recording for 35 years
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