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“He’d be like, ‘We’re gonna write a song on stage, everybody!’”: How Creed wrote their breakthrough hit during a gig
Higher cemented their stature as stadium-conquering heavyweights
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How the Talking Heads' frontman's oversized tailoring defined his most iconic performance
The gigantic suit look became one of Byrne's visual trademarks, but what lay behind his choice to wear it?
“The title was a joke, but it fitted the song so perfectly”: How Massive Attack created a groundbreaking ’90s hit
“We were trying to create dance music for the head rather than the feet"
From Nazi rockets to drone motors, the secret military history behind the studio gear we use today
How military conflict has fuelled the development of technology that’s now essential in modern music production
“In the ’80s, everybody came out with a power ballad. And we had a great one”: How a soft rock classic was created
But was that song really about a nun who sells dope to school kids?
“I was the first person to actually have a Super Fuzz Big Muff”: How Courtney Love created a grunge classic
Hole’s song Violet came out just a week after Kurt Cobain’s suicide
“Miles said, ‘Play it like you don’t know how to play the guitar!’”: John McLaughlin's baptism of fire with Miles Davis
He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way
