Moscow 1991 – Metallica
On 28 September 1991 Metallica opened with Enter Sandman on a Moscow airfield, weeks after a failed coup, in front of a crowd nobody has ever quite agreed how to count.
Devo – Gut Feeling
Devo’s Gut Feeling, from the 1978 Eno-produced debut Q: Are We Not Men?, turns restless guitar and flat vocal into a report on instinct gone wrong.
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
Rumours was cut while Fleetwood Mac were breaking up in pairs, and the songs still refuse to pick a winner.
Neil Young – Heart of Gold
Neil Young’s Heart of Gold (Harvest, 1972): Nashville Stray Gators, Elliot Mazer, only US No. 1.
Chic – The locked grin of the groove
Chic locked disco to a bass-and-guitar grid via Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, from Studio 54 rejection to Good Times and beyond.
Underworld – Born Slippy .NUXX
Underworld’s Born Slippy .NUXX (1995/96): Hyde’s Soho notebook, Rick Smith kick, Trainspotting, Junior Boy’s Own.
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
In the spring of 1971, Marvin Gaye stopped asking Motown for another love song and asked a harder question out loud.
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz’ Feel Good Inc. from Demon Days (2005): Albarn bass loop, De La Soul verses, windmill video, chart hit.
Afterlife Interview with John Lennon
Riffs and Beats Looking back from where you are now, how do you view the end of The Beatles?
Billy Idol – The journey of a punk crooner
William Broad co-founded Generation X in 1976, moved to New York in 1981, paired with guitarist Steve Stevens, and turned a calculated British punk persona into one of MTV's most durable rock faces.