Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away
In the spring of 1991, at The Mansion in Los Angeles, Flea's bass line gave Anthony Kiedis a place to put a sentence Nina Hagen had handed him with a jacket.
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
On 24 August 1975, at Rockfield Studio 1 in Wales, Queen began Bohemian Rhapsody with a gap left for the opera section.
Interview of Jimmy Page (1972)
Australia, 1972: Jimmy Page sits for a television interview while Led Zeppelin are still deep in the road years between Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy.
Blur – Beetlebum
Beetlebum opens Blur’s fifth album with a heavy, steady sway: muffled drums, Coxon’s bent guitar lines, Albarn’s vocal sliding between affection and vacancy. Released as the lead single on 20 January 1997, it went to.
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – (Stranded on) the Wrong Beach
(Stranded on) the Wrong Beach is track nine on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' debut Sour Mash album (17 October 2011). Noel told NME it was where the album's escape story gave…
Iggy Pop – Nightclubbing
On The Idiot (1977), Nightclubbing turns a Gary Glitter stomp into cold Berlin nightlife: Bowie co-write, dry synths, no smile.
Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger
The day after Wonderwall at Rockfield, Oasis cut Don't Look Back in Anger with Noel on lead and Bonehead's Imagine-feel piano.
Sex Pistols – Bodies
In August 1977 at Wessex Sound Studios, the Sex Pistols recorded Bodies with Sid Vicious on bass and Steve Jones doubling him.
Supertramp – The Logical Song
In 1978 Roger Hodgson finished The Logical Song in California, then Supertramp cut it at the Village Recorder with a Wurlitzer, a saxophone in the toilet, and a two-week mix.
Ramones – I Just Want to Have Something to Do
In the summer of 1978, Joey Ramone opened Road to Ruin with a medium-speed complaint cut at Mediasound, Marky Ramone's first album with the band.