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Spandau Ballet, Blitz Kids, and Birth of the Ne...

When my phone rang in January 1980, little did I realise its message meant: "Put out the cat. You're coming to the party of your life." The voice on the...

Career Arc: Tom Petty

Who is Tom Petty? Naturally I’m asking this because there’s a pretty good Heartbreakers album called Hypnotic Eye coming out July 29. But that explains only why I’m asking this...

Queen's Tragic Rhapsody

It was an utterly unexpected rebirth...from the moment Freddie Mercury and the other three members of Queen – guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon – took...

The Eagles: Hell is for Heroes Rolling Stone 1979

Don Henley has the haunted blue eyes of a consumptive Romanian poet who has just now decided that his manhood depends on assassinating Vlad the Impaler. Or maybe it's just...

The Story of Q-Tip

Benji B tells the story of hip-hop legend Q-Tip - founding member of A Tribe Called Quest. Hear from Q-Tip at length as well as Pharrell, Nas, The Pharcyde and...

Lou Reed: A Tribute to Rock n' Roll's Original ...

You can learn a lot about a person—or, rather, the public perception of that person—not by typing their name into Google and hitting Enter, but by not hitting Enter. Because...