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The only drummer John Bonham ever idolised
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (272+ words) I've always thought of John Bonham as having the perfect name for a legendary drummer. Those three plosive syllables seem to perfectly echo the pounding rock beat that defined his career with stadium behemoths Led Zeppelin. It's a name in…...
The album Billie Joe Armstrong wanted to delete from history
2+ week, 1+ day ago (681+ words) Hailing from Baltimore, Maryland, Tim Coffman has been with Far Out since 2023. He serves as the in-house Beatles fanatic and loves nothing more than shouting praises of all things music. When he's not staking his claims in top ten lists,…...
Kevin Bacon's most mystifying rejection still haunts him
2+ week, 2+ day ago (541+ words) If you want to be a successful actor, you'll have to eat a lot of shit, and even when you become a successful actor, you'll still have to eat a lot of shit, as Kevin Bacon can attest. He'd always…...
Iconic Picasso portrait being sold off for "100
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (307+ words) A classic Pablo Picasso painting is being sold off in France as part of a raffle, with hopeful entrants in with the chance of winning the piece for the equivalent of less than "100. The 1941 portrait, titled T'te de Femme (Head…...
Michael Caine's first movie with a female director took 24 years to release
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (461+ words) Obviously, when Michael Caine first embarked on his big-screen career in the late 1950s, the industry was hardly synonymous with women being hired to direct major studio releases. They weren't completely invisible, but it was a rarity nonetheless. As the times…...
10 classic rock albums artists refuse to stand by
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (1610+ words) Some of the best classic rock albums of all time tend to speak for themselves. Even though most artists might like to go with the times, the best don't need to cater to any trends, oftentimes breaking down barriers with…...
The one musician Elton John said "changed everything
1+ week, 2+ day ago (655+ words) Elton John has only cared about music for as long as he can remember. Back when he was known as Reg White, he was a child prodigy when it came to the piano, who everybody understood was destined for the…...
Bruce Hornsby - 'Indigo Park' album review
1+ week, 5+ day ago (737+ words) Andrew Clayman is an ageing music writer, amateur shortstop, and semi-pro historian who left his sweet home Chicago to chase the dream in Leeds. Quite conceivably the only person to have interviewed Henry Rollins and Zooey Deschanel on the same…...
The musician who shaped Bruce Springsteen's America
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (475+ words) There aren't many musicians who have been as emblematic of America as Bruce Springsteen. From his songs about working-class people to singing about the virtues of freedom awaiting in the heartland, Springsteen couldn't be more American unless he had the…...
The Beatles song Paul Mc Cartney could never understand
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (511+ words) It's easy to assume that John Lennon and Paul Mc Cartney were joined at the hip when working on The Beatles' classics. While they eventually fractured in one of the most acrimonious breakups in rock history, Mc Cartney always remembered…...