Rock

The Black Crowes' Chris Robinson: 'My dad told me I can't carry a tune'
Letter To My Younger Self

The Black Crowes' Chris Robinson: 'My dad told me I can't carry a tune'

A passion for music began in his parents’ basement and led to fame with The Black Crowes. Even family strife couldn’t derail the rock’n’roll dream
'The record is a snapshot': Inside Billy Mahonie’s unlikely comeback and the evolution of post-rock
Billy Mahonie live on stage
Music

'The record is a snapshot': Inside Billy Mahonie’s unlikely comeback and the evolution of post-rock

Joan Jett: 'How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?'
US rock'n'roll great Joan Jett
Letter to my Younger Self

Joan Jett: 'How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?'

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution
fighting misogyny

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution

Sparks: People think we're weird. We’ve never felt that
Interview

Sparks: People think we're weird. We’ve never felt that

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'We’re about freedom': Måneskin rock against homophobia, misogyny and war
Måneskin band members
Exclusive

'We’re about freedom': Måneskin rock against homophobia, misogyny and war

Back when Charles was the king of rock'n'roll
charles dancing with the three degrees
Coronation

Back when Charles was the king of rock'n'roll

Gaz Coombes: 'When it all took off with Supergrass, that was a lot to deal with'
Gaz Coombes
We are young

Gaz Coombes: 'When it all took off with Supergrass, that was a lot to deal with'

Pixies frontman Black Francis: 'I tend to be somewhat isolationist'
Black Francis
Music

Pixies frontman Black Francis: 'I tend to be somewhat isolationist'

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