The 60th anniversary of The Doors is to be celebrated with a box set, a live album and a lavish book 1965 marks the 60th anniversary of Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison's first encounter at Venice Beach Louder · Oct 9, 2024
"Like all great rock tracks, the song has a staggeringly simple structure": The story of The Cult's She Sells Sanctuary Almost 40 years since its release, The Cult’s She Sells Sanctuary stands the test of time as a soaring and majestic pop-rock anthem – including some happy accidents MusicRadar · Sep 24, 2024
"We're playing Creep and looking terrible": revisiting Radiohead's most deranged performance ever Thom Yorke & co. played the MTV Beach House in 1993, and the singer wasn't shy in showing his displeasure about it Louder · Sep 21, 2024
“Bruce Lee”: 39 People Who Were Much Younger When They Died Than People Actually Imagine 39 celebrities who passed away way earlier than most people realize, as per this online discussion. The post “Bruce Lee”: 39 People Who Were Much Younger When They Died Than People Actually Imagine first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · Sep 5, 2024
“There was some smoking and drinking but it wasn’t a lot of drugs. We weren’t coked out of our minds or shooting heroin”: The epic story of Kyuss, the stoner metal visionaries who blazed brightly and burnt out “There was some smoking and drinking but it wasn’t a lot of drugs. We weren’t coked out of our minds or shooting heroin”: The epic story of Kyuss, the stoner metal visionaries who blazed brightly and burnt out Metal Hammer · Sep 1, 2024
‘A spy in the land of the privileged’: why Eve Babitz’s cult Hollywood memoir still matters 50 years on In 70s LA, Eve Babitz partied with everyone from Salvador Dali to Jim Morrison, but she was also a trailblazing writer. As a new generation discover her work, her sister and agent celebrate her originality, ambition and lust for life The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024
The venue that came back from the dead In the late 60s, a disused Victorian railway shed in North London hosted some of the most unforgettable and legendary gigs, raves and all-night freak-outs of all time Metal Hammer · May 29, 2024
“Riders on the Storm started off as a surf tune – then it somehow morphed into what it became…” Robby Krieger on honing his Doors guitar tone, overcoming “dentist’s syndrome”, and why slide guitar is the ultimate way to express yourself as a player Robby Krieger breaks down his new album with the Soul Savages’ new album, and details his struggles to come up with his own sound during his time with the Doors Guitar World · May 26, 2024
"If I was young now, I'd probably be stalking Taylor Swift. We have affairs, we make it dramatic and write hit songs about it" - Stephen Stills on the romance that drove a classic and the making of his first solo album Growing tired of the tensions in CSN&Y, Stephen Stills moved to the UK to record his debut album, with a little help from Jimi, Ringo and Eric Louder · Apr 19, 2024
Taylor Swift Is “Not Important,” Courtney Love Says As She Slams List Of Female Artists Today Courtney Love not only ruthlessly criticized female singers but also described herself as the kind of artist who is "all for taking my wiener out on stage." The post Taylor Swift Is “Not Important,” Courtney Love Says As She Slams List Of Female Artists Today first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · Apr 16, 2024
Courtney Love: “Taylor Swift is not important. She’s not interesting as an artist” She’s never held back, and Courtney Love isn’t about to start now. With a new BBC radio series hitting the airwaves, the rock legend and honorary Londoner tells Dylan Jones that while she champions women in music, she’ll sure as hell never be a Swiftie Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024
"I remember him coughing and spitting up blood, probably from smoking too many cigarettes. But in my mind, Jim was indestructible": Robby Krieger looks back on the making of The Doors' LA Woman Classic interview: Revisiting a 2012 chat on the album where The Doors produced themselves for the first time and Jim Morrison's health decline became clear – "It was a stressful time" MusicRadar · Mar 27, 2024
OPINION - The Roundhouse is the jewel in Camden's crown — and this is why we should support it more As long as I’ve been in London, the Roundhouse has been part of my life. It is as symptomatic of the city as the Post Office Tower, Buck House, the Millennium Wheel or the 100 Club. Not only is it architecturally idiosyncratic (it was declared a National Heritage site in… Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2024
“He told me I was like a shaman onstage. I reminded him of Jim Morrison”: Carlos Santana once wanted to start a delta blues band… with Gavin Rossdale from Bush The story of Mud, the Carlos Santana/Gavin Rossdale supergroup that never was Louder · Mar 9, 2024
Louder · Feb 8, 2024 Light My Fire turned The Doors into superstars: For a moment, it also turned Jim Morrison into a target for the Mob The Doors experienced their first taste of big success with Light My Fire, but it infuriated a certain Frank Sinatra
Louder · Feb 4, 2024 “It was the kind of place where you could start a religion or plan a murder”: the story behind The Doors’ Morrison Hotel album cover How an LA flophouse and the original Hard Rock Café played a part in creating the iconic artwork of The Doors’ Morrison Hotel album
Louder · Jan 19, 2024 "When I first heard it, driving round LA, it sounded great, it leapt out of the speakers": the story of The Doors' Love Her Madly The Doors' Robby Krieger reveals how he came to write Love Her Madly, how Jim Morrison loved it, and how their producer didn't
Louder · Dec 10, 2023 “I don’t mean to be arrogant, but we had the goods. We knew what we were doing”: how Bad Company hit the bullseye with their classic second album Straight Shooter Bad Company’s second album, Straight Shooter, was the one that sealed their superstardom
Louder · Nov 2, 2023 "I jammed with Hendrix and Clapton in a loft in New York": Roger McGuinn's stories of John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison and more The Byrds' Roger McGuinn played with Jim Morrison, was part of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder revue, gave John Lennon granny glasses and Brian Wilson speed, and he's got some tales to tell
Salon · Sep 28, 2023 Trump's nearly done: Media can't let go What if we told America the truth about Donald Trump? He's a fraud, a cheat and a rapist, facing 91 felony counts
Louder · Aug 20, 2023 “We wanted to challenge all the ideas. We had no rules, no limits, no laws”: why Oliver Stone’s The Doors is the most influential rock biopic ever made Oliver Stone’s The Doors divided the critics – and the surviving band members. But it made Jim Morrison a star all over again and laid down the template for the modern rock biopic
Radio France Internationale · Aug 12, 2023 Full of life: Paris's Pere Lachaise cemetery goes greener The Pere Lachaise in Paris, the most visited cemetery in the world thanks to celebrities buried there, is welcoming crowds back after years of Covid restrictions with a back-to-nature setting that helps them keep cool in the summer heat.
Louder · Aug 11, 2023 10 rock stars who missed out on their dream movie roles David Bowie in The Lord Of The Rings? John Lydon in Quadrophenia? WASP’s Blackie Lawless as The Terminator? These are the Oscar-winning performances that never were
The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023 15 awful albums by classic bands, from Led Zeppelin to Metallica Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry
FourFourTwo · Jul 14, 2023 ‘Oh my god, what a question!’ Rock-loving QPR boss Gareth Ainsworth tells FourFourTwo what the greatest album of all-time is QPR gaffer Ainsworth is known as much for his his love for music as his managerial prowess