This virus does not respect Johnson’s delusions of national character, says Fintan O’Toole, columnist with the Irish Times
Great stuff.
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When he was at the centre of the US counterculture, he lived in terror of his bandmate. Yet after the singer’s death, he fought ferociously to protect his legacy. But, he says, he still regrets not calling out Morrison on his abusive relationships with women
This is really good. I’ve always really admired John Densmore’s refusal to sell out to advertisers.
The 50th anniversary of the experimental musician’s album Hot Rats carries with it resurfaced material and a re-examination of its finer points
Sometimes they’re more slog than prog, but the unfashionable yet enduring popular band are given drama by frazzled frontman Steve Hogarth
A decent, but lukewarm, review of last night’s Marillion show in Glasgow.
Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier pick their favourite tracks and reflect on two decades of pioneering electropop
Inspired by punk’s energy, the new wave of British heavy metal helped put the ‘snot and piss’ back into rock music. Forty years on, its leading players tell the story
This brought back some memories. The comments are terrible as usual. There is literally no subject that grown men won’t moan about on The Guardian (or elsewhere for that matter).
For more than a year, the Observer writer has been probing a darkness at the heart of Silicon Valley. Last week, at a TED talk that became a global viral sensation, she told the tech billionaires they had broken democracy. What happened next?
With widdly-woo guitars and albums about mythic priests, Rush became the biggest cult band in North America. Frontman Geddy Lee picks out his favourite songs from their back catalogue
I take issue with “widdly-woo” but a good article/read.