Hear Me Out: ‘Skying’ by The Horrors is a perfect drug album
The Horrors are one of the most influential bands of their generation, and a lot of this is to do with the magic of 'Skying', a perfect drug album.
How frustration with The Beatles pushed Cat Stevens to launch his own career
When Cat Stevens grew endeared to The Beatles, he tried to learn their music. However, he couldn't grasp it, and instead took a path to learning his own style.
The unique way The B-52’s wrote ‘Love Shack’: “Nobody knew that was gonna be a hit”
The B-52's wrote their iconic hit 'Love Shack' by exercising spontaneity and improvisation, choosing to extract good lyrics to cut it down to radio size.
Roland Emmerich’s failed attempt to play three Oscar-winning movies at their own game
As well as these two 21st Century war movies, Emmerich was also inspired by the 1977 classic A Bridge Too Far. He even wanted William Goldman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who penned the movie, to ...
“I can hear a front”: the album George Michael refused to return to
There was one particular seismic album George Michael refused to listen to over time as he could "hear a front" on the lyrics and found it too naive.
Jack Nicholson’s five-year argument over Jennifer Lopez’s arse: “He wouldn’t put it in the picture”
Jack Nicholson knows how to hold a grudge, with the legendary actor spending half a decade arguing over Jennifer Lopez's rear end.
‘Mother Goose’: the peculiar nursery rhyme that inspired a funk revolution
Back in the swinging sixties, a funk revolution was inspired in the unlikeliest of ways by the sonic sampling of a peculiar nursery rhyme on one song.
Kurt Russell’s ultimate cult classic movies, according to Kurt Russell: “They were misunderstood”
Kurt Russell has starred in more cult classics than most, with the actor singling out which entries in his filmography fit the bill best.
Who invented The Beatles’ logo?
The Beatles were groundbreakers in more than a few ways, but they made their own mark of graphic design during their classic run.
The comedy classic Mel Brooks lied through his teeth to make: “I’m firing him”
Mel Brooks lied through his teeth to make 'The Producers', because Joseph E Levine wanted him to fire Gene Wilder and he ...
What was Millie Bobby Brown’s first movie as an actor?
Millie Bobby Brown has been heralded as one of the fastest-rising young stars in Hollywood despite a filmography that's rather sparse.
‘Blackbird’: how Nina Simone’s first writing credit defines her entire career
Nina Simone released 'Blackbird' in 1966, her first writing credit, epitomising her relentless exploration of exposing racism in her artistic expression.