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If The Beatles had never discovered drugs, says Killing Joke bassist Youth, then their music would have sounded very different – and so would everyone else's
By Youth published
"It's not hard to imagine how grey all our lives would be today if The Beatles had not paved the way for turning music into a kaleidoscope of colour explosions after the bland, sugar-sweet pop of the early sixties"

12 rock stars over 70 who are still delivering the goods
By Paul Travers published
Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant and more are proving that age cannot wither them

"Paul is incredibly grateful to all those involved": Amateur sleuths have located Paul McCartney's long-lost Höfner bass 50 years after it was stolen
By Fraser Lewry published
Paul McCartney's 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar has been dubbed "the most important bass in history"

"Tentative shavings from things we already own": Why the 50th anniversary edition of Band On The Run isn't essential, even if the original album is
By David Quantick published
Paul McCartney's mega-selling third post-Beatles album Band On The Run gets thoroughly de-belled and de-whistled

“When I first met Paul McCartney, it was like meeting Jesus Christ”: Ozzy Osbourne reveals the celebrities who made him feel star-struck
By Paul Brannigan published
On the latest Osbournes family podcast, Ozzy reveals that he too can be a star-struck fan boy

10 times bands made masterpieces late in their career
By Joe Daly published
Some bands run out of juice towards the ends of their career. These bands and artists are the exception

"I finally understood that I was in the middle of a Nirvana reunion": revisiting the night that 'Sirvana' - Sir Paul McCartney and the surviving members of Nirvana - rocked Madison Square Garden for charity
By Paul Brannigan published
On this day in 2012, a Nirvana reunion of sorts took place in New York City. Courtney Love was not amused

Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks will appear in the upcoming Spinal Tap movie
By Fraser Lewry last updated
Director Rob Reiner has confirmed that the long-awaited sequel to This Is Spinal Tap will begin filming in February

10 moments of genius from MTV Unplugged
By Niall Doherty published
As Nirvana’s iconic set turns 30, we pick out the ten best songs from the famous sessions

"He came and sat and drank with us. We all got plastered together": it turns out Paul McCartney has instructed Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson to get back out on tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Beatle Sir Paul offered his boozy wisdom to Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts
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