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Neil Young - The song Young stole from the Rolling Stones to reveal his darkest period

The story of the track the Canadian singer-songwriter "stole" from the Stones during the darkest period of his career - one that nonetheless produced one of his landmark albums

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Depeche Mode - When a miracle saved Dave Gahan and the story of Depeche Mode

Gahan and co. have become the veterans of the synth-pop scene. Yet their long history has come close to falling apart more than once - even tragically so, as happened in 1996

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Paul McCartney - The song McCartney considers "the worst" of his career: "I've always hated it"

Among the more than a thousand songs he's written in his career, there's one the former Beatle calls "the weakest of them all" - to the point of being almost ashamed of it

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Cure - The Cure song inspired by Robert Smith's favourite novel

The story of the favourite novel of the Cure frontman, which in 1981 inspired a song that became a classic of their repertoire

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Progressive Gothic – Where Two Worlds Meet

However far apart in imagery and fanbase, goth and prog share more common ground than either camp likes to admit — so much so that neither might exist, as we know it today, without the other.

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Car Seat Headrest - “Teens Of Denial: Joe’s Story”: Will Toledo rewrites his classic ten years on

Ten years on, Will Toledo reinterprets one of his masterpieces through a new perspective

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Franz Ferdinand - When Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand was arrested in Russia for espionage

The surreal spy story that involved the Scottish band's frontman in Moscow, in the middle of a tour

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Genesis - The Genesis song that Phil Collins called "one of the most spontaneous and successful moments"

There's a moment in Genesis's history when the band's spontaneity and camaraderie reached their peak. The drummer tells the story

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Pink Floyd - When Pink Floyd turned Venice into the biggest stage in rock history – Full video

Thirty-seven years ago, Pink Floyd played their historic Venice concert: here's the story and the full video of that performance

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Lucio Battisti - The horseback trip that inspired a big Battisti and Mogol hit

While all of Italy was glued to the TV for the World Cup final, Battisti and Mogol made an alternative choice that yielded a memorable hit

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Rolling Stones - The interview – The Rolling Stones talk about their new album "Foreign Tongues" with Apple – Video

Jagger & co. talk about their new record "Foreign Tongues" in a video interview

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Pink Floyd - When Waters and co. had another band play in their place

The story of the "The Wall" tour and its most absurd (and prescient) provocation

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GTR - The supergroup between Genesis and Yes: “We could have been the new Queen”

The story of GTR, the supergroup formed by Steve Hackett and Steve Howe that wanted to change rock but burned out after just one album

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David Bowie - The secret kiss that inspired “Heroes”

The story of the real-life spark behind the lyrics of one of the Thin White Duke's most beloved songs

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The Feelies – \"Loveless Love\"

Like a crescendo that implodes on itself. A held-back climax. The New York band's loveless love song is a tour de force of rock that's both cerebral and heart-wrenching.

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Bonnie Tyler - The Princess of Wales in 10 songs

The Welsh singer of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" has left us at 75. We remember her with ten essential tracks from her repertoire, many bearing the unmistakable stamp of Jim Steinman

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Nick Cave - The Nick Cave song most loved by PJ Harvey

The story of the troubled bond between the two performers of "Henry Lee" and the King Ink track favoured by the Dorset singer-songwriter

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Syd Barrett – Twenty Years Since His Death, a Lifetime Since His Farewell

Syd Barrett died twenty years ago, though his artistic disappearance had already happened in the early '70s. We remember him through ten lesser-known, more marginal songs in which his voice sounds more fragile, exposed and close.

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Heart and guitars – Rock still matters, in Chile

A new wave of indie and alternative rock is winning over international attention: sixteen albums to discover the Nueva Escena Chilena, between post-punk, shoegaze and post-rock

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Neil Young - The album that crowned Young as the godfather of grunge

The Canadian rocker was embraced by the grunge generation as a guiding light, not just musically but morally too - a bond he sealed with an intense 1994 album

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From Peter Gabriel to Editors, from Chelsea Wolfe to PJ Harvey: the most interesting new releases

New singles from PJ Harvey, Chelsea Wolfe and Peter Gabriel among the most interesting releases of the past month

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R.E.M. - The real meaning of “Losing My Religion”, R.E.M.'s most beloved song

Often misunderstood and misread, Michael Stipe and co.'s most famous song actually has nothing to do with religious themes...

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Nirvana - When Kurt Cobain and Mark Lanegan joined forces for The Jury: grunge's most celebrated lost album

The story of a great friendship between two tormented talents of the grunge era, one that could have led to a stunning collaboration