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"I did Bat Out Of Hell thinking it was a comedy record. I did it as a spoof of Springsteen": What a career in music has taught Todd Rundgren

The man who had a public spat with John Lennon and made David Bowie cry says he’s a hard-worker more than a genius, and that music has been devalued

Louder

‘I’d sell a kidney for a Jarvis Cocker Spitting Image puppet!’ The collectors who’ll do anything for a TV treasure

They trawl auctions, hunt through archives – and sometimes end up with a decomposing latex head. Meet the people who will stop at (almost) nothing to get a legendary prop

The Guardian - UK

32 VJs And MTV Personalities Fans Still Remember Fondly Today

For decades MTV has produced some of the most remembered personalities in cable TV history. Here are some of our favorites.

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I went, ‘Yeah, David Bowie, you’re a complete c*nt'... and that was the start of a 13-year relationship.” Film director Tim Pope on working with Bowie

The director was behind the lens on a number of promo clips and also filmed Bowie's 50th birthday bash

Louder

Top baby names 2024 predictions - inspired by musicians

Musicians offer some brilliant inspiration for 2024's top baby names

GoodToKnow

Fan-favourite David Bowie 80s musical-fantasy movie leaves Netflix this week

David Bowie classic Labyrinth departs Netflix before 2024, so get your Dance, Magic Dance on and get watching pronto

Doctor Who Christmas Special: The Church on Ruby Road review – the charismatic Ncuti Gatwa knocks it out of the park

Amid the hype and hyperbole, Gatwa makes playing the Doctor look effortless. He’s also joined by a wonderful new companion in Millie Gibson and there’s a bonkers cameo from Davina McCall

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“He wasn’t taken seriously on the London scene because he was into mime and he wasn’t a total hippy”: the turbulent story of David Bowie’s early years

Even superstars have to begin somewhere – and for the young David Bowie it was with a string of flop 1960s singles and a bizarre appearance on the BBC

Louder

"Yes, we all want to bang our heads at Christmas, but we also want to sit down with a cup of tea and a mince pie and have a bit of a chillout": Rob Halford's 8 favourite Christmas songs

Metal God Rob Halford salutes the most wonderful time of the year, as he selects his eight favourite Christmas songs

Metal Hammer

Suede review – no mere nostalgia act

Riding the 90s revival wave with 2022 ‘punk’ album Autofiction, Britpop’s standard-bearers for anti-laddism revel in amped-up, back-to-basics energy – up to a point

The Guardian - UK

“At four in the morning, I got a call from David Bowie. He said they needed a guitar player for Iggy Pop’s album”: As right-hand man for everyone from Mark Knopfler to Eric Clapton, ‘Session Man’ Phil Palmer more than earned his nickname

Armed with a Nocaster given to him by his uncle, the Kinks’ Dave Davies, Palmer became a go-to guitarist for some of music’s biggest names, landing an official role in Dire Straits – and narrowly missing out on playing Clapton’s MTV Unplugged set

Guitar World

"As an album it's pretty good but as a handbook for Mott's future it's fantastic": Mott The Hoople's All The Young Dudes (50th Anniversary Edition)

Mott The Hoople's David Bowie produced 1972 classic receives the now traditional 50th Anniversary remastered makeover (with bonus tracks)

Louder

“When I listen to Sheik Yerbouti and Joe’s Garage, it reminds me of what a giant he was." Frank Zappa's incredibly busy and industrious 1979

Terry Bozzio and Adrian Belew look back on the year Frank Zappa created Baby Snakes, Sheik Yerbouti, Joe's Garage and more

Louder

The story of David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy: "David wasn’t going to do the show, and his mum said, ‘No, you HAVE to work with Bing Crosby!’ She was a fan"

A schmaltzy TV special did not seem the most likely vehicle for a hit Christmas single, but this 1977 collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby yielded an enduring classic that cuts across the generational divide

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“We couldn’t get a deal for Jethro Tull. The one person interested would only sign them if they dropped the flute player”: How Chrysalis rose from a booking agency to a leading prog record label

Chris Wright operated a business model that was more like a balancing act, with jail as the penalty for toppling - but Procol Harum, Trevor Rabin, Gentle Giant and others benefited from the approach

Louder

32 of the greatest onstage moments in the entire history of the rock guitar

Celebrating the pioneering, the spectacular, the unexpected and the unrepeatable

The Guardian - UK

Barbie director Greta Gerwig says she wasn’t allowed Barbie dolls as a child

Film’s co-writer and director says her mother initially stopped her from having a Barbie doll

The Independent UK

Nile Rodgers says David Bowie wouldn’t have made it in modern music industry

Chic guitarist says streaming ‘has changed things considerably – and not for the better’

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David Bowie would have failed in today’s cut-throat music industry, says Nile Rodgers

Chic frontman said no label would give the artist time to produce a global hit record after early career struggles

Metal Hammer

"I love that we do this thing that other musicians relate to": Page Hamilton on Helmet's rock royalty fans and advisors

Helmet leader Page Hamilton on playing with Bowie, catching a fragrant whiff of Ozzy Osbourne, and not turning into Night Ranger

The Guardian - UK

‘It felt like being stripped naked’: the prisoners confronting their crimes with art

Dean Kelland has spent almost five years making art with inmates at Europe’s only fully therapeutic jail – with a little help from Elvis and David Bowie

Salon

The gender-bending powers of eyeliner

"Eyeliner" author Zahra Hankir spoke to Salon about the many messages that eyeliner can convey beyond beauty

The Guardian - UK

No country for old men? Why Miyazaki, Loach and Scott can’t stop making movies

Together with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, long celebrated film directors are proving that entering their ninth decade and beyond is no barrier to ambition

MusicRadar

Playground Sessions review

No name-calling, hair-pulling or lunch money-stealing going on here - just a generous dose of interactive piano tuition

Louder

Why I ❤️ David Bowie's Hunky Dory, by My Morning Jacket's Jim James

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James on the classic 1971 album that introduced him to the joys of David Bowie

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