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“They were just asking for it”: When Kurt Cobain deliberately sabotaged Nirvana’s Top of the Pops appearance

Cobain later said his mock-baritone vocal was an attempt at imitating Morrissey

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"I said Never Take Me Alive should be the single and the record company looked at me like, ‘That's commercial suicide!’ Luckily, it was a hit…” Spear Of Destiny's Kirk Brandon on hits, heart attacks and Theatre Of Hate

The indestructible Kirk Brandon on the unlikely origins of Theatre Of Hate and Spear Of Destiny and why he really is a dead man walking

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“Rock’n’roll is like Italian operetta. Everybody dies and loses.” Kirk Brandon looks back on Theatre Of Hate, Spear Of Destiny, heart attacks and his unlikely influences

The indestructible Kirk Brandon on the unlikely origins of Theatre Of Hate and Spear Of Destiny

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“If you look at it, it’s my reputation… I need five months to prepare a show, and I can’t be writing new songs or promoting the album”: Is this why Kate Bush only ever toured once?

Gruelling exertion, exhilaration, determination and a human tragedy all played a part in her 1979 Tour Of Life – and she never hit the road again

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“I used to go to the Camden Palace and drink with Boy George. I loved Culture Club”: How Ian Gillan put Deep Purple behind him and launched a new chapter of his career with Gillan

Ian Gillan reinvented himself as a NWOBHM-era star with Gillan

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The Guide #181: TV has given up on live music – but social media won’t let it die

In this week’s newsletter: The days of Top of the Pops every week and MTV Unplugged are long gone, but a slew of archive gold is now coursing through the internet

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‘Take That asked for our autographs!’ How Cola Boy made 7 Ways to Love

‘When we did Top of the Pops, I found the perfect dress – except it was too tight. If I’d moved, everyone would have had an eyeful’

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"Paul was read the riot act, and given the chance to put things right. But he didn't put things right": The story of Iron Maiden - the Paul Di'Anno years

As the 1980s dawned, Iron Maiden were about to record their debut album. It was the start of a journey that would launch them into the stratosphere, but there were some massive hurdles to overcome first

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"Phil started going mental cos he's got these two bass drums and he doesn't know what to do with them!" How the delivery of a new drum kit gave Motörhead's Overkill to the world

'Fast' Eddie Clarke: "Once we'd cracked the formula of how to work together on Overkill, that's when we really started to take off"

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“Well-structured harmonies were important and we liked to be quite artsy… but there was pressure to become more and more commercial”: The tale of prog-tinged City Boy, who landed a hit pop-rock single and never recovered

Starting as an art-rock project in the vein of 10cc or Queen, work with producer Mutt Lange and the 1978 single 5.7.0.5. let to dispute, distraction and eventual destruction after several promising proggy albums

Louder

Reggie Yates looks back: ‘I went from a council estate to working with the people I watched on TV’

The actor and broadcaster on how his mum kept him grounded, an awkward encounter with Sting, and why making documentaries changed him

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“Ritchie Blackmore went into the pit with a box of tomatoes and started throwing them at the singer”: how Deep Purple changed Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott’s life

Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott on his love of Deep Purple – and the deep cut he loves

Louder

"Do you mind if I wear this as a laugh?" The true story of the night that 25,000 thick British TV viewers thought Manic Street Preachers had started supporting Irish terrorists

Manic Street Preachers' June 1994 performance on Top Of The Pops was one of the more memorable moments in the show's history

Louder

"The bigger I got as a solo artist, the more we had to pay the Mob": Peter Frampton looks back over an extraordinary six-decade career

Peter Frampton has lived the rock life to its fullest, playing many parts – prodigy, teen idol, guitar hero, global superstar, forgotten man, comeback kid, survivor

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Abba, cabaret and smug marionettes: the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed!

Fifty years since Abba won with Waterloo, fans are paying tribute to a pop classic. Its status is a far cry from its origins in a celebration of weedy pop and dodgy lyrics – and, whisper it, ‘nul points’ from Britain

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Sex, Mozart and chanting monks … the 20 best Euro-pop UK hits – ranked!

As Nena’s 99 Red Balloons turns 40, we look back at the best continental foreign-language songs that achieved cross-Channel success

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Gary Davies looks back: ‘I wouldn’t go anywhere without a hairdryer and my curling tongs’

The DJ on fulfilling his dream of being on Top of the Pops, life after Radio 1, and how All Saints saved him

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Wild at heart: Liz Bonnin’s mission to wake us up to the natural world

Liz Bonnin is not your run-of-the-mill wildlife presenter. She’s been in a girl band, hosted Top of the Pops and even interviewed Leonardo DiCaprio for morning TV. But now she wants to inspire the next generation

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‘I had to fax the lyrics to the gospel choir’s pastor’: how the Soup Dragons made I’m Free

‘We were indie kids but suddenly we found ourselves at a party, chatting with Dennis Hopper as Jon Bon Jovi walked past and Madonna had just left the building’

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“The media built up this mutual hatred between prog and punk, but really I don’t think it existed”: Sonja Kristina on Curved Air’s impact - and the time she nearly quit

Singer became a sex symbol and inspired Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux... but she also pretended to sleep to avoid interaction at parties

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‘She spoke truth to power, always’: Sinéad O’Connor’s affinity with Black music – and liberation

The Irish musician expressed solidarity and an appreciation for Black music with gospel, rap and roots reggae recordings, which were often fuelled by her own experiences of marginalisation

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10 times nu metal gloriously gatecrashed mainstream TV

From Slipknot smashing TFI Friday to bits to Evanescence beefing with 50 Cent at the Grammys, the 2000s had it all

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Francis Monkman obituary

Multi-instrumentalist with Curved Air and Sky who composed the soundtrack to The Long Good Friday

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‘Changed podcast culture forever’: the greatest shows you’ve ever listened to

To celebrate 20 years of podcasts, Guardian readers tell us about their favourites – from revolutionary true crime to deliciously sweary analysis of Top of the Pops

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Sharleen Spiteri looks back: ‘I was in my own little world and wouldn’t have enjoyed posing like this’

The Texas frontwoman recalls standing up to bullies at school and in the music industry – and honing her DIY skills

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