One moore time

Sid Lives JUNGLE

In 1966, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO brought together the worlds of avant-garde art, European cool and downtown rock’n’roll in one explosive package. Sixty years on, the survivors share tales of drugs, breakdowns, burnouts, blocked toilets and hospital beds – and, of course, the creation of some of the most important music ever made. “We only did things our way,” learns Tom Pinnock . “We were arrogant, perhaps, in thinking we knew best. We were also right. We did know best…”

Sananda Maitreya has a plan for reconnecting with his old music. Should his grandchildren become curious about their grandad’s career, he’ll sit down with them and listen to those classic early albums

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One of the most quoted facts in 90s music is that, at the height of Britpop in 1994, the winner of the Mercury Prize was M People, whose Elegant Slumming beat Blur, Pulp and The Prodigy. Less referenc

How a single from “the E album” Bummed – and its acid house remixes – became Madchester’s defining moment