January 1965 …them explode onto the charts

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WE WERE THE first band of our generation that started to grow up,” Billy Corgan says, reflecting on the making of the Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 grand opus, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. “The b

Feeling hassled by The Man? Andrew Male smooths the path.

Strawbs lodestar and constant Dave Cousins left us on July 13.

Fondly remembered this month...

Morning, Claudette! What have you got to sing to us today?” “Morning, Claudette! Would you do an old favourite for me? It was the first song that my husband – bless his soul – and I danced to. It’s ca