Hard Rock

#70 - Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

Black Sabbath's "Headless Cross" comeback story - how Tony Martin and Cozy Powell created the band's finest post-Dio album amid label troubles and…

Jul 23 •

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#68 - Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers

Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers" reunion story - how the classic lineup's 11-year feud created their biggest 80s hit with groundbreaking digital…

Jul 21 •

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Queens of the Stone Age | No One Knows

Queens of the Stone Age’s “No One Knows” featuring Dave Grohl - how a five-year-old riff, a desert rock lineup, and Michel Gondry’s surrealist vision…

Dec 5, 2024 •

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Led Zeppelin | Stairway to Heaven

“Stairway to Heaven” - from Jimmy Page’s Welsh cottage inspiration to Robert Plant’s fireside lyrics, how a seven-minute epic built from fragments…

Nov 27, 2024 •

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Ozzy Osbourne | Perry Mason

Ozzy Osbourne’s “Perry Mason” - how a comeback album with Geezer Butler brought heavy rock sophistication and an improvisational riff that became a…

Nov 5, 2024 •

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