Vedder is far from the first rock star to worry about the burdens of being a “spokesman.” Bob Dylan and John Lennon--the two most acclaimed rock spokesmen from the ‘60s--both complained about the pressures of being looked to by fans for answers to their problems. The deaths of Jim M...
The media attention on Cobain was especially intense because the album, which included the anthem “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” combined the radical independence of the Sex Pistols with traces of the melodic grace and craft of Lennon and McCartney. Adding to the media furnace over Nirvana was Cob...
And he worked in the slaughterhouse (still does, actually. In fact he’s there as I write this, at 7am on a Saturday). I’ll save you details but I’ll tell you this: It IS NOT pleasant. I don’t care how gentlySouleMama makes it seemto slaughter turkeys or whatever the hell s...
The famous Beatles hit that spent nine weeks at #1 was written by Paul McCartney for Julian Lennon, John Lennon’s son, while his parents were divorcing. On the 50th anniversary of the song in 2018, Rolling Stone revealed the hit was released less than a week after Ringo quit the band,...
Over the years the two have become close friends and have worked together on a number of projects. In 2020, Beck and Depp released a cover of a John Lennon song. They released a joint album called "18" during the summer of 2022. ...