The Music That Made Us

In appreciation of Red Hot Chili Peppers' enduring ability to sound like themselves across genres and time

The understanding that the band is bigger than the individual has contributed greatly to the overall songwriting and sound of Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Sixty years of The Rolling Stones: How the British band has braved substance abuse and bandmate feuds over decades

Why The Rolling Stones have had the longevity that they have enjoyed is because they are one of the greatest examples of what teamwork can actually produce.

As Bryan Adams releases his 15th album, here's a love letter to India's favourite Canadian rocker

Bryan Adams’ music is immediately associated with a sense of nostalgia not just for the love from our past, but for the love for Mumbai [then Bombay], that was at the threshold of irreversible change when he performed there in 1994.

Guns N' Roses was to 1980s what The Rolling Stones were to the '60s: Rebellious, debauched, and casually riotous

Guns N’ Roses developed the reputation of being one of the most perilous acts on stage, and it contributed greatly to their legend and legacy.

In appreciation of Eddie Vedder: Pearl Jam rocker is the last man standing of early grunge, a genre on the verge of extinction

In so many ways, we hold onto Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam with aching nostalgia for a time when it was okay to sing about not being okay.

After 23 years, Jethro Tull strikes back with original music: Why Ian Anderson's band hasn't been rendered irrelevant with time

From their blues rock roots, Jethro Tull traverses the jazz fusion space, harnessed classical influences while also dabbling with folk and hard rock, thus creating a sound that is both distinctly Jethro Tull and universal.

David Bowie was evolution in perpetuum: From his genres to professions, he left behind little to get typified

David Bowie would have turned 75 on 8 January, an occasion that is as good as any to recount the indelible mark he has left on our understanding of creative roleplaying.

2021: The year that music documentaries changed the way we look at our favourite artists

Music documentaries become very engaging storytellers as they draw us deep into a world that we find so familiar because we are music fans, but so unfamiliar because there is only so much that we honestly know.

The Beatles are a sound for decades; their influence ranges from Black Sabbath, Bruce Springsteen to even Steve Jobs

The Beatles paved the way for every modern Brit and American musician from the 1960s until today, only goes to highlight something even their harshest critic does not want to acknowledge: Everyone is inadvertently a Beatles fan.

The ABBA way of life: A voyage through time shows the band has evoked awe and awkwardness in equal measure

The release of Voyage, their first album in 40 years, is a reminder for reluctant fans to acknowledge that ABBA has in fact done more good than damage to the music world.