A one-ton bell was custom made for AC/DC's "Hell's Bells." The recording was slowed to half speed to make it sound like a more ominous two-ton bell.
The Ben Folds Five song "Brick" is about a difficult time when Folds' girlfriend got an abortion.
Roger Daltrey stutters the vocal on "My Generation" by The Who. The idea was to sound like a British kid on speed.
The philosophical Kansas song "Dust In The Wind" is inspired by a line of Native American poetry: "For all we are is dust in the wind."
Alicia Keys got a huge break when Oprah had her perform her debut single "Fallin'" on her show.
MTV wanted Weezer to record a version of their song "Hash Pipe" as "Half Pipe" to appeal to the skateboarding crowd. The band refused, and MTV listed the song as "H*** Pipe."
A talk with Martin Popoff about his latest book on Rush and how he assessed the thousands of albums he reviewed.
The Reverend rants on psychobilly and the egghead academics he bashes in one of his more popular songs.
Famous songs that lent their titles - and in some cases storylines - to movies.
The co-writer/guitarist on many Alice Cooper hits, Dick was also Lou Reed's axeman on the Rock n' Roll Animal album.
The country sweetheart opines about the demands of touring and talks about writing songs with her famous father.
In this talk from the '80s, the Kansas frontman talks turning to God and writing "Dust In The Wind."