Snap! were two German producers. When they needed a rapper, they found one on the American army base there and had him rap on "The Power."
"Kashmir" is the only Led Zeppelin song to use outside musicians, as it needed strings and horns.
The most intense song we know that deploys a cowbell is "Killing In The Name," the most popular song by Rage Against The Machine. Their drummer kept a cowbell on his kit and used it in some of their recordings.
Before launching his career as a singer, Bruno Mars was a writer/producer. He and his co-writers pitched "Just The Way You Are" to Cee-Lo Green; when he turned it down, Bruno recorded it himself and released it in 2010 as his first single as a lead artist.
"Killing An Arab" by The Cure was inspired by Albert Camus' book The Stranger.
The Kate Bush song "Why Should I Love You?" is a collaboration with Prince. He completely re-worked her demo, so Bush spent a lot of time piecing it back together to keep her imprint.
In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.
Fishbone has always enjoyed much more acclaim than popularity - Angelo might know why.
Chad tells tales from his time as drummer for Nirvana, and talks about his group Before Cars.
How a gym teacher, a janitor, and a junkie became part of some very famous band names.
The man who ran Nirvana's first label gets beyond the sensationalism (drugs, Courtney) to discuss their musical and cultural triumphs in the years before Nevermind.
Scott was Stevie Wonder's bass player before becoming a top session player. Hits he played on include "I Will Survive," "Being With You" and "Sara Smile."