"Babylon," in David Gray's song, refers to London, which was once known as the "modern-day Babylon."
John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath got its title from a line in "The Battle Hymn of the Republic": "He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored."
On Metallica's "The Unforgiven," James Hetfield modeled his vocals on Chris Isaak.
The Squeeze song "Tempted" is one of their few with lead vocals by Paul Carrack, who sang the Ace song "How Long" and was in Mike + The Mechanics.
Al Green's "Take Me to the River" describes a baptism. Two years later, he became a reverend.
The 1979 song "Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads deals with how technology could be exploited to take down the framework of society and enable government surveillance.
Fiona's highly-anticipated third album almost didn't make it. Here's how it finally came together after two years and a leak.
The lead singer/lyricist of The Beach Boys talks about coming up with the words for "Good Vibrations," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Kokomo" and other classic songs.
The "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle" singer makes a habit of playing with the best in the business.
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
Based on criteria like girlfriend tension, stage mishaps and drummer turnover, these are the 10 bands most like Spinal Tap.
