The unreleased Roman Coppola-directed video for Beastie Boys & Nas’ “Too Many Rappers” sat unseen for years until Irish fan Eoin McLernon found it on editor Neal Usatin’s site in January 2015. It became the final major visual project featuring the late MCA.
In July 1969, we released THE SOFT PARADE.
Looking back, what stands out to me is the ambition of the album. We weren’t interested in repeating ourselves.
Tensions were already running high before Oasis took to the stage at T in the Park in 2002. A backstage confrontation involving Noel Gallagher, Starsailor's James Walsh and Liam Gallagher left the band visibly fired up, and it showed. Captured during the Heathen Chemistry era, this BBC broadcast features blistering performances of "Columbia", "Morning Glory" and "Cigarettes & Alcohol", with Liam delivering one of the most ferocious vocals of his career.
The thirst for average players because they either run about, play in the SPFL or support Rangers is fast becoming a plague.
Club seem to be falling for it so far, won’t end well.
Few songs exploded out of the speakers with the same energy as "Sabotage". Performing it at T in the Park in 1998, the Beastie Boys delivered a ferocious live version of the Ill Communication classic, combining punk attitude, distorted bass and relentless momentum in one of the defining tracks of their career.
@Mikehomeseller Inspiral Carpets. Replacing Stephen Holt with Tom Hingley was sheer genius.
Mike Patton replacing Chuck Mosley in FNM. Gave them so much more of a vocal range and style to work with.
Holding the crowd in silence before the chorus kicked in at TRNSMT Festival in 2019, DMA's delivered “Delete” with its stripped back emotional pull, a track from Hills End from 2016 that became one of their defining songs.