Patti Smith was already a star, but when she released 'Pumping', she proved her worth as a rockstar, through and through, with this huge, high-octane track.

A look at The Slits, their place in the male-dominated London punk scene of the early 1970s, and how it inspired one of their best songs, 'Typical Girls'.

Japanese Breakfast might not have had the sound they are so well known for if Michelle Zauner and her producer had not reimagined this old cut.

The drug lord Pablo Escobar built a private zoo filled with hippos, but things took a dangerous turn when he was shot dead. Read more about it here.

Any band can spend years trying to hone their sound, but sometimes their hit songs don't do the best sales pitch for new fans. Read more here ...

When it comes to living her life, Winona Ryder takes inspiration from two figures: a former Beatle and 'The Dude'. Read more ...

A look into how seriously people used to take integrity in punk rock via how a Violent Femmes song being used in a Wendy's commercial split the band up.

According to Salamon, a subpar screen test opposite Hanks – in which he was equally culpable in delivering work nowhere near ...

A look at Donovan, his place in the music scene of the mid 1960s and how writing 'Sunshine Superman' for his girlfriend Linda Lawrence made his whole career.

Of all the A-list stars he's worked with, director Steve McQueen found it was unsurprisingly the Egot-winning Viola Davis who was incomparable.

Japanese Breakfast let the process of fermentation impact and fuel their art by inspiring them to perpetuate generational ...

Record Store Day is a day for exclusive offers, celebrations and talking to fellow music lovers. Take the time to talk to one ...