Frank Sinatra told Keith Richards, “You kids destroyed real music.” on the Dean Martin show in front of 50 million viewers. Keith looked…
Elvis was halfway through Jailhouse Rock when he spotted a real prison guard in the crowd. He stopped the show to bring him…
Eddie Van Halen walked into a pawn shop in the valley carrying his iconic Frankenstrat guitar in its case. He needed an updated…
Eddie Van Halen was in the control room of a Hollywood recording studio when he watched a first-year engineer stop Keith Richards mid-take…
Eddie Van Halen was browsing a popular online guitar forum late one night, reading technical discussions about guitar modifications and playing techniques. He…
Eddie Van Halen was told by an airline gate agent that his guitar case was too large for the overhead bin and would…
1943, Vickers-Armstrong Workshops, Newcastle. British engineers unveiled their solution to Germany’s heavy armor. The gun was facing backwards, not slightly angled, completely backwards.…
May 1945, Western Germany. A convoy of polished black Mercedes-Benz staff cars rolled down a dirt road at speed, trailing a cloud of…
The cash register at the Regal Club in Bethnal Green was old and heavy, solid brass and steel from the 1940s. It would…
The envelope arrived at the Kray twins’ office at the Kentucky Club in Mile End, East London, on March 3rd, 1964. Hand-delivered. No…