X-Plained - Stories Behind The Songs

Richard Ashcroft and the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis

Why Richard Ashcroft owes Song For The Lovers to Joy Division

Richard Ashcroft

Kings of Leon

Who are Kings of Leon named after?

Kings of Leon

Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and Peter Fonda in The Wild Angels

What is the sample at the start of Loaded by Primal Scream?

Primal Scream

The Courteeners

Why Courteeners' Not Nineteen Forever is more than just an indie banger

Courteeners

Alex Turner Alex Turner performs on stage at the T in the Park festival 2007

Where is 505 in the Arctic Monkeys song?

Arctic Monkeys

Radiohead - The Bends album cover

What's that on the cover of The Bends by Radiohead?

Radiohead

Paolo Nutini onmstage in Italy in 2014

How Paolo Nutini's Iron Sky took an inspirational movie speech

Elton John performs Rocket Man on Top Of The Pops, 24 May 1972.

The fascinating fantasy behind Elton John's Rocket Man

The Streets - Original Pirate Material cover

Where are the flats on the cover of Original Pirate Material by The Streets?

Freddie Mercury performing with Queen at Live Aid, July 1985

How I Want To Break Free became Queen’s most controversial song

Queen

John Lennon in July 1971

Why John Lennon's Imagine is more than just a peace anthem

John Lennon

Stereophonics in 2001: Richard Jones, Kelly Jones and Stuart Cable

Was Mr Writer by Stereophonics actually about a specific person?

Stereophonics

Depeche Mode in 1987: Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher

What’s the meaning of Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode?

Depeche Mode

Foo Fighters in 1999: Taylor Hawkins, Dave Grohl and Chris Shiflett

Why Learn To Fly is Foo Fighters' most uplifting song

Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters onstage in 1995

What does Dave Grohl whisper in Everlong by Foo Fighters?

Foo Fighters

Linda and Paul McCartney at the very final Beatles photo shoot in August 1969

The sad story behind The Beatles' Let It Be

The Beatles

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Arctic Monkeys' frontman Alex Turner throughout the years

QUIZ: Which era of Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner are you?

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Kasabian pose at a studio session at The Plaggey Bag Ranch on Januray 28, 2004 in Leicestershire

Rock resignations: the band members that quit

Liam Gallagher, of Oasis, and Damon Albarn, of Blur, during the second Music Industry 'Soccer Six' football tournament at Mile End Stadium, 1996

QUIZ: Are you Oasis or Blur?

Quizzes

Dave Grohl takes the weight off his broken leg onstage in Amsterdam, 2015

Gordon Smart on why getting injured is part of being a rock star
David Bowie in Labyrinth

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Fountains of Wayne Stacy's Mom single artwork

How Fountains of Wayne's Stacy's Mom impacted a generation

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The artwork for the Thank You Baked Potato song to raise funds for Feed NHS

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Samuel L. Jackson tells public to "stay the f*** at home"

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Pippa Taylor, Andi Peters and Chris Moyles

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