NSTS is back this week with part one of a two part series featuring Guns N’ Roses frontman W. Axl Rose, one of the intriguing, beguiling, and mysterious figures in rock and roll history.
In part one we examine the rise of Rose – how a delinquent kid from Lafayette, Indiana would lead a band of rock and roll street urchins on to absolute global domination, and all of the insanity that took place along the way.
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A few weeks back we lost one of the greats – ZZ Top bassist and singer Dusty Hill.
This week on NSTS we pay tribute to Hill by looking back on his life, including his cello-playing high school days, how he came to be the bass player in ZZ Top, the time he accidentally shot himself in the abdomen, and the events leading up to his death.
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Ten years ago we lost Amy Winehouse, a shepherd of the pop culture past whom Bob Dylan called “the last real individualist”.
This week NSTS examines the highs and lows of Winehouse’s tragic life – her love for the girl groups of the 60s, her rise to fame, the struggles she endured with substance abuse, and her very sad and untimely end.
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