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Credit: Getty As the creator of the ‘wall of sound’ production style, Phil Spector‘s influence on the foundations of pop music undoubtedly rivals that of the very top tier of pop’s most legendary figures. Yet a long history of abusive and manipulative behaviour, including threatening gunplay, culminated in the 2009 conviction of the murder of actor Lana Clarkson, which saw him die in prison and will justifiably overshadow his many achievements. Spector – who died today aged 81 – was born Harvey Phillip Spector in New York in 1939. His forays into pop music began in the late ‘50s...

Spector was, above all else, a murderer who had loads of abuse allegations levied against him. According to his ex-wife, Ronnie Spector, he kept a gold, glass-plated coffin in the basement and used it to intimidate her into staying with him. Dee Dee Ramone alleged that Spector pulled a gun on him during a recording session. Other artists who have accused him of holding them at gunpoint include John Lennon, Leonard Cohen and Debbie Harry. Said Ronnie in her 1990 memoir Be My Baby on her decision to leave her ex-husband in 1972: "I knew that if I didn't leave I was going to die there.”

'If the art's maniacal, I'm maniacal': Phil Spector, in 1966 Credit: Getty NB. This piece first ran in February 2003, and has been republished following the death of Phil Spector, aged 81 'I have not been well,' says Phil Spector, choosing his words carefully. 'I was crippled inside. Emotionally. Insane is a hard word. I wasn't insane, but I wasn't well enough to function as a regular part of society, so I didn't. I chose not to.' He pauses. 'I have devils inside that fight me.' The classical music that has been playing throughout our conversation ebbs and flows. Sibelius, Bach, Beethoven, Br...

On one level, it’s a grim story about racism. On another, it’s tempting to suggest that Sylvain Sylvain made exceptionally good use of this newfound information: few bands in the early 70s said “fuck you” quite as loudly and repeatedly as the New York Dolls, the quintet Sylvain Sylvain joined in 1971. They were two words that seemed to inform everything about them: their appearance, their sound, their attitude – “belligerent, hostile and defiantly loud”, as a local news report from 1973 suggested; they “don’t give a shit,” asDavid Bowie more succinctly put it – plus the ...

5 heavily Beatles-influenced bands from the 70s News 24/12/2020 Kiss The Beatles made history when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 1964. Apparently, one of those 73 million viewers who watched them perform was Gene Simmons. He said " I'm a child of The Beatles. They created this sort of hybrid white version of American music. They could do it all: Little Richard, country, pop, soul, psychadelia. They had no rules." 4. The Eagles Although Joe Walsh played with a band when he was still in high school,...