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The history of a major music artist in the time it takes to play one of their songs

Rewinding the History of Music

The Pixies broke out onto the music scene in the second half of the 1980s and revolutionised rock.

The Pixies broke out onto the music scene in the second half of the 1980s and revolutionised rock

TAPE: Pixies

This American singer has broken the record for the most number 1 albums by a female artist. A victory for a woman who has always stood up for her musical rights, in the process getting tech giant Apple to roll back their rights policy. But how did she do it?

Taylor Swift

Wanting to smell like a slut doused in blood and sperm, and having a polite meeting with the Dalai Lama may sound like contradictions. But they're just different sides of the same coin when it comes to Lady Gaga. She speaks out on behalf of the voiceless, insists on expressing herself and her strangeness. 

Lady Gaga

 Lady Gaga speaks out on behalf of the voiceless, and insists on expressing herself and her strangeness

When it comes to orthodontic problems, everyone prefers to forget about them... Everyone, that is, except Billie Eilish. TAPE finds out why.

Billie Eilish

How the 2005 music video for their hit Stress got French duo Justice in trouble.

Justice

A whimsical look at the rise of the French music duo, Air. 

A whimsical look at the rise of the French music duo, Air

TAPE: Air

At a party organized by GQ magazine, Noel Gallagher admitted it: the Oasis secret sauce for success is good old-fashioned plagiarism. How did the greatest rock band of all time manage to copy all the other greatest rock bands of all time - and get away with it?

At a party organized by GQ magazine, Noel Gallagher admitted it: the Oasis secret sauce for success is good old-fashioned plagiarism

Oasis

Metallica's 35-year career is still going strong: they are timeless. To celebrate their latest album, 
Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, TAPE revisits the history of a music group that became a global movement. 

Metallica

Metallica's 35-year career is still going strong: they are timeless

Fugees singer Lauryn Hill gave a concert in the Vatican in 2003. But why has it been so hushed up?

Lauryn Hill

What did the record companies do to push jazz legend Nina Simone to attempted murder?

Nina Simone

A closer look at the career and of Frank Ocean, one of the first openly gay hip-hop artists.

Frank Ocean

How did Snoop Dogg change from being American public enemy no. 1 to the public’s favourite rapper. TAPE rewinds the life of a genius of personal branding.

Snoop Dogg

TAPE looks at the relationship between the Red Hot Chili Peppers and on-again-off-again band member John Frusciante, a toxic love affair.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

United States, Gabon, Bahamas... Serge Gainsbourg wasn't just an artist, he was also a traveller. The wanderings of this icon led him to Jamaica, the Mecca of musical renewal.

Serge Gainsbourg

United States, Gabon, Bahamas... Serge Gainsbourg wasn't just an artist, he was also a traveller

In the 1990s Marilyn Manson got a kick out of upsetting American society. His videos and stage shows were designed to provoke and force the USA to face its cultural contradictions.

Marilyn Manson

In the 1990s Marilyn Manson got a kick out of upsetting American society.

The Nobel prize, the Prince of Asturias Award, the National Medal of Arts: All prizes that Bob Dylan won but refused. Is this how he stays true to his counter-culture ideas?

Bob Dylan

Céline Dion married her agent. Was it him who made her career or was it the other way around?

Céline Dion

When international superstar Beyoncé wanted some new dance moves for her latest video, she chose little known Mozambique dance trio Tofo Tofo to create the choreography.

Beyoncé

When international superstar Beyoncé wanted some new dance moves for her latest video, she chose little known Mozambique dance trio, Tofo Tofo to create the choreography.

Old and young, everyone seems to agree that Kate Bush is amazing. TAPE looks into the success of the most discrete and the most creative star in pop. 

Kate Bush

Old and young, everyone seems to agree that Kate Bush is amazing. TAPE looks into the success of the most discrete and the most creative star in pop.

How did Tupac go from being gangster king to the paragon of the underdog? TAPE tells the story.

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Rewinding the History of Music

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