The German Expressionist film 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari', directed by Robert Wiene, was a huge influence over Tim Burton's gothic cinematic style.

We are dipping into the Far Out Magazine vault to look back at the emotional tribute Paul McCartney paid to his Beatles bandmate John Lennon ...

When Hope Sandoval began working on her first album with Colm Ó Cíosóig, one of their guest musicians left her speechless with the most simple actions.

Looking at the vocal influences of former Sonic Youth songwriter Kim Gordon, whose enigmatic vocals have helped to make her an icon of alternative music.

Before cameras rolled on the first take of a stunt they eventually shot a mind-boggling eight times, Cruise told his buddy ...

David Gilmour made history at an auction house as two of his guitars sold for eye-watering sums, both with their own history.

The Hays Code was enforced for over 30 years in Hollywood, banning lots of taboo themes, but in the late 1960s, it was abolished, making way for New Hollywood.

Tears for Fears were one of the most successful pop rock outfits of the 1980s, but their defining hit featured a lyric lifted from punk heroes The Clash.

Katharine Hepburn was desperate to star in the classic 'Gone With the Wind', which also featured Clark Gable, but she was told she wasn't pretty enough.

Billy Joel might have a lot of complex material, but that only makes it more noticeable when the simple songs shine through too much. Read more here.

Mel Brooks is a big fan of musicals, and he once recommended that everyone watch the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie 'Swing Time', released in 1936.

A look at Josh Homme and what Queens of the Stone Age were to him, from a good time band to one of the biggest rock bands around, via his love of Iggy Pop.