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Twisted Sister's Dee Snider thinks Ronnie James Dio and Robert Plant are great singers but not real "performers"
By Liz Scarlett published
Dee Snider thinks there's a difference between "singers" and "frontmen", believes Robert Plant and Dio lacked stage presence, unlike real "performers" such as Freddie Mercury and Mick Jagger

Meet Elegant Weapons, the new Judas Priest/Pantera/Rainbow supergroup
By Paul Brannigan published
Faulkner, Romero, Brown & Travis: not a high-powered law firm, but metal's newest supergroup, coming our way in 2023

The 10 albums that changed my life, by Sabaton's Joakim Brodén
By Stephen Hill last updated
Sabaton frontman Joakim Brodén salutes the discs that have soundtracked his life...

The 20 best rock albums of 1975
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
The classics just keep on coming. Welcome to the year of Physical Graffiti, Born To Run, Blood On The Tracks, A Night At The Opera and many more

The 20 best rock albums of 1979
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
The 1970s crash out in style with AC/DC, Pink Floyd and The Clash producing some of their best work, and Led Zeppelin’s last hurrah

Rainbow: Long Live Rock 'N' Roll - Album Of The Week Club review
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Ronnie James Dio's swansong with Rainbow contained hints of what was to come, but still delivered swords 'n' sorcery aplenty

How Rainbow turned the "soft" Since You Been Gone into a crunchy rock classic
By Dave Ling last updated
Russ Ballard admits he got his recording of Since You Been Gone all wrong, bur Rainbow gave the song a tough exterior and sent it up the charts

The story of how Rainbow tried to conquer MTV, by those who were there
By Greg Prato last updated
In an excerpt from a new biography of Rainbow, band members remember the 1980s, when a change of direction saw Ritchie Blackmore & Co. strike out for video stardom
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