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Articles by: Classic Rock

Watch: Man begins singing Bon Jovi anthem in London park, sparks massive feel-good singalong

By Classic Rock published 25 November 22

Watch Londoners conduct a spontaneous singalong of Bon Jovi classic Livin' On A Prayer: "This might be the closest humanity has gotten towards world peace" notes one commentator

Bush's Gavin Rossdale recalls David Bowie's advice on how he should deal with music critics savaging his band

By Classic Rock published 25 November 22

David Bowie gave Bush's Gavin Rossdale advice on dealing with critics

Jerry Lee Lewis dead at 87

By Classic Rock last updated 28 October 22

Rock'n'roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis has died, it has been confirmed

Every Led Zeppelin album ranked from worst to best

By Classic Rock published 19 October 22

Led Zeppelin albums ranked in the order you should set fire to them if held at gunpoint by a disgruntled ex-lover

Greta Van Fleet vocalist Josh Kiszka has ruptured his eardrum

By Classic Rock published 18 October 22

Michigan quartet forced to postpone three shows on North American tour

Guns N' Roses tease snippet of never-performed Use Your Illusion song during soundcheck

By Classic Rock published 12 October 22

The band were preparing for a show at Estadio El Campín in Bogotá, Colombia on October 11

AC/DC with a special silver coin (inset)

Here's that AC/DC money you've always wanted

By Classic Rock published 10 October 22

The Australian government has minted special coins to celebrate band's 50th anniversary

Bill McClintock's Steely Crüe mash-up artwork

Oh look, here's that Mötley Crüe versus Steely Dan mash-up absolutely no-one asked for

By Classic Rock published 13 September 22

Mischievous mash-up maestro Bill McClintock is at it again: prepare to have your brain scrambled by Steely Crüe's Look Again

Axl Rose calls Vladimir Putin a “callous, lying, murderous little man”

By Classic Rock published 17 July 22

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose slaps down Russian President Vladimir Putin and pays tribute to Taylor Hawkins at end of band’s European tour

Ronnie James Dio’s wife reveals that Holy Diver was written for Black Sabbath

By Classic Rock published 12 July 22

The course of heavy metal could have been very different

Watch Guns N’ Roses perform Sweet Child O' Mine in Dublin

By Classic Rock published 9 July 22

Didn't get Guns N’ Roses tickets? Here’s what you’re missing

“He couldn’t have been nicer”: Actor Steve Carell on meeting his lookalike Alice Cooper

By Classic Rock published 6 July 22

Steve Carell calls the shock rocker the “sweetest guy in the world”

Ian Gillan Band - Child In Time cover art

Ian Gillan Band: Child In Time - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 18 April 22

Ian Gillan's return to music after a break heralded a jazzier, funkier approach from the former Deep Purple frontman

Samson: Shock Tactics - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 11 April 22

The album Bruce Dickinson made before joining Iron Maiden, is Samson's Shock Tactics more than just an object of historical curiosity?

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Leaf Hound: Growers Of Mushroom - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 5 April 22

Leaf Hound's cult classic Growers Of Mushroom was inspired by an anthology of horror stories and became an accidental template for stoner rock

Jimi Hendrix: Band Of Gypsys - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 29 March 22

Dull contract filler or full contact thriller? You have your say on Jimi Hendrix's live album Band Of Gypsys

Dee Snider releases new video Stand (For Ukraine) and launches awareness campaign

By Classic Rock published 25 March 22

Dee Snider launches campaign in support of the people of Ukraine after protestors used Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take It

Motley Crue: Motley Crue - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 21 March 22

Vince Neil left Motley Crue, John Corabi joined Motley Crue, and Motley Crue made Motley Crue, a Motley Crue album that sounded nothing like Motley Crue

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Pat Benatar: Crimes Of Passion - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 15 March 22

Crimes Of Passion finds Pat Benatar applying a tough, streetwise veneer to pop songs and turning them into arena-rocking classics.

Roxy Music: Roxy Music - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 7 March 22

Roxy Music's debut album was a proclamation that rock’n’roll as we knew it was undergoing a strange and irrevocable transformation

The making of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon: lyrically bleak, musically bonkers and, somehow, the 4th best-selling album of all time

By Classic Rock last updated 20 September 22

Released on 1 March 1973, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon turned a tale of death, madness and disillusionment into one of the biggest-selling albums of all time

Orange Goblin - A Eulogy For The Damned album artwork

Orange Goblin: A Eulogy For The Damned - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 28 February 22

British heavy metal stalwarts Orange Goblin released A Eulogy For The Damned in 2012 - and it changed their lives

Dream Theater - Train Of Thought album art

Dream Theater: Train Of Thought - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 21 February 22

Borne perhaps from a fear of predictability, Train Of Thought was Dream Theater’s proud attempt at writing a ‘classic’ heavy metal album

Foghat: Fool For The City - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock last updated 15 February 22

Like a reverse Status Quo, Foghat played boogie blues but were ignored at home while becoming a rock radio staple in the US

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Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 8 February 22

How do you improve upon the most bombastic multi-million seller ever? On Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman added extra length

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