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In Memoriam: A tribute to the musicians we lost in 2024
Musicians who died in 2024 include Paul Di'Anno, Wayne Kramer, Dickey Betts, Steve Harley, Duane Eddy, Steve Albini and more
The Temperance Movement don't reinvent the wheel on A Deeper Cut, but they do keep it spinning
A Deeper Cut was the last album The Temperance Movement made before parting ways with now-returned frontman Phil Campbell
Classic Rock's Ultimate 2024 Playlist
Icons and a-listers, retro bangers and psychedelic party-starters, firebrands, punks and alt.rockers - they’re all here
The 26 best rock reissues of 2024
Some albums are just so good that they come at us again, loaded with extra tracks and other goodies to give the original an extra bang for your buy-it-again buck
Keel struggle for greatness on 1986 album The Final Frontier
With Gene Simmons in the production chair, Keel conjure up a small batch of decent headbangers and not much else
Iron Maiden successfully embrace synthesisers on Somewhere In Time
Released between two major metal milestones, Somewhere In Time is something of an underrated fan favourite
The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2024
A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more
Were Detective the 1970s Greta Van Fleet?
Michael Des Barres leads Detective through an album that owes much to their Led Zeppelin paymasters
Temple Of The Dog's eulogy for a fallen friend still shines
Rooted in tragedy, Temple Of The Dog's 10 original tracks are a kind of catharsis through music
Album Of The Week Club review: The Angels strike the pub rock/new wave target on Dark Room
Dark Room is the fourth studio album by Aussie rockers The Angels, released in 1980
Roger Waters rails against capitalism, America, war, religion and television on Amused To Death
Amused To Death is Roger Waters’ proudest solo moment and a damning reflection on social disintegration.
Patti Smith's commercial breakthrough is a flawed artistic statement
Containing her biggest hit and her most controversial song, the Patti Smith Group's third album Easter is a fascinating whole
The Grateful Dead accidentally invent the alt.country movement on American Beauty
Having discovered they could harmonise, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead released what many consider to be their most user-friendly album
Album Of The Week Club review: Paul McCartney rails against everyone on Wings' Band On The Run
Recorded in Nigeria as his bandmates deserted him, Band On The Run might just be the best post-Beatles work by any Beatle
Lucifer's Friend mix it up with wild abandon on fourth album Banquet
In which four Germans and a Brit hook up and invent prog-jazz-rock showtunes
Muse polarise opinion on third album Absolution, even if everyone seems to like the guitars
Dismissed initially as Radiohead copyists, Muse were blasted into the stadium-slaying stratosphere by Absolution
Rush successfully cover the basics on straightforward debut album
The sound of Rush finding their way
Album Of The Week Club review: B.B. King - Live At The Regal
Released in 1965, Live At The Regal is the blues equivalent of The Who’s Live At Leeds – an exhilarating, honest account of an artist at the top of their game
Up-and-coming rockers Starbenders get bouncy on new single Tokyo
It’s taken from the Atlanta troupe’s next album, which is due in 2025
Album Of The Week Club review: Poison: Look What the Cat Dragged In
Poison were a cheap date, but by the end of the night you knew you'd had a lot of fun
Album Of The Week Club review: Kingdom Come by Sir Lord Baltimore
Hailed as a proto-metal classic, Sir Lord Baltimore's debut album is perhaps more 60s than 70s
Album Of The Week Club review: Great Western Valkyrie by Rival Sons
After turning heads with Pressure & Time in 2011, Rival Sons returned to the studio with a new bassist and a fistful of big ideas
Album Of The Week Club review: The Grand Illusion by Styx
The Grand Illusion was the first of four consecutive triple-platinum albums for Styx, establishing them as one of America’s biggest rock acts
