Classic Rock Magazine
Classic Rock is the online home of the world's best rock'n'roll magazine. We bring you breaking news, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes features, as well as unrivalled access to the biggest names in rock music; from Led Zeppelin to Deep Purple, Guns N’ Roses to the Rolling Stones, AC/DC to the Sex Pistols, and everything in between. Our expert writers bring you the very best on established and emerging bands plus everything you need to know about the mightiest new music releases.
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Arriving after a difficult gestation, Dust found Mark Lanegan tweaking the Screaming Trees blueprint

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In which former Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore attempts to forge a new career in the post-NWOBHM rock landscape and also writes some ballads

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Released in between Pink Floyd's Animals and The Wall, David Gilmour's self-titled solo album laid the groundwork for future releases

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Blonde On Blonde is the album that saw Bob Dylan complete the transition from folk to rock artist

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In which Talking Heads seamlessly merged funk, afrobeat and early hip-hop rhythms with their more abrasive art-rock ideas

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Featuring members of Yes, ELP and King Crimson, Asia were billed as a prog rock supergroup but kept it concise, to enormous success

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Musicians who died in 2024 include Paul Di'Anno, Wayne Kramer, Dickey Betts, Steve Harley, Duane Eddy, Steve Albini and more

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A Deeper Cut was the last album The Temperance Movement made before parting ways with now-returned frontman Phil Campbell

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Icons and a-listers, retro bangers and psychedelic party-starters, firebrands, punks and alt.rockers - they’re all here

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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

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With Gene Simmons in the production chair, Keel conjure up a small batch of decent headbangers and not much else

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Released between two major metal milestones, Somewhere In Time is something of an underrated fan favourite

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A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more

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Michael Des Barres leads Detective through an album that owes much to their Led Zeppelin paymasters

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Rooted in tragedy, Temple Of The Dog's 10 original tracks are a kind of catharsis through music

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Dark Room is the fourth studio album by Aussie rockers The Angels, released in 1980

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Amused To Death is Roger Waters’ proudest solo moment and a damning reflection on social disintegration.

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Containing her biggest hit and her most controversial song, the Patti Smith Group's third album Easter is a fascinating whole

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Having discovered they could harmonise, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead released what many consider to be their most user-friendly album

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Recorded in Nigeria as his bandmates deserted him, Band On The Run might just be the best post-Beatles work by any Beatle

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In which four Germans and a Brit hook up and invent prog-jazz-rock showtunes

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Dismissed initially as Radiohead copyists, Muse were blasted into the stadium-slaying stratosphere by Absolution

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The sound of Rush finding their way
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