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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.
Latest articles by Classic Rock Magazine

Alter Bridge: The rise and rise of rock's reluctant superstars - only in Classic Rock
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Plus! Motorhead, David Bowie, Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners, Bonnie Tyler, Mother's Finest, Marillion, Slade, Massive Wagons, Francis Rossi, Tuk Smith, Jellyfish and Porcupine Tree

The Doors: Other Voices - Album Of The Week Club review
By Classic Rock Magazine published
When Jim Morrison died in Paris, the other three members of The Doors completed the sessions they'd started, and the Jim-less Other Voices emerged just three months later

How 'Ken Hensley' accidentally ended up on the cover of Uriah Heep's Firefly
By Classic Rock Magazine published
With Uriah Heep on the road celebrating 50 years in the business of rock, we revisit the creation of the artwork for one of their less successful albums

Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow - Album Of The Week Club review
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
Every scene needs a song to carry its message to the world, and Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow provided two. But what of the rest?

Paice Ashton Lord: Malice In Wonderland - Album Of The Week Club review
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Ditching Deep Purple’s full-throttle grandeur, Ian Paice and Jon Lord's new endeavour was conceived as a hybrid of the blues groups, jazz outfits and big bands they had grown up with

Joe Satriani: Surfing With The Alien - Album Of The Week Club review
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Joe Satriani's Surfing With The Alien was the album that made his name and took shredding to the masses

The story of the out-of-focus shot that became one of rock's great album covers
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The cover of London Calling by The Clash features one of punk's most iconic images – so why doesn't photographer Pennie Smith enjoy talking about it?

What happened when Rob Halford briefly became Black Sabbath's frontman
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
It's 2004 and Ozzfest has reached New Jersey. Black Sabbath are headlining, but rumours about Ozzy's health are circulating backstage and only one man can save the day: The Metal God

Lars Ulrich picks a British rock star as his favourite songwriter of all time
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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich selects his favourite songwriter in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine

Iron Maiden - Killers: Album Of The Week Club Review
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
Did Iron Maiden's second album build on the promise of their storming debut? And if it did, why did they get rid of singer Paul Di'Anno immediately afterwards?

Pink Floyd: the story of Wish You Were Here's iconic artwork
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Not many album covers require stuntmen, but Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here used three

Pink Floyd's Dark Side: Inside the tour that road-tested rock's greatest album
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Only in the new issue of Classic Rock – plus Porcupine Tree, Journey, Tedeschi Tracks Band, Dorothy, The Who, Michael Monroe, Kris Barras, The Moody Blues, The Gaslight Anthem and much more

The 20 best rock albums of 1977
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
Famous for being punk’s finest hour, 1977 also produced one of the best-selling rock albums in Rumours, and classics from Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Rush and Thin Lizzy

The 20 Million Club podcast: How did The Dark Side Of The Moon become the 4th best-selling album of all time ?
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
Classic Rock's podcast continues to examine the biggest-selling albums of all time, with a look at Pink Floyd's 40m+ selling epic

How Pink Floyd reinvented themselves: only in Classic Rock, on sale now
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
Also this month: Uriah Heep, Alice Cooper, Inglorious, Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen, Kate Bush, The Pretty Things, Thunder, Metallica, Blue Oyster Cult and more

The 20 best rock albums of 1973
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
1973 was the year the Skynyrd arrived, Led Zeppelin showed chinks in their armour, and Tubular Bells and Dark Side Of The Moon began their route to world domination

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 1970
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
Altamont had brought the 60s to a disastrous close, but 1970 saw the birth of a new breed of supergroups, and established stars heading in new directions

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

The epic story of Iron Maiden's Senjutsu: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
Out now: featuring Iron Maiden, Charlie Watts, Melissa Etheridge, Samantha Fish, Mr Big, Tremonti, Jane's Addiction, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more

The truth about John Frusciante's return to the Red Hot Chili Peppers: only in the new Classic Rock
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
Also in this issue: Saxon, George Harrison, Meat Loaf, Billy Idol, Scorpions, Goodbye June, Marillion, Sabaton, Rosalie Cunningham and much more

The Yardbirds: Roger The Engineer - Album Of The Week Club review
By Classic Rock Magazine published
With one foot in their blues past and the other in the psychedelic present, The Yardbirds' Roger The Engineer was the band's only UK album

The incredible story of Peter Frampton: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Also in this issue: Queen, W.A.S.P., The Cult, Clutch, Dare, Placebo, Smashing Pumpkins, Killing Joke and more
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