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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.
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Queen guitarist Brian May looks back on working with “incredible” Eddie Van Halen on the Star Fleet Project mini album

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Southern Rock is inextricably tied to the land and character of the American South - and here are five albums that tell its tale

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“If we get time to work on some new music, that would be great,” says Aerosmith guitarist of follow up to 2012’s Music From Another Dimension

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Blondie’s drummer, the ex-Sex Pistols bassist, the Bay City Rollers’ guitarist and Paul Weller nearly made up punk’s weirdest supergroup

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The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career

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In an exclusive new interview with Classic Rock, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry looks back on his eventful 50-year friendship with Steven Tyler

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When GN’R wanted to add some hard rock sneer to a Use Your Illusion track, Alice Cooper was the only person to call

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The albums, singles and tracks shaped goth music over three decades of glorious gloom, 1979 - 2008

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Guns N’ Roses have recorded some of the greatest rock’n’roll songs in history – and we want you to tell us which ones you think are best

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Take the chance to see Kiss for the final time in Spain, alongside the likes of Deep Purple, Helloween, Europe and many more

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Brian Johnson tells the true story behind his AC/DC audition in 1980, complete with multiple comedy accents

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If you're gonna come for Wolfgang Van Halen, you better come correct

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Updated From Powerage to Power Up, from Back in Black to Black Ice, from Rock Or Bust to... you get the idea. These are AC/DC's albums ranked, from worst to best

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Jason Becker, John 5, Alex Skolnick, Paul Gilbert, Bruce Kulick, Myles Kennedy and others look back at the astonishing impact of Van Halen's first album

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Canadian radio-rock monsters Nickelback are hitting the road this summer for a suitably king-sized tour of the US and Canada

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Graham Nash, Brian Wilson, Billy Corgan, Melissa Etheridge and more pay tribute to American singer/songwriter legend David Crosby, dead at 81

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Guitar maestro Steve Vai will tour Europe in the springtime

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Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian May, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi and more salute the life and legacy of the late Jeff Beck

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Queen's Brian May encourages his social media followers to purchase Adam Lambert's first ever covers album

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Interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott selects his albums of the year

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Listen to All I Do, the brand new single from S8nt Elektric – the band featuring Slash’s son London Hudson

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Just when we thought all was peace and love in West London, there may be fresh trouble brewing between Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page and his least favourite neighbour

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Elton John adds fuel to rumours of a Glastonbury performance in 2023 by revealing he has “one final date to announce” on his farewell tour

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Brian May promises that the box set reissue of his Star Fleet Project EP will be worth the wait

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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
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