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Latest articles by Classic Rock

Ozzy Osbourne: why I can't stop working, TV stardom, and being crap at parking
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Classic Interview: we spoke to Ozzy Osbourne as he released Scream, the recording debut of Ozzy’s new guitarist, Gus G, the Greek six-stringer who replaced long-standing sidekick Zakk Wylde

Ozzy Osbourne: Diary Of A Madman - Album Of The Week Club review
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Ozzy Osbourne's second solo album Diary Of A Madman has lived in the shadow of Blizzard Of Oz for decades: does it deserve better?

Hear Ozzy and Lemmy duet on new version of their 1991 co-write Hellraiser
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New duet version of Lemmy/Ozzy tune Hellraiser to appear on 30th anniversary reissue of Ozzy’s No More Tears

Ozzy Osbourne says that worshipping Satan protected him from Covid-19
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Did Lucifer shield The Prince Of Darkness from the coronavirus? Ozzy has some thoughts

Sharon Osbourne in quarantine after granddaughter gets coronavirus
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Sharon Osbourne to remain in quarantine for one week after Jack Osbourne’s daughter tests positive for Covid-19.

Ozzy postpones No More Tours 2 shows yet again
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Covid-19 forces Ozzy Osbourne to reschedule his European tour once more, to 2022

Ozzy’s 13th solo album will feature Metallica, RHCP and Foo Fighters men, plus ‘crazy’ nine-minute songs
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Producer Andrew Watt spills the tea on the making of Ozzy Osbourne’s follow-up to Ordinary Man

Lars Ulrich: 'Motorhead united punks, skinheads and metal kids, they blew away all that division'
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Metallica’s Lars Ulrich pays tribute to the unifying power of Motorhead in the new issue of Classic Rock, on sale now

Earth, Wind & Ozzys is the funkiest thing you'll hear today
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DJ Cummerbund returns with a brilliantly funky mash-up of Earth, Wind & Fire and Ozzy Osbourne

20 albums that changed the course of rock'n'roll
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From King Crimson putting prog on the map to Metallica taking thrash metal to the masses, here are 20 albums that defined the rock genre as we know it

Foo Fighters head for space with The Sky Is A Neighborhood video
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Video: Foo Fighters release The Sky Is A Neighborhood, from upcoming album Concrete And Gold... plus a handy mobile device for monitoring the stars

The 20 most underrated rock albums ever
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Overlooked comebacks and heroic failures, bonkers concept albums and electro-metal diversions - here are 20 underrated classic rock albums that deserve more than a second chance

Glastonbury 2021 cancelled due to on-going coronavirus pandemic
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Glastonbury, the UK’s biggest festival, cancels for a second consecutive year due to fears over spread of coronavirus

This Ozzy/Beach Boys mash-up mixes sunshine and doom in perfect harmony
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Internet mash-up maestro DJ Cummerbund gives Prince Of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne a sunny, surf-rock makeover

Ozzy salutes the life and legacy of Randy Rhoads in new Ross Halfin photo book
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‘He wasn’t just my guitarist, he was my friend’, says Ozzy Osbourne of Randy Rhoads, the subject of a new Ross Halfin photo book

Sharon Osbourne thanks Ozzy for ‘wonderful, insane times’ as the pair celebrate 39 years of marriage
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Metal’s premier power couple, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary on July 4

Dave Grohl celebrates his birthday by sharing another new Foo Fighters song
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Waiting On A War is the third single to be taken from the forthcoming Foo Fighters’ album Medicine At MIdnight

Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and Jon Bon Jovi to celebrate Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration
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Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi to play Celebrating America TV special to mark Joe Biden‘s inauguration

This Metallica vs Van Halen mash-up is the sound of two monsters of rock crushing every other band underfoot
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YouTuber The-Art-Of-Guitar unites California rock behemoths Metallica and Van Halen to stunning effect

Axl Rose bought Dave Grohl a hugely expensive guitar to say thanks for borrowing his ‘throne’
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Axl Rose sent Slash out to buy Dave Grohl a beautiful guitar to thank the Foo Fighters frontman for the loan of his gig ‘throne’

Remembering that Halloween night Ozzy Osbourne nearly blew up Slash and Tom Morello
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Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello recalls how doing Ozzy Osbourne a favour almost got him and Slash killed

Dave Grohl dreams that Nirvana are still a band, but won’t sing Kurt Cobain’s songs
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Classic Rock’s new guest editor, Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl, reveals that he still dreams that he’s Nirvana’s drummer

Kirk Hammett on 30 years of the Black Album: "We had our sights set on bigger things – we wanted a Back In Black”
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Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett remembers the big ambitions the band had for the Black Album
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