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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

Meet MixedUpEverything, four young Aussie brothers taking the web by storm
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Melbourne-based four piece MixedUpEverything are becoming YouTube stars with their cover versions of Metallica and more... but there's more to the band than other peoples' songs

What happens when Metallica collide with Earth, Wind and Fire
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DJ Cummerbund is back with his latest mash-up, melding Metallica's classic Enter Sandman with Earth, Wind And Fire's Let's Groove Tonight...

Ten Second Song Guy does 10 pop songs in the style of Metallica
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Youtuber Anthony Vincent - known for his Ten Second Song videos - has joined forces with fellow YouTuber 331Erock to attack 10 pop classics in the style of James Hetfield & Co...

Metallica and Lady Gaga: What Moth Into Flame should have sounded like
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Metallica have released rehearsal footage of their Grammy performance with Lady Gaga... without the glitches that marred the broadcast version

What if James Hetfield was the Cowardly Lion? Microsoft's MurphyBot goes mental
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Microsoft's MurphyBot has taken the web by storm... and we've put it to good use with some of rock's biggest names

Watch four 12-year-old Brazilians take on Metallica's Enter Sandman
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Deep in the heart of Brazil, something is stirring. It's loud. It's young. And its name is Poison Gas

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week
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This week's tracks hail from all over the world – from California to Slough. But which is your favourite? Place your vote at the foot of this page and we'll announce the winner next week...

Classic Rock 223: Reissues
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Re-releases from Cream and Eric Clapton, Metallica, Jethro Tull and many more...

The Best New Rock Album Releases This Week
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Metallica, R.E.M. and Soundgarden are among the best new rock album releases you can pick up later this week

Metallica: Metallica - Album Of The Week Club review
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Metallica's Black Album turned them from rising thrash stars to mainstream rock icons. Did the compromise come at a cost?

Win the deluxe edition box set of Metallica's ....And Justice For All
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11 CDs, four vinyl LPs, DVDs and more of pure Metallica... and it could all be yours

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
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