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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

Watch Dave Grohl, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi welcome Joe Biden to the White House
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Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi perform to celebrate the inauguration of the 46th President of the USA

The new Classic Rock tells the story of the birth of NWOBHM. It's on sale now
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Classic Rock looks back at the seminal bands that made Britain heavy again – starring our four cover stars Saxon, Judas Priest, Motörhead and Iron Maiden, with a full supporting cast.

Dave Grohl wants to resurrect his ‘dream band’, Them Crooked Vultures
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Dave Grohl would like to reunite with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones for another Them Crooked Vultures album

On Billy Gibbons’ birthday, here’s ZZ Top’s guitarist, Lemmy and Dave Grohl with a Chuck Berry classic
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To mark Billy Gibbons’ 71st birthday, a blast from the past, as these three hombres tackle Run Rudolph Run

Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast given the bossa nova makeover it deserves
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YouTuber Andy Rehfeldt has re-recorded Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast in a bossa nova style, and it's magnificent

Iron Maiden sax busker regales fans with scorching version of The Trooper
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Turns out the number of the beast is actually sax sax sax

Weird website of the day: Bruce Dickinson's Rubber Chickens
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There's a mysterious website that Photoshops pictures of Bruce Dickinson holding bottles of Trooper Ale... and replaces them with rubber chickens

Bruce Dickinson hits back at critics of his Brexit stance, says their anger is “disturbing”
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Exclusive “People are deliberately choosing to misunderstand the position I was taking on Brexit,” says Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson launches new Psycho Schizo Espresso podcast
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Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson to co-host psychology podcast Psycho Schizo Espresso with Oxford University’s Dr. Kevin Dutton

Watch kids react to Iron Maiden
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What do youngsters think of the music of Iron Maiden? You're about to find out...

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson helps Heavy Metal Truants raise over £1 million for charity
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Bruce Dickinson and Heavy Metal Truants worldwide cycle, run and walk 37,917 miles to help raise £1 million for charity

Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith was in contention to join Def Leppard in 1991, Rick Allen confirms
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Adrian Smith and ex-Thin Lizzy man John Sykes were considered for Def Leppard after Steve Clark’s death in 1991

Hear Iron Maiden's Fear Of The Dark ruined by recorders
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The person who made a mockery of Bohemian Rhapsody is back – and the results are as equally upsetting

Foo Fighters get their freak on in monster funk mash-up
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Renowned web prankster DJ Cummerbund returns with a mash-up featuring Foo Fighters, Rick James, Led Zeppelin and more

Foo Fighters release stadium-friendly new track The Line
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Foo Fighters have released The Line, the third track to be plundered from the band's new album Concrete And Gold

Watch Guns N' Roses and Foo Fighters pay tribute to AC/DC's Malcolm Young
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Both Foo Fighters and Guns N' Roses include AC/DC covers in their live sets as a tribute to Malcolm Young, who died at the weekend

Is this the most ridiculous Metallica mash-up ever?
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Metallica's classic anti-war anthem One receives a disco makeover as it collides gleefully with Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive

Dave Grohl wishes Lemmy was alive to hear the new Foo Fighters album
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Watch Dave Grohl’s homage to Lemmy on the Foo Fighters album, as he recalls a day at Lemmy’s ‘f**king disgusting’ LA home

Foo Fighters will receive the Global Icon Award at the 2021 VMAs
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Foo Fighters will pick up the Global Icon Award at the MTV VMAs this year and will also perform at the ceremony

Watch Dave Grohl’s highly entertaining track-by-track guide to Foo Fighters’ Medicine At Midnight album
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Dave Grohl tells the origin stories behind every song on Foo Fighters’ album number ten, Medicine At Midnight

Foo Fighters Hail Satin with the release of Bee Gees’ covers EP for Record Store Day
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Foo Fighters are tapping into retro disco vibes with the release of five Bee Gees covers for Record Store Day exclusive

Watch Taylor Hawkins take centre stage with his new band NHC, featuring Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro
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Hear two new songs from NHC, aka Navarro Hawkins Chaney, the new Jane’s Addiction/Foo Fighters ‘supergroup‘
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