Lee Kerslake: the last interview By Dave Ling In 2019 Lee Kerslake sat down for his final Classic Rock interview. He talked about Uriah Heep, fighting and forgiving the Osbournes, and his battles with illness
Pain Of Salvation’s Panther is the sound of 21st century prog metal at its brooding best By Dave Ling Swedish prog metallers Pain Of Salvation push their shapeshifting vision to new heights on Panther
Inside AOR, the most under-appreciated sub-genre of all time By Dave Ling Massive-sounding, massive-selling, and with massive barnets, the 1970s saw the birth of the monster known as AOR. Here, Styx, Foreigner, Journey, Survivor and more explain what it was all about
Drums, death and destruction: the story of Mountain's Corky Laing By Dave Ling Like most young budding rock musicians, Corky Laing had a dream. Unlike most, his came true, as he steadily scaled the rock’n’roll mountain and made it to the very top
The story behind Status Quo's Forty-Five Hundred Times By Dave Ling Forty-Five Hundred Times was the song that threw a spanner in the songwriting partnership of Status Quo's Parfitt and Rossi, but it took on a life of its own, and they even extended it for royalty
The epic story of The Outlaws, and why southern rock still matters By Dave Ling While the Allman Brothers Band are retired and Lynyrd Skynyrd are preparing to follow suit, one of their contemporaries continue to stick to their path: The Outlaws
Live music and the road ahead By Dave Ling Are drive-in gigs and pay-per-view concerts the post-pandemic future?
Primal Fear’s Metal Commando: the power metal Jedi Masters return By Dave Ling Power metal warhorses Primal Fear show their class on lucky thirteenth album Metal Commando
Wishbone Ash interview: "There was some dickishness on both sides" By Dave Ling After 50 years, 26 studio albums and a bitter legal battle, for Andy Powell keeping Wishbone Ash going “has been a personal quest. For me it’s almost become a religion”
Kansas: an everyday story of success, failure, drugs, booze and jealousy By Dave Ling The story of Kansas is just your average tale of power struggles, line-up changes, religious conversions and multi-million selling hit records
10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually great By Fraser Lewry, Dom Lawson, Malcolm Dome, Jon Hotten, Sleazegrinder, Stephen Hill, Rob Hughes, Dave Ling, Alec Chillingworth Everybody's got to start somewhere, and some of our very best bands started slowly. Here's 10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually great
Kansas - The Absence Of Presence Review By Dave Ling Not yet rated The enduring US pomp rockers have still got what it takes.
10 cult 80s thrash albums every metal fan should know about By Dom Lawson, Malcolm Dome, Jerry Ewing, Dave Ling Forget Metallica, Slayer and the rest – we drill down into the depths of the 80s thrash scene to uncover some lost treasures
Q&A: Deep Purple's Don Airey on life, loves and regrets By Dave Ling Don Airey recalls playing keyboards for Jethro Tull, Deep Purple and Colosseum II
10 bands whose best album was recorded live By Fraser Lewry, Geoff Barton, Sleazegrinder, Paul Elliot, Dave Ling, Rob Hughes, Malcolm Dome 10 live albums that remain a career pinnacle for 10 legendary bands
Caligula’s Horse raise the prog-metal bar on new album Rise Radiant By Dave Ling Antipodean explorers Caligula’s Horse position themselves on prog-metal’s cutting edge with new album Rise Radiant
Firewind: ex-Ozzy sidekick Gus G serves up hooks and guitar heroics on ninth album By Dave Ling Gus G returns to melodic power metal roots on Firewind’s self-titled ninth album
Vandenberg: Inside 2020, the reunion album 35 years in the making By Dave Ling Vandenberg are back with a brand new line-up and their first album in 35 years. Adrian Vandenberg joins us to talk us through why this album and new singer Ronnie Romero will "blow everyone away"
10 of the best songs by Gregg Allman By Dave Ling Ten classic moment's from Allman Brothers Band founder and all-round rock giant Gregg Allman
Ronnie James Dio: My Life Story By Dave Ling Back in 2008, we were lucky enough to talk to the mighty Ronnie James Dio about his epic career. This is what he had to say
Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen: “It's not impossible we could headline Download” By Dave Ling You grill Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen on death metal, giant ducks and the chances of heading up the UK’s biggest metal festival
Brian Howe interview: Bad Company and beyond By Dave Ling Former Bad Company singer Brian Howe passed away earlier this week. This interview, from 2014, has never been published before
Former Bad Company vocalist Brian Howe dead at 66 By Dave Ling Brian Howe, who replaced Paul Rodgers in Bad Company and spent nearly a decade with the band, has died
The curious story of Krokus: drugs, fistfights, and the very end of the road By Dave Ling Heading for glory in the 80s, Krokus skidded out of the fast lane due to inflated ego, divisive management and white-line fever. Now, after 45 years, they’re parking the bus for good
Glenn Hughes: the 10 records that changed my life By Dave Ling Here's 10 records that reveal possibly everything about the life and times of Glenn Hughes, a.k.a. the Voice Of Rock™
