Pete Way: the life and times of the ultimate badass bassist By Dave Ling published 29 October 20 A personal look back at the music, life and times of late UFO bassist Pete Way, who influenced so many who came after him
Uriah Heep and the slow road to ruin By Dave Ling published 28 October 20 For a while in the 1970s Uriah Heep reigned supreme, but then it gradually began to fall apart
The sad story of White Lion, the band that was allowed to die By Dave Ling published 26 October 20 In the late 80s, with their live shows and second album punching hard, the rock press fighting their corner and the band gathering momentum, White Lion’s future looked bright. But it soon dimmed rapidly
Armored Saint’s Punching The Sky: metal’s great nearly-men remain as exhilarating as ever By Dave Ling published 21 October 20 Veteran headbangers Armored Saint show the youngsters how it’s done on new album Punching The Sky
Gotthard pay fragile tribute to fallen frontman on Steve Lee: The Eyes Of A Tiger By Dave Ling published 2 October 20 Swiss rockers Gotthard assemble previously unheard recordings to build an unplugged tribute album, Steve Lee: The Eyes Of A Tiger
Steve Hackett: the soundtrack of my life By Dave Ling published 29 September 20 Prog-god guitarist Steve Hackett picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the song he's cavorted to
Lee Kerslake: the last interview By Dave Ling published 21 September 20 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 published 17 September 20 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 published 15 September 20 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 published 2 September 20 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 published 1 September 20 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 published 27 August 20 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 published 20 August 20 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 published 4 August 20 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 published 7 July 20 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 published 3 July 20 The story of Kansas is just your average tale of power struggles, line-up changes, religious conversions and multi-million selling hit records
Kansas - The Absence Of Presence Review By Dave Ling published 26 June 20 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 published 22 June 20 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 published 20 June 20 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 published 17 June 20 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 published 10 June 20 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 published 3 June 20 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 published 29 May 20 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 published 27 May 20 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 published 15 May 20 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
