
Fraser Lewry
Fraser has served as Online Editor for Classic Rock since 2014. and has worked in the music industry for 40 years (27 of which have been online). He has also written for the likes of Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, The Word Magazine, The Guardian, The New Statesman, Saga and Music365. He is the former Head of Music at Xfm Radio, a former A&R at Fiction Records, an early blogger, ex-roadie and published author. He once appeared in a Cure video dressed as a cowboy, and thinks any situation can be improved by the introduction of cats. His favourite Serbian trumpeter, if you're asking? Dejan Petrović. Fraser returned to his native New Zealand in 2021, becoming Louder's first full-time Oceanic correspondent in the process.
Latest articles by Fraser Lewry

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 23, 2026
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Muse, Crown Lands, the Black Keys and more

Dave Davies fires back after Moby criticises The Kinks' classic Lola
By Fraser Lewry published
Moby describes Lola's lyrics as "gross and transphobic" and "unevolved"

AC/DC's Stevie Young hospitalised in Argentina
By Fraser Lewry published
The news comes ahead of three scheduled shows at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires

Suzi Quatro discovers she's been breaking the law for over half a century
By Fraser Lewry published
The original Queen of Noise has fallen foul of the authorities

Tedeschi Trucks Band continue the search for transcendence on the sublime Future Soul
By Fraser Lewry published
The best album yet from peak Derek and ‘punk’ Susan

Heart's Ann Wilson confirms In My Voice documentary and screening tour
By Fraser Lewry published
In My Voice traces Ann Wilson's journey from childhood to stardom with Heart, drawing from her personal archive of home movies, photographs and journals

The verses of Peter Frampton's new single Buried Treasure are crafted from Tom Petty song titles
By Fraser Lewry published
Peter Frampton's first album of all-new rock material in 16 years stars Sheryl Crow, Bill Evans, H.E.R., Tom Morello, Graham Nash and Benmont Tench

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 16, 2026
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Lemon Twigs, Devon Townsend, All Them Witches and more

Love Vinnie Vincent? Then you'll probably be OK with the two-million-dollar price tag for his new album
By Fraser Lewry published
The launch of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion's new album comes just months after the former Kiss man received flak for charging $225 for his Ride The Serpent single

James Hetfield proposes to partner Adriana Gillett underwater while swimming with whale sharks
By Fraser Lewry published
She said yes!

David Gilmour's iconic black Strat is now the most expensive guitar ever
By Fraser Lewry published
Cost-of-living crisis? What cost-of-living crisis?

Pearl Jam's Mike McCready announces rock opera about the history of grunge in Seattle
By Fraser Lewry published
Mike McCready's Farewell to Seasons will also be published as a graphic novel

The strange story of The Devil's Anvil, the revolutionary band scuttled by the Six-Day War
By Fraser Lewry published
In 1966, a group of Arab, Israeli and American musicians made an album together in New York City – but they were doomed from the start

In 1984 Huey Lewis invited Stevie Ray Vaughan on tour - and he tanked
By Fraser Lewry published
Huey Lewis remembers offering Stevie Ray Vaughan support after a disastrous opening set in Oklahoma

Dead Kennedys legend Jello Biafra hospitalised after suffering stroke
By Fraser Lewry published
Biafra has released a statement

Alice Cooper announces Devil On My Shoulder autobiography and book tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Alice Cooper's memoir includes appearances from Salvador Dalí, John Lennon, Groucho Marx, Vincent Price, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Gerald Ford, Andy Warhol, Tiger Woods and many more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 9, 2026
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Skindred, Cheap Trick, Suzi Quatro and more

Woodstock legend Country Joe McDonald dead at 84
By Fraser Lewry published
Country Joe McDonald fronted Country Joe and the Fish and wrote the Vietnam protest classic I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag

Guns N' Roses announce stadium tour in Australia and New Zealand with Airbourne
By Fraser Lewry published
Guns N' Roses will head down under following dates in Latin America, the US and Europe

Godflesh will no longer perform live after Justin Broadrick undergoes significant abdominal surgery
By Fraser Lewry published
Godflesh frontman Justin Broadrick has undergone surgery for a "huge" inguinal hernia

Twisted Sister line up Sebastian Bach as Dee Snider's replacement for reunion shows
By Fraser Lewry published
Sebastian Bach says he's spoken to Dee Snider and they were both "kind of emotional"

Eric Clapton announces US tour dates
By Fraser Lewry published
Clapton's US dates are in addition to his previously announced run of European shows and Royal Sandringham Estate festival appearance

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 2, 2026
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Sheepdogs, Starbenders, Crossbone Skully and more
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