
Fraser Lewry
Fraser has served as Online Editor for Classic Rock since 2014. and has worked in the music industry for 39 years (26 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

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Rea dead at 74
By Fraser Lewry published
Chris Rea has passed away after a series of health battles

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 22, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Bryan Adams, Tailgunner, the Lemon Twigs and more

Nazareth part ways with Carl Sentance, announce new singer
By Fraser Lewry published
A decade after replacing founding frontman Dan McCafferty in Nazareth, Carl Sentance has left the band

Surgeon defends video of Allen Collins playing guitar in hospital after Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash
By Fraser Lewry published
The footage shows Allen Collins wearing hospital pyjamas, neck brace and orthopaedic fixator

The ultimate Goth quiz: How much do you know about music's spookiest genre?
By Fraser Lewry published
Bauhaus. Sisters Of Mercy. The Misfits. Specimen. We've got questions about all of them, and more

Shred king Yngwie Malmsteen slams all the singers he's ever worked with
By Fraser Lewry published
Yngwie Malmsteen has spoken

Jane's Addiction are talking again after last year's acrimonious break-up
By Fraser Lewry published
Six months after filing lawsuits against each other, Perry Farrell and the other members of Jane's Addiction are ready to talk about Boston

Debate: What's the best album of 2025?
By Fraser Lewry published
Your opportunity to get in on all this end-of-year list hysteria

George Harrison has a new video - directed by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard
By Fraser Lewry published
The video shows an animated Harrison gardening at his Friar Park estate

Los Angeles judge dismisses sexual assault and battery lawsuit filed against Marilyn Manson
By Fraser Lewry published
Ashley Walters had accused Manson of abuse that took place while she worked as his personal assistant from 2010 to 2011

Spinal Tap and Paul McCartney pay tribute to murdered film director Rob Reiner
By Fraser Lewry published
Jack White has slammed US President Donald Trump for his "vile" reaction to the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele

Pussy Riot declared extremist organisation in Russia
By Fraser Lewry published
Russian art collective Pussy Riot have been officially classified as an extremist organisation by the Ministry of Justice in Moscow

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 15, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Starbenders, DeWolff, Stanley Simmons and more

Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and wife Michele confirmed dead in apparent homicide
By Fraser Lewry published
Los Angeles police are reportedly interviewing a family member in connection with the couple's death

Steven Wilson's The Overview voted Best Album of 2025 by Classic Rock
By Fraser Lewry published
The full Top 50 is now online

The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2025
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music

Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim finally releases fabled Rolling Stones mash-up
By Fraser Lewry published
Satisfaction Skank is officially available now after getting approval from The Rolling Stones

Gene Simmons says sorry for controversial comments about the late Ace Frehley
By Fraser Lewry published
Gene Simmons' apology came shortly after a Senate hearing in which he claimed successful musicians were treated "worse than slaves"

Robert Plant announces US tour with Saving Grace
By Fraser Lewry published
Robert Plant and Suzi Dian's Roar in the Fall tour finished a US run last month - but they'll be back next year

"We knew there was still a chapter left to write": Triumph announce first tour in more than three decades
By Fraser Lewry published
The Canadian legends will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a run of shows in the US and Canada

People are pretending to be Alan Parsons and he's not happy about it
By Fraser Lewry published
Alan Parsons is merely the latest victim of an artist impersonation scam

Toto, Christopher Cross and The Romantics announce mammoth North American tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Your opportunity to ride like the wind while blessing the rains down in Africa

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 8, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Darkness, Tax The Heat and more
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