
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

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring the Rolling Stones, His Lordship, Ashley McBryde and five other good old-fashioned lover boys and girls

Iron Maiden release video to thank fans after huge London show
By Fraser Lewry published
75,000 fans attended Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives show at the London Stadium

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp return to action with maniacal Ramones cover
By Fraser Lewry published
The frolicsome pair's cover of I Wanna Be Sedated is exactly as lively as you'd expect

Black Sabbath's early recordings as Earth to be released
By Fraser Lewry published
Before they invented heavy metal, Black Sabbath were a blue band called Earth…

AC/DC add more dates to Australian PWR⚡️UP tour
By Fraser Lewry published
"Final" shows have been added to the band's Aussie schedule

Wolfgang Van Halen backs out of Black Sabbath farewell show
By Fraser Lewry published
The words "scheduling conflict" rear their ugly head

The 50 best Led Zeppelin songs
By Paul Moody published
Led Zeppelin may have shunned singles, but they wrote some of rock's most iconic songs – and here are 50 of the very best

AC/DC, Kiss, Stryper, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe and more collide in ultimate hell-themed mashup
By Fraser Lewry published
Hotter Than A Highway to Hell With The Devil will provide all the Satan you'll ever need

Fundraiser set up for leading rock music journalist after heart attack
By Fraser Lewry published
Writer Mick Wall has written books on Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Eagles and more

Mott The Hoople and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs dead at 81
By Fraser Lewry published
Mick Ralphs' death has been confirmed in a statement from Bad Company

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, The Hives, Enuff Z'nuff and five other raiders of the lost art

The Damned announce massive 50th anniversary show
By Fraser Lewry published
Yep, punk is officially half a century old

The night The Kinks partied at serial killer John Wayne Gacy's house
By Fraser Lewry published
The Kinks' US tour of 1965 was eventful even before the Killer Clown got involved

AC/DC announce Australian leg of PWR⚡️UP tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Could these be the final AC/DC shows ever?

Mötley Crüe and Dölly Partön team up for unexpected version of Home Sweet Home
By Fraser Lewry published
Listen to Dölly Crüe's version of the classic power ballad Home Sweet Home now

Deep Purple celebrate 50th anniversary of Made In Japan with another mammoth box set
By Fraser Lewry published
Can you believe it's been 11 years since the 40th anniversary celebrations?

Meet Erja Lyytinen, the Finnish guitarist inspired by 70s classic rock, 80s thrash and happiness
By Fraser Lewry published
Finnish slide ace Erja Lyytinen on murder ballads, the joys of vinyl and playing a skeleton on The Masked Singer

Hollywood Star John C. Reilly stars in new Jack White video after convincing him to make it
By Fraser Lewry published
The video for Archbishop Harold Holmes stars John C. Reilly as an electrifying and electrified evangelical preacher

Noah Weiland releases extremely trippy video for cover of Velvet Revolver's classic Slither
By Fraser Lewry published
If you'd like to watch Slash and Duff McKagan kiss passionately in a whirlpool made of money, here's your chance

"Clone me, you bastards!": If you've ever wanted to clone Ozzy Osbourne for future generations to enjoy, we have good news
By Fraser Lewry published
The DNA is now available to purchase, attached to cans of Liquid Death iced tea consumed by the Prince Of Darkness himself

Every Motörhead studio album ranked from worst to best
By Malcolm Dome last updated
Motörhead’s appetite for virulent, violent melodies charted over the course of 23 ear-threatening albums

Ian Anderson says it's possible Robert Plant wanted to replace him in Jethro Tull
By Fraser Lewry published
History could have been very different

Stevie Nicks confirms more dates for 2025 tour
By Fraser Lewry published
The announcement comes after four stadium shows with Billy Joel were cancelled
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