
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

Watch Paul McCartney and Elton John in the trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
By Fraser Lewry published
41 years on, the trailer for the sequel to the original Spinal Tap movie is finally upon us

Led Zeppelin announce details of new live EP and 50th anniversary edition of Physical Graffiti
By Fraser Lewry published
Don't get too excited

Tony Iommi speaks publicly about Ozzy's death for the first time
By Fraser Lewry published
Tony Iommi has spoken of his shock at Ozzy's passing, and about what happened after Black Sabbath's historic Back To The Beginning performance

Stevie Nicks' and Lindsey Buckingham's cryptic social media posts are cryptic no more
By Fraser Lewry published
Rejoice! The long-awaited reissue of the legendary Buckingham Nicks album is finally upon us

Golden Earring guitarist George Kooymans dead at 77
By Fraser Lewry published
George Kooymans was diagnosed with the degenerative muscle disease ALS in 2020

Watch the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform an epic public tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
By Fraser Lewry published
Ozzy the Bull looks on as the CBSO play a Black Sabbath classic

The world reacts to the death of Ozzy Osbourne
By Fraser Lewry published
Musicians, media organisations, politicians, sports franchises and Hollywood stars react to Ozzy Osbourne's passing

Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
By Fraser Lewry published
Ozzy Osbourne's Black Sabbath bandmates pay tribute to their frontman, who has died at the age of 76

Watch Alex Lifeson play Rush cover with Tom Morello and 15-year-old drumming prodigy
By Fraser Lewry published
The startling career of Japanese YouTube sensation Yoyoka Sama continues

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 21, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Die Spitz, Castle Rat, Bobbie Dazzle and five other holy divers and divas

Listen to new supergroup King Ultramega's cover of Soundgarden's Rusty Cage
By Fraser Lewry published
King Ultramega are made up of members of Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Anthrax and Metal Allegiance

It's now illegal in Russia to search for Pussy Riot videos - and culprits can be fined
By Fraser Lewry published
Videos on the banned list include Death to Prison, Freedom to Protest and Putin Has Pissed Himself

Pentagram tour shelved after online protests
By Fraser Lewry published
Pentagram's debut tour of Australia and New Zealand has been put on hold in the wake of protests by campaigners

Watch John Fogerty play Have You Ever Seen The Rain? at intimate London show
By Fraser Lewry published
The footage coincides with the new issue of Classic Rock, which includes an in-depth interview with John Fogerty

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are teasing something cryptic together and fans are excited
By Fraser Lewry published
The Fleetwood Mac legends are suddenly completing each other's sentences

How Gentle Giant told Black Sabbath they were being "ripped off" in the 1970s
By Fraser Lewry published
Gentle Giant frontman Derek Shulman recalls the fraught 1972 meeting that ended with Ozzy Osbourne throwing a bottle at management

Steve Miller Band cancel all upcoming shows, cite increase in extreme weather
By Fraser Lewry published
The Steve Miller Band's summer tour was scheduled to kick off next month

Perry Farrell sues Jane's Addiction bandmates mere hours after they sued him
By Fraser Lewry published
Perry Farrell is suing his former bandmates for assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract

Reunited Alice Cooper Band release "full-throttle" new single Up All Night
By Fraser Lewry published
Up All Night is the third release from The Revenge Of Alice Cooper, the band's first album in over half a century

Watch the trailer for the new documentary It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
By Fraser Lewry published
The Amy Berg-directed It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley hits theatres next month

Six years after their first shows, Robert Plant's Saving Grace finally announce debut album
By Fraser Lewry published
Robert Plant and Saving Grace’s version of Low’s Everybody’s Song is out now - US tour also confirmed

Alter Bridge announce new album and huge European tour
By Fraser Lewry published
AlterBridge's eighth studio album was recorded round at Wolfgang Van Halen's place

Peter Frampton does it again: More dates added to Let’s Do It Again! tour
By Fraser Lewry published
The Let’s Do It Again! tour follows the Never Say Never tour, the Never EVER Say Never tour and the Positively Thankful tour
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