
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, has flown on the Goodyear Blimp, 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

Yes fail to gel as Yes can on cautious 24th album Aurora
By Fraser Lewry published
All the constituent parts are in place - but there’s no real spark, no moment when the band sound like they might attain musical nirvana

Rush mix it up on night two of the Fifty Something tour - and play the whole of 2112
By Fraser Lewry published
Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Anika Nilles and Loren Gold make more memories at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles

Jack White confirms "raucous, raw, and frenetic" new album, releases Dollar Bill single
By Fraser Lewry published
Frozen Charlotte will be released via Third Man next month

The fumble and the fill: Two moments of genius from Anika Nilles' emotional first show with Rush
By Fraser Lewry published
Rush have returned to the stage, and we're feeling it

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 8, 2026
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Europe, Mastodon, Stanley Simmons and more

Watch 90 minutes of previously unreleased, high-quality, pro-shot footage from Marillion's Clutching At Straws tour
By Fraser Lewry published
The rare footage comes from Marillion's headline set at the Lesyin Festival in Switzerland in July 1987

We have liftoff! Watch Rush return to the stage in Los Angeles - includes full setlist
By Fraser Lewry published
After 3964 days, Rush are back

Watch the video for Deep Purple's frisky new single Diablo
By Fraser Lewry last updated
Diablo comes from Deep Purple's new album Splat!, out next month

Ginger Wildheart responds to CJ Wildheart's reunion olive branch
By Fraser Lewry published
Ginger says he's extremely happy with the current lineup of The Wildhearts and that a reunion with his old bandmates is "never, ever gonna happen"

Roger Waters on the night Sinéad O'Connor sang her spellbinding version of Pink Floyd's Mother
By Fraser Lewry published
To mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roger Waters invited a stellar cast to Berlin for a restaging of Pink Floyd's The Wall - including The Scorpions, Joni Mitchell and Sinéad O'Connor

After three years of silence, CJ Wildheart is building bridges with Ginger Wildheart
By Fraser Lewry published
Ginger Wildheart is now living with cancer, but CJ would welcome the chance to reunite The Wildhearts' most celebrated lineup

Watch the trailer for the all-star Peter Frampton documentary, Frampton
By Fraser Lewry published
Frampton celebrates Peter Frampton's long musical career and his battles with addiction and illness

Watch Robert Fripp give a hopeful young musician some unflinching truth in 1985
By Fraser Lewry published
An insight into the place King Crimson's Robert Fripp calls the "centre of the universe"

10 bands who peaked with the first song on their first album
By Fraser Lewry published
Some bands just get it right first time

Chrissie Hynde slams fans who film concerts on their phones
By Fraser Lewry published
Pretenders' leader Chrissie Hynde has had enough, quite frankly

Chris Robinson scolds crowd after "U.S.A.! U.S.A!" chant breaks out at Black Crowes concert
By Fraser Lewry published
Black Crowes frontman booed by irate Florida fans

Fantasy-themed rising stars Castle Rat announce biggest headline tour to date
By Fraser Lewry published
Castle Rat's Summon The Beasts tour will be coming to a medium-sized venue near you soon

Celebrating that time Cinderella filmed a chili dog commercial before they were famous
By Fraser Lewry published
The year is 1983 and the kids are hungry

Mythical Guns N' Roses documentary Perfect Crime leaked online
By Fraser Lewry published
Perfect Crime has long been considered the Holy Grail of unreleased Guns N' Roses footage

Pussy Riot launch album and single with Avenged Sevenfold, challenge Vladimir Putin to a cage fight
By Fraser Lewry published
Pussy Riot's debut album CYKA is out next week – watch the video for Candy Dopamine now

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 1, 2026
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Greta Van Fleet, Tarja, The Band Feel and more

The nation rejoices as a corpse-painted Robert Fripp sings in the latest edition of Robert and Toyah's Sunday Lunch
By Fraser Lewry published
Watch national treasures Robert and Toyah perform Rock And Roll All Nite by Kiss

Billy Gibbons and Keith Urban join forces on fuzz-friendly new single Brown Paper Bag
By Fraser Lewry published
Billy F. Gibbons: Now even grizzlier than before

Greta Van Fleet launch video for strutting new single Play Your Games
By Fraser Lewry published
Greta Van Fleet premiered Play Your Games at a low-key show in New York City this week

"We went there to have a whale of a time – a sex holiday, really. But it got out of hand": Billy Idol on the Thailand vacation that ended with a visit from the army
By Fraser Lewry published
In 1989, Billy Idol desperately need a break from his troubles in Los Angeles, but things went from bad, to worse, and then to much, much worse
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