
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

Aimee Mann reacts to performing with Rush in Los Angeles
By Fraser Lewry Published
Initially reluctant to perform, Aimee Mann didn't respond to Geddy Lee's invitation to Rush's reunion shows for a month

What happened when John Bonham was best man at Tony Iommi's wedding
By Fraser Lewry Published
Led Zeppelin's famously revelrous drummer John Bonham was Best Man at Tony Iommi's wedding in 1973

Jimi Hendrix was here: An interactive London map
By Fraser Lewry Published
Hotels, hangouts, crash pads, recording studios, sweaty gigs, swanky nightclubs… and where it all ended in tragedy: Jimi Hendrix was here

Bonnie Tyler awakes after month-long coma
By Fraser Lewry Published
Bonnie Tyler was placed in a medically induced coma last month after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 15, 2026
By Fraser Lewry Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Goose, The Warning, All Them Witches and more

The Warning announce new album Everything’s Falling, release Ritual single
By Fraser Lewry Published
The Villarreal sisters have confirmed that their fifth album, Everything's Falling, will arrive in August

Someone's made a multi-cam version of Rush's first full performance of 2112 in nearly 30 years
By Fraser Lewry Published
The internet is finally proving to be worthwhile

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
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