Articles by: Fraser Lewry

Fraser has served as Online Editor for Classic Rock since 2014. and has worked in the music industry for 37 years (24 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.

Articles by: Fraser Lewry

Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem's Rock On might just be the feel-good classic rock hit of the summer

By Fraser Lewry published 26 April 23

"We're gonna rock this crowd! We're gonna make it loud!" Etc

Led Zeppelin and the shows that broke America (and blew Ace Frehley's mind)

By Fraser Lewry published 25 April 23

The audience may not have been prepared when Led Zeppelin played the final shows of their first US tour... but the band were ready to explode

Debbie Harry stares at the camera on The Midnight Special

Watch Blondie play One Way Or Another while dancers in see-thru plastic trousers pretend to fight

By Fraser Lewry published 25 April 23

Three rare performances from Blondie have emerged as The Midnight Special continues to plunder its monumental archive

The Sphere against the Las Vegas skyline

U2 now scheduled to perform 25 shows in revolutionary Las Vegas sphere

By Fraser Lewry last updated 14 May 23

Updated U2 will now play 25 shows at the world's largest spherical structure, which promises 160,000 speakers delivering "headphones sound without the headphones"

Someone has made the most dramatic video of the Black Sabbath bench in Birmingham you can possibly imagine

By Fraser Lewry published 24 April 23

Birmingham's Westside Business Improvement District commissioned a skilled drone operator to create the footage, which comes with a Tony Iommi soundtrack

72 Seasons becomes first Metallica studio album not to hit #1 on US chart since ...And Justice For All

By Fraser Lewry published 24 April 23

Metallica's 72 Seasons was kept off the top spot by country star Morgan Wallen

Classic Rock Tracks Of The Week: new music from Foo Fighters, Skindred and more

By Liz Scarlett published 24 April 23

Music your ears will thank you for, from Black Spiders, Uriah Heep, John Mellencamp, The Damned and more

Watch Kiss play a seven-minute version of She on The Midnight Special in 1975

By Fraser Lewry published 23 April 23

More televisual gold emerges from the Midnight Special as Kiss make their second appearance on the show

Status Quo's long-lost 1974 appearance on The Midnight Special has finally been found

By Fraser Lewry published 23 April 23

Watch Status Quo play a frantic Big Fat Mama on US television

Pearl Jam announce short US tour

By Fraser Lewry published 21 April 23

Pearl Jam will play nine dates in five cities later in the year, with measures in place to prevent ticket scalping

A woman singing into a megaphone with the colours of the spectrum emerging from its horn

The story of The Great Gig In The Sky and the best £30 Pink Floyd ever spent

By Fraser Lewry published 20 April 23

One of the highlights of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon, Clare Torry's vocal on The Great Gig In The Sky lifted the song to celestial heights

Today is a beautiful day to be an Extreme fan: they've released two new videos

By Fraser Lewry published 20 April 23

New Extreme songs Banshee and #Rebel both come from the band's upcoming album Six, tour dates announced

Staind release Lowest In Me, first new single in 12 years

By Fraser Lewry published 20 April 23

Lowest In Me comes from Staind's upcoming eighth album Confessions of the Fallen

Watch Mountain play a thunderous version of Mississippi Queen in 1970 for an audience of schoolkids

By Fraser Lewry published 19 April 23

In which Mountain play a brutal Mississippi Queen for 25 children at a community centre on Chocolate Avenue, Hershey