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

By Fraser Lewry Published
Squeeze's show at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Virginia has been cancelled following the tragedy

By Fraser Lewry Published
Roger Daltrey confirms that Zak Starkey's on-off-on-off relationship with The Who is back on again

By Fraser Lewry Published
Gods Of Thunder is Saxon's 25th album and will arrive ahead of their UK tour next year

By Fraser Lewry Published
Can’t Get Away, recorded with Huey Lewis, is one of 29 previously unreleased songs on the upcoming eight-disc Phil Lynott anthology The Story Of My Life

By Fraser Lewry Published
Rush's acclaimed comeback tour will now take in 92 shows

By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Clutch, Queens Of The Stone Age, the Temperance Movement and more

By Fraser Lewry Published
Toyah and Robert cover the Rolling Stones and the world becomes a better place

By Fraser Lewry Published
Twisted Sister's new man Sebastian Bach performed with the band for the first time in their home state of New Jersey

By Fraser Lewry Published
My Angels Are Calling comes from the late Steve Cropper's poignantly titled album Watching The Tide

By Fraser Lewry Published
Pearl Jam have played Ten in its entirety just twice in the decades since it was released

By Fraser Lewry Published
Stevie Nicks has also paid tribute to Dolly Parton: "A week with Dolly was like a master class for me"

By Fraser Lewry Published
Watch Decessus singer Ignacia Fernández reprise her triumphant performance from last year's Miss World Chile contest

By Fraser Lewry Published
Soundgarden will perform at halftime during the Seattle Seahawks' NFL season opener

By Fraser Lewry Published
The Classic Rock x Airbourne bundle comes with a "gold nugget" vinyl LP of the band’s upcoming album, a handwritten and signed lyric card, and a copy of Classic Rock with a bespoke cover

By Fraser Lewry Published
Richard Lloyd played guitar alongside Tom Verlaine on Television's classic Marquee Moon album and its two follow-ups

By Fraser Lewry Published
Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy reports on Rush and Anika Nilles

By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Joanne Shaw Taylor, Earth Tongue, De Staat and more

By Fraser Lewry Published
Michaels played a comeback show on Friday after recent surgery but cannot go on

By Fraser Lewry Published
Tired of Donald Trump's "self-aggrandising AI slop", Ministry turn the tables on "Hair Mussolini" with colourful AI video

By Fraser Lewry Published
Rolling Stone and solo bandleader Ronnie Wood on the Stones' new lease of life and the chances of a tour

By Fraser Lewry Published
Nickelback gear up for the release of their eleventh album – and warn fans to be on the lookout for scammers

By Fraser Lewry Published
Spedding has played with Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Elton John, Tom Waits, Paul McCartney and more

By Niall Doherty Published
Often presumed to be inspired by Jimmy Page's fascination with the occult, Black Dog's origins were much more earthbound
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