
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

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

There's a horn-throwing Rob Halford action figure on the market and only 164 shopping days until Christmas
By Fraser Lewry published
Judas Priest's Metal God becomes the latest musician to be immortalised in six-inch plastic

Queens Of The Stone Age announce UK and European shows
By Fraser Lewry published
The Catacombs tour follows the release of the Queens Of The Stone Age: Alive In The Catacombs film and live album

The Renaissance Man: Ginger Wildheart albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
By Philip Wilding, Neil Jeffries, Fraser Lewry published
Ginger Wildheart has multiple strings to his bow: brilliantly memorable hard rock with The Wildhearts, bleeding-heart confessionals under his own name, and plenty in between

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 14, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight new songs you need to hear right now from Jack Black, Halestorm, 38 Special and more

Stolen Rolling Stones guitar finally turns up – at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
By Fraser Lewry published
The stolen guitar had been played by Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton

Tedeschi Trucks Band announce live album of historic Mad Dogs & Englishmen show
By Fraser Lewry published
Tedeschi Trucks Band's Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (Live At Lockin’) features Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Chris Robinson, Warren Haynes and more

Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan cast in upcoming Hollywood movie
By Fraser Lewry published
The Rival Sons frontman announces acting role ahead of Weapons Of Beauty solo shows

Jeff Lynne's ELO forced to cancel second-to-last concert ever, minutes before showtime
By Fraser Lewry published
The Electric Light Orchestra's 55-year career is scheduled to come to a halt this weekend in London

Tom Morello releases powerful new single in support of immigrant rights across America
By Fraser Lewry published
Pretend to Remember Me arrives a week after Rage Against The Machine man Morello directed Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning celebration

Paul McCartney is bringing his Got Back tour back to North America
By Fraser Lewry published
Beatles legend Paul McCartney will play 19 shows across the US and Canada later this year

Deftones announce new album Private Music: Listen to the new single My Mind Is A Mountain now
By Fraser Lewry published
New Deftones album private music finds the band working with an old friend once again

Rejoice! King Crimson are currently recording their first album in more than two decades
By Fraser Lewry published
King Crimson singer and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk confirms that the band are in the studio

Tony Iommi reveals the songs Black Sabbath rehearsed but didn't play at Back To The Beginning
By Fraser Lewry published
Tony Iommi has reflected on Black Sabbath's performance at Villa Park

Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show expected to raise millions for charity
By Fraser Lewry published
Tom Morello suggests charity expectations as more than five million fans access pay-per-view livestream

"The music we are making at this moment has timeless teeth, muscle, bone and hair": Heart add another string of dates to 2025 schedule
By Fraser Lewry published
Cheap Trick will play support at four of the new shows

Founding Angel Witch bassist Kevin Riddles dead at 68
By Fraser Lewry published
NWOBHM pioneer Kevin Riddles was also a member of Tytan, Paul Samson's Empire and Baphomet

The musicians who played Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show pay tribute to Ozzy & Co
By Fraser Lewry published
Tributes from Metallica, Pantera, Tool, Gojira, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Halestorm and many more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 7, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight new songs you need to hear right now from Wytch Hazel, Steven Wilson, Robert Jon & The Wreck and more

Aldo Nova suffers severe injury after fall
By Fraser Lewry published
Canadian legend Aldo Nova was about to embark on a rare run of shows

Paul Weller shares new single featuring vocals from Robert Plant
By Fraser Lewry published
Clive's Song comes from Paul Weller's upcoming covers album Find El Dorado

Watch Ozzy's hilarious reaction to Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson's engagement
By Fraser Lewry published
Ozzy's hilarious reaction to his daughter's engagement could have come straight from an episode of The Osbournes

"Black Sabbath invented heavy metal and in doing so, they changed the world": Lamb Of God release studio cover of Sabbath classic Children Of The Grave
By Fraser Lewry published
Lamb Of God's version of Children Of The Grave arrives just hours after they played at Black Sabbath's triumphant Back To The Beginning show in Birmingham

Here's every single special guest and song played from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show
By Fraser Lewry published
Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira amongst a cast of superstar guests as Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath play live for the last time
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