
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

Neil Young launches scathing attack on Donald Trump in new song Big Crime
By Fraser Lewry published
Neil Young's Big Crime calls out Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard on US streets

Gibson salutes Tony Iommi in star-studded new film series
By Fraser Lewry published
Iommi: The Godfather Of Heavy Metal features interviews with Brian May, Slash, Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett, Scott Ian and more

John Fogerty announces Legacy tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Bringing the best of Creedence Clearwater Revival to an auditorium near you soon

Zak Starkey implores Axl Rose to return master tape he says could raise $2m for cancer charity
By Fraser Lewry published
"C'mon, bro"

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 25, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Castle Rat, Märvel, A Thousand Horses and more

Cheap Trick announce new album All Washed Up
By Fraser Lewry published
Listen to the new Cheap Trick single Twelve Gates now

Brent Hinds RIP: The world of music pays tribute
By Fraser Lewry published
Former Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds has been killed in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta - Tool, Slash, Trivium, Opeth, Zakk Wylde and more pay tribute

Listen to Blackberry Smoke's cover of Bad Company's Run With The Pack with Paul Rodgers
By Fraser Lewry published
Run With The Pack also features Mastodon's Brann Dailor and comes from the upcoming album Can’t Get Enough: A Tribute To Bad Company

Trump spokesman calls Jack White a "washed-up, has-been loser", White responds
By Fraser Lewry published
The Jack White versus the White House battle continues

Ace Frehley says he turned down an invitation to play at Kiss's Las Vegas celebration
By Fraser Lewry published
Kiss Kruise: Land-locked in Vegas will take place in Sin City later this year – but Ace Frehley won't be there

Sammy Hagar insists David Lee Roth's recent comments about him were an "olive branch moment"
By Fraser Lewry published
David Lee Roth had appeared to mock Sammy Hagar during a recent solo show

BBC explains why it pulled Ozzy Osbourne documentary
By Fraser Lewry published
Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home was originally scheduled to be broadcast on Monday, but was pulled at the last minute

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 18, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Ricky Warwick, Deep Purple, Paradise Lost and more

Cormac Neeson on California Irish, his dreamy concoction of folk, bluesy rock and Americana
By Fraser Lewry published
The Answer frontman Cormac Neeson on California Irish, the new band inspired by his parents' cassette tapes

David Lee Roth mocks Sammy Hagar's claim to have been visited by Eddie Van Halen's ghost
By Fraser Lewry published
We await the Red Rocker's response

Robert Plant introduces new Saving Grace single Gospel Plough
By Fraser Lewry published
Listen to Robert Plant and Saving Grace's version of the African American spiritual Gospel Plough

Kiss react to inclusion in first Kennedy Center Honors announcement since controversial Trump takeover
By Fraser Lewry published
"They're incredible people, by the way" - Donald Trump

Chrissie Hynde announces duets album with Mark Lanegan, Lucinda Williams, Dave Gahan and more
By Fraser Lewry published
Listen to Chrisie Hynde's version of Always On My Mind featuring Rufus Wainwright now

Debate: Who are the 'big four' of classic rock?
By Fraser Lewry published
For those about to opine, we salute you

REO Speedwagon man Kevin Cronin admits it's harder to sell tickets under his own name
By Fraser Lewry published
Kevin Cronin has come to a decision

Joe Perry and Brad Whitford on the support act who blew Aerosmith off the stage
By Fraser Lewry published
In the summer of 1974, Aerosmith still hadn't broken New York, and their support act wasn't helping

Crowded House deny Neil Finn has erectile dysfunction after fake AI news report hits Facebook
By Fraser Lewry published
Don't believe everything you read, folks

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 11, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Foxy Shazam, Royal Republic, Halestorm and more
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