
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, 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

Shred king Yngwie Malmsteen slams all the singers he's ever worked with
By Fraser Lewry published
Yngwie Malmsteen has spoken

Jane's Addiction are talking again after last year's acrimonious break-up
By Fraser Lewry published
Six months after filing lawsuits against each other, Perry Farrell and the other members of Jane's Addiction are ready to talk about Boston

Debate: What's the best album of 2025?
By Fraser Lewry published
Your opportunity to get in on all this end-of-year list hysteria

George Harrison has a new video - directed by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard
By Fraser Lewry published
The video shows an animated Harrison gardening at his Friar Park estate

Los Angeles judge dismisses sexual assault and battery lawsuit filed against Marilyn Manson
By Fraser Lewry published
Ashley Walters had accused Manson of abuse that took place while she worked as his personal assistant from 2010 to 2011

Spinal Tap and Paul McCartney pay tribute to murdered film director Rob Reiner
By Fraser Lewry published
Jack White has slammed US President Donald Trump for his "vile" reaction to the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele

Pussy Riot declared extremist organisation in Russia
By Fraser Lewry published
Russian art collective Pussy Riot have been officially classified as an extremist organisation by the Ministry of Justice in Moscow

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 15, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Starbenders, DeWolff, Stanley Simmons and more

Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and wife Michele confirmed dead in apparent homicide
By Fraser Lewry published
Los Angeles police are reportedly interviewing a family member in connection with the couple's death

Steven Wilson's The Overview voted Best Album of 2025 by Classic Rock
By Fraser Lewry published
The full Top 50 is now online

The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2025
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music

Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim finally releases fabled Rolling Stones mash-up
By Fraser Lewry published
Satisfaction Skank is officially available now after getting approval from The Rolling Stones

Gene Simmons says sorry for controversial comments about the late Ace Frehley
By Fraser Lewry published
Gene Simmons' apology came shortly after a Senate hearing in which he claimed successful musicians were treated "worse than slaves"

Robert Plant announces US tour with Saving Grace
By Fraser Lewry published
Robert Plant and Suzi Dian's Roar in the Fall tour finished a US run last month - but they'll be back next year

"We knew there was still a chapter left to write": Triumph announce first tour in more than three decades
By Fraser Lewry published
The Canadian legends will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a run of shows in the US and Canada

People are pretending to be Alan Parsons and he's not happy about it
By Fraser Lewry published
Alan Parsons is merely the latest victim of an artist impersonation scam

Toto, Christopher Cross and The Romantics announce mammoth North American tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Your opportunity to ride like the wind while blessing the rains down in Africa

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 8, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Darkness, Tax The Heat and more

Former Free and Faces bassist Tetsu Yamauchi dead at 79
By Fraser Lewry published
Tetsu Yamauchi replaced Andy Fraser in Free and Ronnie Lane in the Faces

The Sheepdogs announce new album Keep Out Of The Storm
By Fraser Lewry published
The new Sheepdogs album will be followed by tour dates in Canada, Europe and the UK

Guns N' Roses release two new singles but there's still no news about an album
By Fraser Lewry published
Nothin' and Atlas are both available on streaming platforms now

Soul guitar legend and Blues Brother Steve Cropper dead at 84
By Fraser Lewry published
Cropper was co-founder of Stax's legendary house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Previously unheard Scott Weiland song released to mark 10th anniversary of singer's death
By Fraser Lewry published
Listen to the 25-year-old If I Could Fly now
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