
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

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 1, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Cheap Trick, the Vintage Caravan, Foxy Shazam and more

Def Leppard announce 2026 European tour with brand new show
By Fraser Lewry published
News of Def Leppard's plans for next year breaks as they gear up for their only UK show of 2025

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp are back and they're more brightly-coloured than ever
By Fraser Lewry published
Aaaggh! My eyes!

Watch Brian May and superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli sing Queen's Who Wants To Live Forever
By Fraser Lewry published
"An astrophysicist, and an intellectual with a noble soul" - Andrea Bocelli

Alabama Shakes release first new song in a decade
By Fraser Lewry published
A third album is finally on the horizon as Alabama Shakes promise to "unleash more music"

Debate: What's the greatest live album ever?
By Fraser Lewry published
Please help us settle one of rock’s most enduring arguments

Listen to Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen's atmospheric Hollow Man collaboration
By Fraser Lewry published
Also out now: Bon Jovi's new single Red, White and Jersey

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
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