
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

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

Spokesman for that fake band you've been reading about admits they're fake
By Fraser Lewry published
Updated The Velvet Sundown have come clean. Or have they?

Ozzy Osbourne launches range of beauty products
By Fraser Lewry published
The Ozzy Osbourne x Jolie Beauty drop will land next week

Saxon cancel 10 summer shows as Biff Byford undergoes emergency surgery
By Fraser Lewry published
Saxon aim to be back on the road in late August

There's a band with more than half a million monthly listeners on Spotify and they probably don't exist
By Fraser Lewry published
Meet The Velvet Sundown, the world's new favourite AI-generated rock stars

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring the Rolling Stones, His Lordship, Ashley McBryde and five other good old-fashioned lover boys and girls

Iron Maiden release video to thank fans after huge London show
By Fraser Lewry published
75,000 fans attended Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives show at the London Stadium

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp return to action with maniacal Ramones cover
By Fraser Lewry published
The frolicsome pair's cover of I Wanna Be Sedated is exactly as lively as you'd expect

Black Sabbath's early recordings as Earth to be released
By Fraser Lewry published
Before they invented heavy metal, Black Sabbath were a blue band called Earth…

AC/DC add more dates to Australian PWR⚡️UP tour
By Fraser Lewry published
"Final" shows have been added to the band's Aussie schedule

Wolfgang Van Halen backs out of Black Sabbath farewell show
By Fraser Lewry published
The words "scheduling conflict" rear their ugly head

The 50 best Led Zeppelin songs
By Paul Moody published
Led Zeppelin may have shunned singles, but they wrote some of rock's most iconic songs – and here are 50 of the very best

AC/DC, Kiss, Stryper, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe and more collide in ultimate hell-themed mashup
By Fraser Lewry published
Hotter Than A Highway to Hell With The Devil will provide all the Satan you'll ever need

Fundraiser set up for leading rock music journalist after heart attack
By Fraser Lewry published
Writer Mick Wall has written books on Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Eagles and more

Mott The Hoople and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs dead at 81
By Fraser Lewry published
Mick Ralphs' death has been confirmed in a statement from Bad Company

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, The Hives, Enuff Z'nuff and five other raiders of the lost art

The Damned announce massive 50th anniversary show
By Fraser Lewry published
Yep, punk is officially half a century old

The night The Kinks partied at serial killer John Wayne Gacy's house
By Fraser Lewry published
The Kinks' US tour of 1965 was eventful even before the Killer Clown got involved

AC/DC announce Australian leg of PWR⚡️UP tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Could these be the final AC/DC shows ever?

Mötley Crüe and Dölly Partön team up for unexpected version of Home Sweet Home
By Fraser Lewry published
Listen to Dölly Crüe's version of the classic power ballad Home Sweet Home now

Deep Purple celebrate 50th anniversary of Made In Japan with another mammoth box set
By Fraser Lewry published
Can you believe it's been 11 years since the 40th anniversary celebrations?
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