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, has flown on the Goodyear Blimp, 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

By Fraser Lewry Published
Jack Douglas also worked on recordings by James Gang, Alice Cooper, Montrose, Mountain, The Who, Patti Smith, Blue Öyster Cult, New York Dolls, Starz and many more

By Fraser Lewry Published
Journey's long-running soap opera has been extended for another season

By Fraser Lewry Published
Arrogant Boy comes from Deep Purple's upcoming 24th album, Splat!

By Fraser Lewry Published
The unlikely pairing have completed their highly anticipated appearance on the finale of the latest series of American Idol

By Fraser Lewry Published
Cursum Perficio, the follow-up to 2016's For All Kings, will be released later this year

By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from the Rolling Stones, Stanley Simmons, Joanne Shaw Taylor and more

By Fraser Lewry Published
Greta Van Fleet share live footage of new song just days after cryptic message left fans fearing for their future

By Fraser Lewry Published
"We know there’s gonna be people who are bothered by it, but that’s fine."

By Fraser Lewry Published
The End Of The Road was not the end of the road

By Fraser Lewry Published
Singer Bonnie Tyler was rushed to hospital in Portugal for emergency intestinal surgery

By Fraser Lewry Published
Everyone has a favourite Thin Lizzy song, right? So we asked a load of famous folks to pick theirs and tell us why

By Fraser Lewry Published
"Splat! explores the end of humanity not in any crude apocalyptic sense but as a metamorphosis beyond physical existence"

By Fraser Lewry Published
It's confusing

By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Gulps, Girl Tones, These Wicked Rivers and more

By Fraser Lewry Published
Rush are preparing 38 songs for their Fifty Something tour, which begins next month

By Fraser Lewry Published
Iron Maiden's highly anticipated Eddfest event will take place in July - and the band are on the cover of the new issue of Classic Rock

By Fraser Lewry Published
The Alarm's Transformation was originally scheduled for release in 2025, but was put on hold in the wake of frontman Mike Peters' death

By Fraser Lewry Published
Sebastian Bach and Jay Jay French are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock, out today

By Fraser Lewry Published
Come This Madness is Europe's first album in nine years – new single One On One stars Fargo and The Big Lebowski actor Peter Stormare

By Geoff Barton, Fraser Lewry Published
With a number one single under their belt, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel booked their biggest headline show – it did not go according to plan

By Fraser Lewry Published
Megadeth gave a debut to Ride The Lightning at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, Colombia

By Fraser Lewry Published
Journey's Stagecoach set was canned by organisers when the festival site was evacuated due to extreme winds

By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Foo Fighters, Airbourne, All Them Witches and more
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