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
"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

By Paul Elliott Published
Buying guide The Black Crowes may have been born out of time, but their best albums – a fusion of southern rock, gospel, blues and fiery rock'n'roll – are timeless

By Fraser Lewry Published
Grace Bowers now plans to make music for her own generation

By Fraser Lewry Published
In 2002 Andrew W.K. was interviewed on New Zealand TV series Space. It did not go according to plan

By Fraser Lewry Published
Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul will open in US cinemas on June 17

By Fraser Lewry Published
Watch Gregg Allman perform Don't Mess Up A Good Thing and Midnight Rider on Cher's TV show, just weeks before their wedding

By Paul Elliott Published
Buying guide Selling 50 million-plus records over more than five decades, Styx are the kings of pomp rock

By Fraser Lewry Published
Dave Mason and Steve Winwood founded Traffic in 1967 alongside Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood

By Fraser Lewry Published
Dave Mason worked with Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos, Mama Cass, Fleetwood Mac and many more in a sixty-year career

By Fraser Lewry Published
In 1994 Aerosmith did something no other major band had ever done, and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come

By Fraser Lewry Published
It's god's work, but someone has to do it

By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Skindred, The Karma Effect, Billy Talent and more
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