
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

Property developers "genuinely sorry" for bulldozing Angus and Malcolm Young's childhood home
By Fraser Lewry published
Whoops!

Ian Paice on how drummers keep playing as they get older
By Fraser Lewry published
Life is tough on drummers

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Bonnie Tyler, Thundermother, Mary Spender and five other resolute New Year rockers

The long-awaited Rory Gallagher statue has been unveiled in Belfast and fans are not happy
By Fraser Lewry published
Fans have claimed the statue looks like several different female musicians, and criticised it for showing Gallagher playing a Telecaster instead of his trademark Strat

Neil Young is to release yet another 'lost' album from the 1970s
By Fraser Lewry published
News of Oceanside Countryside's release arrives in the wake of Neil Young's off-on Glastonbury confusion

The motorbike Neil Peart famously rode between shows on Rush's R30 tour is being auctioned
By Fraser Lewry published
The BMW R1200GS comes with a pair of used Neil Peart drumsticks

"Frontmen don't do humble, but today I was": Bono receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden
By Fraser Lewry published
The U2 frontman received the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House

Geddy Lee gives fans "a straight answer" about the end of Rush
By Fraser Lewry published
Exclusive: Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock, out now

"I fell to my left and felt a heavy thump as the bullet hit me": What happened when The Kinks' Ray Davies was shot in New Orleans
By Fraser Lewry last updated
How a pleasant night out at a Japanese restaurant ended with Kinks mainman Ray Davies diving for cover as a gunman took aim

"It's adrenaline-filled and balls-to-the-wall": Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes have recorded a song with Robbie Williams
By Fraser Lewry published
Former Take That star Robbie Williams has confirmed the unlikely collaboration

Watch Billy Corgan sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame for 40,000 fans in an icy stadium in Chicago
By Fraser Lewry published
Smashing Pumpkins provided the entertainment at this year's hockey Winter Classic

Neil Young pulls out of UK's biggest festival, citing BBC interference
By Fraser Lewry published
Neil Young headlined Glastonbury in 2009, but it looks like he won't be back anytime soon

Broadcasting legend Johnnie Walker dead at 79
By Fraser Lewry published
The death of Johnnie Walker has been announced by his BBC Radio colleague Bob Harris

Former Skid Row singer Erik Grönwall has taken Europe's euphoric anthem The Final Countdown and made it "slow and dark"
By Fraser Lewry published
Happy New Year!

Gary Moore's son Jack Moore releases debut solo single In My Shoes
By Fraser Lewry published
Jack Moore's In My Shoes is inspired by the relationship between parents and their sons

Peter Gabriel pays heartfelt tribute to 'the rock'n'roll president' Jimmy Carter
By Fraser Lewry published
Former US President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100

Made famous by The Doors, the historic Morrison Hotel has been destroyed by fire
By Fraser Lewry published
The fire at the Morrison Hotel in downtown Los Angeles was attended by firefighters from 17 different companies

Kate Bush draws parallels between Impressionist painter Monet and AI in annual Christmas message
By Fraser Lewry published
Kate Bush has something to say

David Lee Roth continues to move in mysterious ways with new blues song Forgiveness
By Fraser Lewry published
An unexpected festive gift arrives as David Lee Roth releases a standalone version of a song he originally attached to some Taylor Swift audio

There's a new film about Dread Zeppelin, the Elvis-fronted reggae Led Zeppelin tribute act
By Fraser Lewry published
Dread Zeppelin: A Song of Hope is out now

Watch Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and Dave Matthews pay musical tribute to the Grateful Dead
By Fraser Lewry published
The Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt were among the Class of 2024 at this year's Kennedy Center Honors

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Black Spiders, Nate Bergman, Ally Venable and five other bearers of festive rock'n'roll gifts

The official film of King Crimson's legendary 1982 Munich show is now free to watch online
By Fraser Lewry published
Watch Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew and Tony Levin unleash the King Crimson beast
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