Latest articles by Geoff Barton
From Johnny Cash and John Denver to Manowar and Henry Kissinger, former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has mixed with them all
Michael Des Barres leads Detective through an album that owes much to their Led Zeppelin paymasters
Before Queen + Adam Lambert there was Queen + Paul Rodgers. We spoke to them about the plusses and the minuses
Bowie, Blackmore, Richard Burton and Linda Blair – Glenn Hughes has crossed paths with them all
Unfairly framed as rock’s ultimate nearly man, Terry Reid chose to take his own path, and he's still going strong
Ritchie Blackmore was out, US hotshot Tommy Bolin was in and Deep Purple’s Mk IV line-up were about to make the most under-rated album of their career
We travel back in time to 1984 and talk to the reformed Deep Purple as the ready themselves to release comeback album Perfect Strangers
Shaman? Lizard King? Visionary? This was the real Jim Morrison, according to his Doors bandmates
Buying guide Deep Purple's albums ranked, from patchy Purple to purple patches, from iconic albums to the one Ritchie Blackmore dubbed "cattle grazing" to the one with the new chap
Marc Bolan, the Guru Of Glitter, was killed in a car crash in 1977 – just as his career was on the rise again. This is the story of his final hours
In 2009, Kiss released Sonic Boom, an album that called back to past glories
Jazz-funk, solo hits and near-bankruptcy – this is the turbulent story of Ian Gillan’s post-Deep Purple career
Sammy Hagar's puffed-up personality oozes from every pore during a short, sharp, scintillating set
The Bernie Tormé Archives Vol. 2 1985-1993: Big in Cleethorpes
Joe Elliott might decry the phrase "heavy metal" in 2024, but 46 years ago he was ready to embrace it
Terry Slesser, singer with Paul Kossoff’s Back Street Crawler, recalls the days when AC/DC were a humble support act
From Led Zeppelin copyists to sword and sorcery maestros to purveyors of über-prog, Rush have always pushed the envelope
In 1973, Deep Purple replaced Ian Gillan with an unknown singer. They then went on to make one of rock’s most underrated albums, Burn
The late Steve Harley was most famous for his 1975 hit Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), but his story involves so much more
In 1984 Deep Purple's much-loved Mk II lineup reformed, and one Classic Rock writer was invited along to a secret location to hear all about it
With members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees on board, Mad Season's 1995 album Above was gut-wrenching but transfixing
