Latest articles by Geoff Barton
Trapeze: Don’t Stop The Music – Complete Recordings Vol. 1 – 1970-1992 is a six-CD set of studio albums and live recordings
Vertigo Records' early albums came with the iconic "swirl" label, a treasure trove of unique and essential albums that can fetch crazily high prices
Another opportunity has arrived to buy those first five Mötley Crüe albums, this time in a variety of exciting hues
The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins names the perfect rock song, reveals what 'permission to land' really means, and admits he once wrote a song about a royal princess
Hot on the heels of their 2011 debut album, Prog introduced Cumbrian prog dup Gandalf's Fist to the world
Welsh wizards Lone Star were loved by Jimmy Page and had connections to Queen and Elton John... but wherever it could go wrong, it did
The 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe edition of Kiss's Creatures Of The Night boasts 103 total tracks and your choice of new doorbell ring
Produced by Peter Tägtgren, Joe Lynn Turner's Belly Of The Beast is compelling proof that he's anything but a journeyman
Are Ugly Kid Joe metallers, hard rockers, country balladeers or a covers band, or all of the above?
Kansas, Styx, Starcastle, Queen, Magnum... Pomp rock lives - run for the hills...
Greg Lake loved them. They had one of the greatest opening tracks on any album, ever. Their guitarist is a hugely successful TV composer. So why did Stray Dog fail?
The must-haves, should-haves and forget-its from the genre that the 'spotty, basement-dwelling' Metallica inspired in the early 80s
The must-haves and should-haves from the genre that Metallica inspired in the early 1980s, as we pick the 10 best thrash metal albums
With the biggest PA system ever seen – or heard – in Britain and stars including Motörhead and Ozzy, the success of the Heavy Metal Holocaust looked assured. But then came the soft drink debacle
He’s been a jailbird, an alcoholic, a father, a fuck-up, an ant-snorter, a fully paid-up lunatic – oh, and the godfather of metal. These are the deranged life and times of Ozzy Osbourne
At the end of the 70s, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal revitalised the genre in the UK and now bears a weighty influence on metal worldwide. Geoff Barton – who invented the phrase all those years ago – charts 10 of the best
Get set for tales of bullet trains, dead drummers and barbecue restaurant bust-ups as Classic Rock traverses Japan with Iron Maiden...
Even the best can get it wrong sometimes: here's the worst albums by 10 of rock's greatest bands
Punk threw rock into the furnace, but the New Wave of British Heavy Metal rose out of the ashes – here we look back at how metallers embraced punk's spirit and came back fighting
The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was the musical movement on everybody’s lips, so Iron Maiden went on the road in Europe to see if the NWOBHM could survive outside the UK
Buying guide Taking the spikiness of punk and welding it to hard rock tradition, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal remains the stuff of legend
After a decade of controversy and near-implosion, Metallica seriously needed to right the ship. With Death Magnetic, they did just that
Alice Cooper got drunk with Jim Morrison, auditioned for Frank Zappa, made a movie with Mae West and pointed a loaded gun at Elvis Presley. These are his stories
