Greg Prato

Greg Prato

Contributing writer at Classic Rock magazine since 2004. He has written for other outlets over the years, and has interviewed some of his favourite rock artists: Black Sabbath, Rush, Kiss, The Police, Devo, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Soundgarden, Meat Puppets, Blind Melon, Primus, King’s X… heck, even William Shatner! He is also the author of quite a few books, including Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, A Devil on One Shoulder And An Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon And Blind Melon, and MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video, among others.

Latest articles by Greg Prato

Herman Rarebell

Herman Rarebell - The 10 Records That Changed My Life

By Greg Prato published

10 albums that helped shape the long career of Scorpions’ best-known drummer, Herman 'Ze German' Rarebell

Interviews
Ty Tabor

Kings X's Ty Tabor: 5 Essential Guitar Albums

By Greg Prato published

King’s X guitarist and songwriter Ty Tabor chooses a quintet of stellar axeworks

Albums
Bruce Kulick

Bruce Kulick's 5 Essential Guitar Albums

By Greg Prato published

Former Kiss shredder Bruce Kulick selects some superb six-string essentials

Albums
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) live

1991: The Year That Grunge Broke

By Greg Prato published

By 1991, grunge had outgrown the dives of Seattle, and Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice In Chains and more were about to release albums that would change the face of rock forever

Bands & Artists
Cheap Trick in 1979

The Story Behind The Song: I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick

By Greg Prato published

When US rockers Cheap Trick tried to 'out-pop' Abba with a track on their second album, it went on to become a surprise hit and the band's defining moment

Interviews
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Faith No More: The Real Story

By Greg Prato published

Firings by fax, Courtney Love and Japanese Porn - the convoluted, crazed story of Faith No More

Interviews
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Jason Newsted: Life Beyond Metallica

By Greg Prato published

Never one to sit around, Jason Newsted kept very busy after quitting Metallica. In 2005, Classic Rock found out what he'd been doing

Interviews
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Happy Birthday, Warren DeMartini

By Greg Prato published

Ratt guitarist Warren DeMartini is 51 today [April 10]. To celebrate, we'd reproduced the Ratt feature from 2005

Biographies
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