Harry Doherty

Harry Doherty

Harry Doherty began his career at the Derry Journal in Ireland before moving to London in the mid-1970s, relaunching his career as a music journalist and writing extensively for the Melody Maker. Later he became editor of Metal Hammer and founded the video magazine, Hard’n’Heavy. He also wrote the official Queen biography 40 Years Of Queen, published in 2011 to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary. He died in 2014.

Articles by: Harry Doherty

Phil Lynott looking towards the sky in a London street

"I sat down on the stairs of my basement and just cried. It killed me that he wasn’t going to be there any more": The final struggle for the life of Phil Lynott

By Harry Doherty published

The final year of Phil Lynott's life saw him try to get his career back on track. Instead, it was 365 days of missed opportunities, lost passports and crazy deals

AC/DC in 1977

AC/DC interview: Angus Young and Bon Scott on booze, sex and rock’n’roll

By Harry Doherty published

When they came back to the UK in ’77, AC/DC had already made a name for themselves and were intent on laying waste to the country... as Bon Scott and Angus Young proved

Ten Classic Quotes From Phil Lynott

By Harry Doherty published

On August 20 2014, Phil Lynott would have been 65. To commemorate this, here are ten quotes from him taken from the pages of Classic Rock

Alex Harvey: Every Clown Has A Serious Lining

By Harry Doherty published

On February 4, 1982, Alex Harvey died. In 2005, Classic Rock looked back at his career with SAHB