Latest articles by Philip Wilding
Frank Zappa’s final print interview, including the 12 words he signed off with
In 1993 a future Prog writer landed a magazine interview with his hero – neither of them knowing it would his last
Marillion’s late-career hit single didn’t stop people asking Steve Hogarth about Fish
You’re Gone, from 2004 album Marbles, was their first Top 10 entry since 1987, and the track came about in a non-standard manner for the band
Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts shine on Rogue To Redemption
Former Biters frontman Tuk Smith delivers a power-pop/classic rock gem
The Chris Cornell albums you should definitely listen to
With Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog and solo, Chris Cornell proved to be a vocalist of singular talent. Here we round up his best albums
How Avenged Sevenfold emerged from tragedy with Nightmare
Avenged Sevenfold’s Nightmare album was released on July 27, 2010 – their first without late drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan
Bon Jovi fight for their future on Forever
Following Jon Bon Jovi's vocal surgery, the band are back, and it's about time
Trevor Rabin and Jon Anderson shine on their final Yes album together, Talk
Overlooked and undersold Yes gem Talk gets a welcome multidisc reissue
Why Rush fans had to wait 11 years for Vapor Trails to become the album it deserved to be
After tragedy shattered drummer Neil Peart’s life, many were just glad to have their 17th studio album in 2002. But it left almost everyone disappointed at the time
How Rush made Snakes & Arrows and learned to love recording again
Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the making of 2007's Snakes & Ladders album
Emerson, Lake & Powell’s The Complete Collection: better than the original trio’s Love Beach
The other ELP’s sole album remastered and bulked out, frustratingly showing how good a live act they were
Every Steve Vai album ranked from worst to best
Heart-shaped guitars, Berklee music school and Frank Zappa – Steve Vai's had no ordinary career. Here are each of his albums, ranked from worst to best
Rob Halford may look like Santa Claus in fetish gear, but his vocal is still the unrelenting, glass-breaking scream of a man 50 years younger, and Judas Priest's Invincible Shield is pristine and powerful
Judas Priest's late-career renaissance continues apace with thundering nineteenth album Invincible Shield
The 20 greatest rock supergroups ever
From Cream and ELP to Temple Of The Dog and Velvet Revolver, these are history’s greatest supergroups
"I signed a deal. I was a millionaire for one whole day. The money was gone in an afternoon": Paul Westerberg on The Replacements, going solo and the love of rock'n'roll
Replacements lynchpin Paul Westerberg is one of the most lauded songwriters of his generation
"Listen to a tune, and three minutes later you're whistling the damn melody and mangling the lyrics": Blackberry Smoke's songwriting shines on Be Right Here
Blackberry Smoke's eighth album Be Right Here delivers stomp, soul, country, and rock and roll in equal measure
Dense, layered and pulsing with melody, Florence Black's Bed Of Nails is a remarkable album
Raucous yet soulful second album Bed Of Nails makes good on debut promise from Welsh rockers Florence Black
The Replacements and Paul Westerberg albums you should definitely own
He's an underachiever and proud of it, man: These are the best from Paul Westerberg, from the Replacements to a delightfully erratic solo career
The Dave Grohl albums you should definitely own
A musical jack of all trades and master of many, with Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age and more, Dave Grohl has recorded a truly glittering catalogue
"The ones I love the best are the ones where he sounds like he's falling over drunk while he's playing": Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik on the soundtrack of his life
Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals what happens when you spend half your studio budget on beer and speed
"I said, 'I'm glad the music meant something to you,' and she burst into tears!": On the road with Rush's Geddy Lee
In 2019 Classic Rock accompanied Geddy Lee on the road as he promoted Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book Of Bass
“Steve Harris of Iron Maiden loves A Passion Play. I’m glad someone liked it!” Every Jethro Tull album in Ian Anderson’s words
The coming-of-age one, the darker one, the singer/songwriter one, the step-too-far one, the kind-of-okay one, the odd one, the mainstream one…
“I always knew that I was going to return to the Amory Wars." Coheed And Cambria and Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures
After exploring personal turmoil on Coheed And Cambria’s last release, frontman Claudio Sanchez is now relaxed, revitalised and ready to take us back into his Amory Wars universe.
"This band has literally cost me everything!": Tigertailz know it's ludicrous to keep dreaming but they're in too deep to stop
In the 80s they looked like they should be prowling the sunny Sunset Strip rather than the rainy streets of South Wales. Four decades on Tigertailz are still here, older and a lot wiser
