
Polly Glass
Polly is deputy editor at Classic Rock magazine, where she writes and commissions regular pieces and longer reads (including new band coverage), and has interviewed rock's biggest and newest names. She also contributes to Louder, Prog and Metal Hammer and talks about songs on the 20 Minute Club podcast. Elsewhere she's had work published in The Musician, delicious. magazine and others, and written biographies for various album campaigns. In a previous life as a women's magazine junior she interviewed Tracey Emin and Lily James – and wangled Rival Sons into the arts pages. In her spare time she writes fiction and cooks.
Latest articles by Polly Glass

Tracks of the Week: new music from Those Damn Crows, Jaws The Shark and more
By Polly Glass published
Eight lovely songs to assist your escape from the ongoing apocalypse

Rock star, interrupted: the unsung story of grunge pioneer Tina Bell and Bam Bam
By Polly Glass published
The story of Seattle grunge forerunners Bam Bam and their incendiary singer Tina Bell is one of the most overlooked in rock’n’roll. Ten years after Bell’s tragic death, we find out where it all first went right – and then wrong

Tracks of the Week: new music from Mammoth WVH, The Answer and more
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs to get excited about including Rival Sons, These Wicked Rivers, John Sloman and more

Walter Trout gave himself to rock'n'roll... and it almost killed him
By Polly Glass published
A few years ago Walter Trout thought death was around the corner, and the American bluesman’s new album still resonates with echoes of darker times

Tracks Of The Week: new music from Larkin Poe, Måneskin and more
By Polly Glass last updated
Incoming excitement from The Cold Stares, All Them Witches, Bernie Tormé and other unruly ambassadors of rock

Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan: the soundtrack of my life
By Polly Glass published
Rival Sons' frontman Jay Buchanan picks his artists, records and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the existence of the secret solo album he made in 2007

LostAlone: what happens when you've been fed a diet of Queen records your entire life
By Polly Glass published
Derby power trio LostAlone have returned with megawatt fourth album The Warring Twenties after eight years away

Tracks of the Week: new music from Skid Row, Tuk Smith and more
By Polly Glass published
Eight new songs to revive your get-up-and-go, just in case it got up and went

Tracks of the Week: new music from The Hot Damn!, Weezer and more
By Polly Glass published
This week's brightest rock baubles also include Ugly Kid Joe, Massive Wagons, Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners and more

Are Deraps to Van Halen what Greta Van Fleet are to Led Zeppelin? Quite possibly
By Polly Glass published
Jacob Deraps was inspired by videogames, met his drummer on YouTube and played with him for the first time during a Toto soundcheck. His band's pretty good too

Metallica, Pretenders, Other Animals & more: Vote for your Track Of The Week...
By Polly Glass last updated
You want new tunes from new bands? With a tasty side order of Metallica and Pretenders? Check out Classic Rock's tracks of the week, and vote for your favourite at the foot of this page...

Metallica, Steel Panther, FNM & more: Vote for the best Track Of The Week...
By Polly Glass last updated
With tunes from famous faces and promising newcomers, we've got a delectable spread of new rock in our Tracks Of The Week. But which is your favourite? Place your vote at the foot of this page

Metallica, Testament, Blackberry Smoke & more: Vote for your Track Of The Week
By Polly Glass last updated
Good heavens, it's Friday – which means it's time for Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week. But which of these rock goodies is your favourite? Vote at the foot of this page...

Volbeat, Metallica, Gone Is Gone & more: Vote for your Track Of The Week...
By Polly Glass last updated
Walk this way rock lovers, it's time for Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week, featuring great new faces and big names alike. But which is your favourite? Cast your vote at the foot of this page

Tracks of the Week: new music from Ozzy Osbourne, Naked Six and more
By Polly Glass last updated
Eight of the best new rock tracks in the world right now. But which one's THE best? You decide.

Tracks of the Week: new music from The Last Internationale, Ozzy Osbourne and more
By Polly Glass last updated
Start your week with eight of the finest new tunes in rock'n'roll today, then vote for your favourite...

Tracks of the Week: new music from Foo Fighters, Neil Young and more
By Fraser Lewry, Polly Glass last updated
Eight triumphant examples of how 2021 is going to be better than 2020, surely to god

Tracks Of The Week: new music and videos from Airbourne, Metallica and more...
By Polly Glass last updated
Garage, alternative, Southern, heavy, psychedelic… We’ve got many shades of rock in our Tracks Of The Week, so step on over and listen in.

Pink Floyd, ZZ Top, Shinedown & more: Vote for the best Track Of The Week...
By Polly Glass last updated
Step this way folks, it's Tracks Of The Week time! We've got tunes from icons, new faces and those who fall somewhere in the middle as well! Listen in and vote for your favourite...

Tracks of the Week: new music from Pink Floyd, The Sheepdogs and more
By Polly Glass last updated
Eight musical lions, ready to pounce upon their prey at the great watering hole of rock

How The Pineapple Thief made Magnolia and entered a new era
By Polly Glass last updated
The Pineapple Thief's frontman Bruce Soord reveals the liquid inspiration, loss and life behind their 2014 album Magnolia

In from the cold: How H.e.a.t.'s Kenny Leckremo came home
By Polly Glass published
Time apart allowed H.e.a.t to grow and returning singer Kenny Leckremo to heal

Eight new songs to make your week as great as possible
By Polly Glass published
Tracks of the Week: New music from Suzi Quatro, The Cold Stares, The Hu, All Them Witches and more
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